{"id":7586,"date":"2017-11-25T09:39:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=7586"},"modified":"2017-11-25T09:39:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T09:39:39","slug":"john-wilson-prom-35","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/john-wilson-prom-35\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wilson Prom 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pat Heigham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I wonder if anyone else saw\/heard this?<\/p>\n

I was puzzled that the TV broadcast was 30 mins behind the R3 live airing. Then I realised that it was because of deleting the interval section. Must have been a hectic edit!<\/p>\n

Bernie Newnham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I think those things are all recorded solid state these days – play back and edit at the same time as record. So just start playing back at on-air time and delete the interval as you go.<\/p>\n

Pat Heigham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was slightly disappointed, as it was plugged as ‘semi-staged’. More like nearly fully staged, as the orchestra barely featured.<\/p>\n

Good sound balance, though, but visually buggered by the earpiece\/cheek mics. I wonder what the difference would have been if the mics were fitted, hidden, in costumes.<\/p>\n

Dave Plowman<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A vast difference. Try putting your ear (with the other closed off) on someone’s chest while they talk. Best to get permission first.<\/p>\n

Personal mics on the chest are the spawn of Satan where vocal quality is concerned.<\/p>\n

Nick Ware<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Couldn’t agree more.<\/p>\n

Barry Bonner<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There were three ex-BBC sound supervisors living it up in a Grand Tier box at Friday’s John Wilson Prom of \u201cOklahoma\u201d (the Matin\u00e9e performance) who thought it was excellent in every aspect! <\/p>\n

Nick Ware<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Who were the other two?<\/p>\n

Martin Eccles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was in the hall for the matinee performance of \u201cOklahoma\u201d, which telly used as a dress rehearsal for the evening recording \/ tx.<\/p>\n

It was a performance for the people in the Royal Albert Hall, most of whom would not be close enough to notice the radio mics.  There were 31 radio mics.<\/p>\n

The use of hidden microphones would have been a very different story\u2026 They had to survive 3 hours of acting, costume changes, dancing and even fighting on the floor.<\/p>\n

There were no noise problems at all with the radio mics, just couple of late fades by the in-house PA mixers.<\/p>\n

As for the \u201csemi staging\u201d it told the whole entertaining story.<\/p>\n

How boring it would have been with the 11 soloists,  in evening dress with a stand mic each, in a line, in front of the orchestra.<\/p>\n

If it was theatrically \u201cfully staged\u201d there would have been a lot more scenery and the orchestra would be out of sight in a pit !  So much for seeing the second desk lady first violinist then !<\/p>\n

It was created in just 10 days of outside rehearsals for the actors, dancers and singers.<\/p>\n

There was a credit for EVS Operator who must have looked after the digital playout and the time-shift for interval feature.<\/p>\n

I recorded the evening transmission and Andy Payne, Matt Charles and the sound crew, only credited on every prom as the Sound Alliance (their request) always do a brilliant job on the 5.1 surround sound telly mix.<\/p>\n

John Wilson and his merry band really enjoy playing big film and musical scores.
\nA jolly romp of a show with glorious, soaring music and songs, and good triumphing over evil.<\/p>\n

Tony Millier<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was the third, very retired, Sound Supervisor at the performance, and really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

Pat Heigham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Glad you enjoyed the concert – The John Wilson Orchestra is always a delight and a bloody good band.<\/p>\n

I was going to make the same observation as Martin did. A theatre\/RAH audience is not close enough to be worried by the cheek mics: it’s different when cameras can hold a BCU on the artistes’ faces, thus I find them irritating, although those particular mics are the right choice for a number of reasons, including:<\/p>\n