Dreams and Wonders: Behind the Scenes
Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Scott Carnegie in Blog
During this past summer entertainer “The Wonderist” Chris Funk came to me to talk about a show that he was putting on at the Pantages Playhouse as a fundraiser for the Children’s Rehabilitation Centre in Winnipeg. I am a sucker for a cause so we went right to work figuring out how we could make this event the best it could be.
Chris spent 6 months, with the help of magic inventor and consultant Sean Fields, developing and refining his show. In the meantime I scouted the location, planned the camera positions and booked gear and crew for a multi-camera taping.
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I was lucky enough to had recently met 2 great people on the set for a music video shoot that I helped out with, David Clayton (who also took the photos below, thanks David) and Karen Stermscheg. They ended up on cameras 1 and 2 at the back of the room for the wide and tight shots on this production while I was on camera 3 near the stage on rollers so I could get some tracking shots. My camera would also go on stage to get some shots from behind Chris looking out into the crowd.
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Along for the ride was Kassandra Swan, a student at Oak Park High School who has an interest in film and video production; she was there to make sure we had the tapes we needed, the batteries we needed and to take care of any issues that the camera operators might have while at their posts. The video course at Oak Park is top notch, they do some great work that Kassandra has been on set for. She was also in charge of tweeting to the MediaCircus.TV Twitter and getting some behind the scenes clips with our Flip Mino.
The night went very smooth; the illusions mystified, the crowd was entertained, the cameras never ran out of tape or batteries; the sign of a successful shoot!
I am currently in post-production for the show, editing the 3 cameras together into one seamless package of magic goodness.
Here are some clips from behind the scenes and from the show itself, enjoy!
