Mini backstage tour of the control area.
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2016
- It was probably a bad idea to do a mini backstage tour on "loud shirt day". The one day a year we all turn up at work with the loudest shirt we can find. This is just a quick look at some of the stuff in the main control area of the show. The data from here then gets distributed to other parts of the arena and into the castle to control the power and lighting via a load of other racks.
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How comes its 'Loud Shirt Day' yet clives the only one in a loud shirt. ?
To nerds like me, this is massively more entertaining than what goes on in the front of house in the Festival :D
Lol yeah
Though the jet would be fockin awesome for me
I was thinking the same, i can't go anywhere without spending more time looking at the lx kit than the show.
I've always had to do my production sound and lighting with whatever I could cobble together (small school, not a very large drama budget). Getting a hold of nice kit is a real treat!
That entire structure including those offices are all temporary buildings/structures that have been erected for this show, amazing!
4:31
I like that Ashens Poster they have there! :) Also, the tour was amazing! I am so glad you did one!
I'm surprised for 'loud shirt day' you didn't rig up some speakers to your shirt and blast your favorite music. That way when someone tries to ask you a question you can say, "What?! Speak up! It's Loud shirt day!"
Next year...
i am turning down the volume, but nothing changes the shirt....help!
LOL
Still better than a wifebeater!
I tried turning down the brightness of my screen but then it kept switching me to flat earth conspiracy CZcams channels
Really enjoying this series about the kit and backstage stuff at the festival. Takes me back to my days hiring out sound and lighting gear.
Wow I saw how much things have changed since 1976 when I was stationed with The Old Guard Communications Section. We were charged, in addition to our tactical Infantry duties to the Theatrical Lighting and Sound Stage equipment. We had a large selection of lighting equipment that took up nearly an entire basement under one of the barracks on Fort Meyer Va, and when we went out on jobs, we had two large van type trucks to haul the equipment. It was very interesting work, and since 1976 was our bi-centennial year, we had plenty of shows to put on, including Torchlight Tattoo, and The Spirit of America, with lots of explosion simulators and all sorts of lighting challenges.
Well done for getting permission from the all the bosses for filming this I appreciate it can't be easy.
Fantastic, Clive. The BBC should have had you do a little walkaround of the backstage of the Tattoo presentation. For general geeks who don't have any idea of what it takes to put on a production like this it is fantastic to have a guide with specific knowledge as well as enough curiosity to try to understand the "other people's" jobs. This was genuinely educational.
Gorgeous sound desk and a fantastic looking setup. I do a lot of entertainment work and it still blows my mind as to whats possible
Enjoying these work vid's. In weird way its like going to work with dad for the first time and seeing what he really does. Thank you also to those allowing you to film "their special places". What an awesome workplace, beats stringing lights in a coal mine any day.
Wow, thanks for the update and the share of behind the scenes. I used
to be the Lead electrician for shows coming into our civic center /
Theater. So I had to hook up the show's shore power to our mains, as
well as be one of the follow spot operators. Love your videos. See you
next time.
Thanks for taking the time to show us behind the scenes. Very cool.
Heh, heh...
Good old beatup Clearcom. Good to see some things never change between a small little auditorium and a large venue like this!
Thanks for the video Clive, Show Lighting is exactly what I intend to go into, I really appreciate the tech's view you've given us.
This is my favorite video. I used to own a stage lighting business that was doing great until the crash in 2008. I really wish i could see a full functioning large stage in action. The largest concert i ever did was just over 10,000 people and it broke my heart to sell all my gear.
Clive, that tour was cool. Thanks so much for showing us around.
Thanks for taking the time to do this! The shows I normally work on are normally fairly low budget compared to this so it's super interesting to see!
Love seeing your work videos and getting a look at what you do when you're not using the vice of knowledge on an light bulb.
Really interesting tour Clive, thanks. Maybe you should do a 'behind the scenes' documentary with the BBC :)
Thanks for the tour Clive!
As a kid I always wanted to have a look round the control centers like that. Thanks!
