Lit Events, a UK-based live events production specialist, has developed a compact, modular production pod built around a Blackmagic Design workflow, designed to scale from small conferences to large stadium productions.
The pod – transportable on a flatbed truck – can operate as a full OB environment or a demountable fly-away kit, maintaining the same core functionality and signal integrity in either configuration. At its heart is a Blackmagic ATEM Constellation 8K live production switcher paired with an ATEM 2 M/E Advanced Panel, an ATEM Camera Control Panel for remote shading, and a Blackmagic Videohub 40×40 12G router handling all signal routing, monitoring and returns.
Six URSA Broadcast G2 cameras fitted with URSA Studio Viewfinder G2s handle primary acquisition, supplemented by Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4Ks for flexible rigging and additional angles. All camera ISO signals and programme output are recorded to SSD via racked HyperDeck Studio 4K Pro decks, which also handle UHD VT playback.
Mark Kenyon, co-founder and technical director at Lit Events, said: “The URSAs give us excellent picture quality and remote control via the Mini Converter Optical Fiber 12Gs. With native camera control via the ATEM Panel, return feeds, tally, intercom and colour all behave predictably across the system.”
Kenyon – a former lighting designer and vision engineer for the BBC – added: “We wanted a chain our engineers know inside and out. Blackmagic affords us a level of simplicity and scalability that means we can focus on creating memorable moments.”
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