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Band "Journey" on Oprah tomorrow

Steve Gibby

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*Update*
The Journey content was not on Oprah today (Fri Oct 2). Today was the word we got, and the TV guide showed the same - but part way through today's show there were teases for the Journey content actually airing on the show this coming Monday (Oct 5).


For those of you who are in the USA, tomorrow (Oct 2) the classic rock band Journey are the guests on Oprah. Oprah is on NBC at 4pm Pacific Time (check local listings for your time zone). As part of the program, clips of the edited footage from the 10-RED camera production of the Journey concert in Manila will be aired.

As you might remember, I was a DP and one of the stage front shoulder held cameras for that production. I recruited my good friend Blair Paulsen (RED #19) to be the other stage front shoulder held camera.

The edit on the DVD version has been completed - and according to Dan Barnett, the Executive Producer of the HDTV program and DVD, the editing went extremely well. In his words: "We are getting a great response and the show looks amazing! It (DVD) will be in stores in Wal-Mart 4th Quarter".

So, if you get a chance check out our Journey in Manila clips on Oprah tomorrow. If you miss it, look for the DVD to be released sometime before the end of the year.
 
Hey Steve -

Looking forward to it. Could you tell us how you preped the lighting for the shoot. Anything special you did to shoot the concert. Sounds like a great project.
 
Hoffman said:
Hey Steve -

Looking forward to it. Could you tell us how you preped the lighting for the shoot. Anything special you did to shoot the concert. Sounds like a great project.
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The lighting director was Jeff Ravitz - one of the very best in the live show business. We knew lighting would be a challenge - being in a huge outdoor venue at night. We wanted to have enough light to shoot at an aperture of 5.6, which with Jeff's skill we were able to achieve.

We had a rehearsal night to work out the kinks in lighting and camera placement.

We had two shoulder held cameras right in front of the stage, mounted on ET Mantis rigs. We also had a Steadicam, a 40' jib, a dolly, a mini-jib on the stage, and five long lens cameras on stands spaced through the venue. The long lens cameras in the back of the venue used cine lenses (Optimo 12x), and the shoulder held, Steadi, and jibs used Nikon lenses.

We hardlined the 720p live output from each camera to the control room, where it was switched in a live call by the director to the huge IMAG screen above the stage. Each camera also recorded Quad HD to a RED Drive mounted via an ET Shock Mount. The HDTV show and DVD were then edited in post from the Quad HD drive footage.

All 10 REDs performed flawlessly - we had no camera problems whatsoever - and no dropped frames on any drives.

Journey management hung out in the control room and kept commenting on how much they liked the images and camera work. The EP was also way stoked with the performance of the REDs and crew. Journey put on one of the best concerts I've ever seen or shot...amazing energy. The Filipino people were great...

I wrote a review article of the production for TV Technology magazine and there's a lot more info about the production in it. Here's a link:
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/83626

The Oprah show will have some good clips from the edited concert, but if you get a chance, check out the DVD itself...its very cool :)
 
Lucas Wilson said:
Is this with Steve Perry and Neal Schon??
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Hey Luki...howzit goin'?

Neal Schon and others of the original band (Jonathon, etc.), but the new lead singer as of about a year ago is Arnel Pineda. He is unreal...great voice, sounds unbelievably like Steve Perry, but with his own nuances. He is Filipino, so this concert was a homecoming for him in front of 25,000+ celebrating Filipinos!

The last Journey album that came out earlier this year has a bunch of new songs with Arnel singing, and also all the oldies, again with Arnel singing. You listen to it and just can't believe it isn't Steve Perry singing - but its Arnel Pineda. Journey hasn't missed a beat...they still sound phenomenal, and they put on an amazing show.

Next up for the same EP and crew is a top secret, huge music concert production in early Spring, for which we're planning on using as many as 15 Epic and Scarlet cameras. More info on that will be released when we can...

Fun stuff!!
 
Thanks Frank..we'll keep you in mind on that :)
 
Frank Weeks said:
Sounds like a great shoot Steve. If you need another Epic, I hope to have mine by then and I travel cheap :drool5:
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Me too! (and I'm #206 so have Frank beat by 1500 SNs):biggrin:

PS. I think you worked with my friend Champe Barton on the Journey shoot too?
 
Michael Hastings said:
Me too! :biggrin:

I think you worked with my friend Champe Barton on the Journey shoot too?
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Right on! Yes, me and Champe were the dual DPs for the Journey in Manila production - he's a great guy, excellent DP, and super to work with. In production circles its a small world sometimes, eh Mike?

I do recommend crew for these gigs, so as we get closer to the next gig I'll keep you in mind Mike. The next one just may be relatively close to where you're based :)
 
*Update*
The Journey content was not on Oprah today (Fri Oct 2). Airing today was the word we got, and the TV guide showed the same - but part way through today's show there were teases for the Journey content actually airing on the show this coming Monday (Oct 5).
 
In Australia, our Oprah is about 3 months delayed. Let us know if there is a link where we can see it. Desperate to see some of your footage!
 
I'll check on links Jim. If nothing else we need to get you one of the DVDs of the concert production when they become available.

If you'd like a peek at my other non-music genres of production footage, click on the Artbeats link in my signature below. There are 19 new pages of my footage now on that link...

Fun stuff!
 
Yeah, definitely getting the DVD as soon as it's available, it will be a great benchmark for what is possible.

Got to get you over to Sydney one day to help us up the ante on our multi Red shoots! :hurray:

All the best,

Jim

P.S. I have already checked out your Artbeats collection. Amazing!
 
Yes, check out the DVD, its good stuff :)

I've been to Sydney, and most of the rest of OZ, many times on production trips. For about 15 years from the late 80's forward, one of my yearly gigs was on the crew televising the ASP World Contest Tour pro surfing worldwide. Each year we'd come to OZ for about a month or so, and work in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and sometimes Western OZ. I loved it! When not working I was surfing and shooting footage for Australian Tourism and the tourism departments of the provinces. Great fun...and I always look forward to it...

It wouldn't take much to lure me back down to OZ. If you have a good gig down there email or PM me and we'll figure something out for sure :)

Thanks for the nice words on the Artbeats collection. I'm passionate about shooting, and I seize every opportunity to shoot. People seem to like the footage - and it always feels good when someone likes your art.
 
*Update 10/5*
It is today (Monday, 10/5) the band Journey on Oprah will be televised. Oprah is on NBC at 4 pm Pacific (check local listings). Portions of our edited 10 RED camera Journey in Manila concert production will be part of this Oprah show. This will give you a peek at footage from the DVD of the Journey Manila production, which will be released worldwide shortly.
 
Steve Gibby said:
*Update 10/5*
It is today (Monday, 10/5) the band Journey on Oprah will be televised. Oprah is on NBC at 4 pm Pacific (check local listings). Portions of our edited 10 RED camera Journey in Manila concert production will be part of this Oprah show. This will give you a peek at footage from the DVD of the Journey Manila production, which will be released worldwide shortly.
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Yup. They showed some clips. Looks like it was a great show. The DVD is available in the USA starting today at Walmart.

Don't stop. Believing...
 
Thanks for that report Curran! I haven't seen the show yet, because I'm on the West Coast today and it airs at 4 pm. I'll be watching it...

I knew the DVD release would be soon, but I seriously didn't know it would go on sale today at Wal-Mart. Very cool...

Definitely: Don't Stop Believin' :thumbsup:
 
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