It always makes me happy to see Hog control. I am Hog 3/4 programmer in the US and from what I have noticed is that Hog seems to have a noticeably larger "martic share" in the UK and europe while GrandMA has a larger user base in the US. Wish I got to use Hogs more often, but it seems the trend in the US is more and more people are moving there systems to GrandMA.
Great rig! That place looks like a fun worksite!
Thank you sooo much for this amazing video!!! I love seeing behind the scenes, this was like pure heaven! Keep up the great work!!
Wow, the setup backstage is a lot more sophisticated that I imagined it would be. Don't get me wrong, I did think it would be quite sophisticated but it's just so more than I ever imagined.
AlpakaWhacker ...damn I was surprised too! Figured everything was done in your basement or garage. What is the place really used for ... Concerts? I figure you can make a satellite and launch it from the arena, then use gps & film the return trip & landing right from/ thru them windows. You can do it!
That was pretty cool, nice random picture of Ashens at around 4:32
As an Edinburgh lad this is a real treat to see behind the scenes of such a local institution! I was a sea cadet the last time I saw the Tattoo live so that's over twenty years now.
brilliant back stage run down. nice one Clive. ..appreciated ☺
big Clive is the reason I have started doing lighting and I am so happy doing it
once again again again, cheers for sharing Clive. very impressive and I formative
Very interesting - Thanks for taking the time to show us around! :)
Thanks for the tour.
We are up there on Saturday 27th, a gift from our daughter.
So we will get to experience the Tattoo live after watching it on TV for many, many years.
Really looking forward to it, thanks for the video.
Everything I wanted to do and achieve when I left school and never did. Keep up the great work it's really interesting stuff.
That's a spectacular shirt! I love loud shirts.
Superb, great to get a look behind the scenes!
Never mind the Beeb, I think you and your team could make one of the most awesome semi technical documentaries of the type that they don't show on dumbed down TV any more. Thanks for posting this, I wish you could have made this video about 45 mins long explaining a bit more about how the technology works, is used, connected together and the advantages of modern digital systems.
Thanks for the tour of where the magic happens. Like to see some more test run of the equipment.
thanks for the tour! always wondered what these places look like
Love Edinburgh and thank you for this video showing its true beauty.
Yep! This is the video i was looking for Mr. Clive!
That was really cool. Thanks for the tour!
Just a random Ashens sketch on the wall near your studio?
Have you watched Ashens extensively? Ever see *the face*?
Ashens face is beautiful.
Clearly you haven't watched extensively enough, That Guy.
+That Guy am I missing something? I watch ashens a lot.
BigClive and Ashens are good friends. Clive normally helps Ashens out at conventions
GREAT show tonight!!!! Thanks for your part Clive!.... didn't notice any lights out!
Glad you enjoyed the show. A full check on all lights is carried out every evening before the audience comes in.
@3:53 "I'm not an expert in audio desks" This cracked me up... having been a touring lighting director for years I spent thousands of hours next to audio desks and their operators and they're still a complete mystery to me as well... as I'm sure my kit was to them.
Oh this takes me back. Good times working in stage and theater production.
What an awesome office you have at the moment clive.
Looking good Clive!
Thanks Clive. I love 'industrial' electronics
wow that's some serious gear, man could have a field day... no wait... a field month or more with that lot.
thanks for the tour, love ur vids
fantastic engineering!! And happy to see that Ashens is on the job aswell :)
Awesome and interesting job you have.
Why is there a graffitied Ashens at 4:32
Important questions, more collab work in the future?
I never recognised it as Clive before but flashes of his face have been a long time running gag on Ashen's Channel
+Sharklops - No, it's Mentski / Mentuss.
Great little vid - always interesting stuff
Great tour - I really hope that the punters appreciate what goes on behind the scenes to make the whole show work, but sadly I doubt it. It's incredible the amount of tech that is involved. The next time someone starts complaining about the price of concert tickets, I'm going to show them this ;-)
Awesome! :) Reminded me of the days I spent with Rage Noise Audio in Nelson, New Zealand. In particular, the World of Wearable Arts shows we did the sound system for. But the kit we used was no way near as flash as this stuff!
Cool job you have. I been worked with sound to big shows. i miss that times. :)
Love that pic of Ashens in the technic room!
Awesome BigClive.
Thanks
Love the BC/DC bigclive.com poster behind your 'little studio'.
I particularly like the way your lighting and camera rig is clipped on to a big tank of water to stabilise it.
These backstage videos at the tattoo are excellent, really informative, impressive array of kit that gets used.
The panoramic shots of Edinburgh make me miss Scotland a lot though. I'll be back some day.
+magicaardvark1 Graham (Clive's colleague) is addicted to filming panoramics instead of Clive :)
YOOO NICE ASHENS POSTER, I'm glad you guys did a vid together. You're both my favorite tech channels for obvious reasons
fascinating stuff Clive, your rocking that shirt.
Saw the Tattoo last night (22/8). Many thanks to yourself and the rest of the crew, a flawless show. (also thanks for the video, it reminded me to pack my ticket! :-) )
As a old VL op this is like a old home walk through love it
Great tour, thank you!
Thanks for sharing you days at work.👍
Thanks for the tour. The Tattoo is a bucket list item for me. I've been working backstage off and on for about 50 years but I've never been involved in a big outdoor production like that. None of the equipment I work with needs to be IP67.
Seems like a pretty cool setup really, not much wrong with that! Love the idea if keeping spares on top!
1:53 I love how your beard works as a key fob!
Made my day
the best comment
I love the nod to ashes on the wall
Thanks Clive, really interesting!
Nice tour Clive, love the shirt lol
Fantastic video!
Wow, nice to see that. I was actually attending the show about a week and a half ago and was wondering what it would need like technically.
Love the comment about PRG being funny about showing broken lamps and the thumbnail for this video is ….a broken lamp! 😂🤣😂
You need to make that BC/DC as a shirt! Awesome video, like always!
I'm super jealous of the awesome opportunity!!! I need a job like this
Great tour, looks like you have the best views in all of Edinburgh.
That gothic cathedral in the background looked amazing.
love your videos and you inspired me so much i decided to going to school for electronic.
What a massive support structure to run it all wow.
That does look like a rather interesting place. Gotta say, I like the shirt, too. Might see if I can find one or two like it in my area next time I go clothes shopping.
Love it. Move videos like this! Would love to have taken that route in work.
Bloody hell Clive that shirt is louder than my tinnitus 😝🤣
Love the Ashens logo snuck onto the wall!
1) wow what a treat, never saw this one before
2) tell me you won the Loud Shirt Competition, Clive
Is that Ashens at 4:31 ?
You have a damn interesting job Clive you really do.
I miss Edinburgh so much
Thanks for sharing this
Andy
Noticed that too
+Ese Callum You heard wrongly.
Loving that shirt!
Love the shirt!!!
Very in, i love behind the scenes stuff like this
I've bee. watching your videos for between a few weeks to a month now, and I've enjoyed them. but all this re I have wondered why CZcams recommended you to me in the first place... *this is why* (I bet) :-P
I am trying to get into the creative lighting control industry, in fact I recently applied to lipa college to do their backstage course to help me get into uni. :-P
is love it if you would do more videos about this sort of stuff, I really couldn't care what it is you do as I want to know everything I can about the industry. :-P
anyway, keep up the great vids. :-P
This was interesting, would love to be a techie at an event like this and work with MH lighting equipment, sadly when i was in college in the early 2000's the country hit a recession and i was never taken on for an apprenticeship for electrical engineering :(
Many thanks for the upload, i added it to my favourites :D
Great interesting video !
Looks like you have a awesome job
Cool, thanks for the tour
Looks like a lot of fun, would love to do work like that again... :)
I would literally do what ever it took to have the job of narrating. that sounds like a blast.
Cool Clive thanks!
Amazing to see behind the scenes :)
I knew it Clive!!! Apparently, CZcams is promoting your back catalog in my recommended. You're also popping up in the strangest places these days. Good on you, mate. I really wish the best for your future (as I always have.)
Clive one thing is certain I can not turn down the volume or brightness enough to tone that shirt down. WOW! lol thanks for the tour