Operated perspectives
For the four-camera production, operated cameras at stage left and stage right followed changing musical focus, ensemble interaction, and human detail.
Concert recording · Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
A stage full of voices. Coverage designed to preserve the whole performance.
Across two large concert productions, ON21 provided coordinated multicamera coverage for South Shore Chorale. The goal was to create a more useful record than a single camera at the back of the room—one the organization could share with its singers and retain for archival purposes.
Verified production facts
- Two
- concert productions
- Three cameras
- for the first production
- Four cameras
- for the second production
- Direct audio
- coordinated with the theatre sound system
- Within one week
- both finished recordings delivered
The production challenge
Protect the full performance without losing the human detail.
The stage brought together a large community chorale, full orchestra, and soloists. The Christmas production also included a handbell choir, while the 2026 concert involved 180 voices.
Musical focus could move rapidly between sections of the choir, soloists, and individual instruments. The recording needed to follow those changes while keeping the scale and continuity of the complete performance intact.
Without a dedicated camera rehearsal, the production plan established protected views that could preserve the whole stage while operated cameras responded to meaningful details and expressions as the performance unfolded.
The multicamera approach
A protected foundation with room to follow the music.
The first concert used three-camera coverage. The second expanded to four cameras, giving the production more flexibility without sacrificing dependable full-stage and soloist views.
Protected center views
An unmanned center-wide camera protected the complete stage, while a tighter unmanned center camera provided dependable coverage of soloists.
Live-switched continuity
The production was live-switched, using the wide and protected views to maintain continuity as the operated cameras moved between sections, soloists, and instruments.
Audio from the room’s system
Audio came directly from the theatre sound system rather than relying only on a camera-mounted or room microphone.
Together, the protected views and operated angles created a coherent record of the full performance while preserving expressions and musical details a single fixed camera could miss.
Visual evidence
Details that show what multicamera coverage preserves.
Approved still frames from the completed concert recording show how the coverage could move from the larger performance to individual sections and instrumental detail.
Outcome and archival value
Completed recordings the organization can share and preserve.
South Shore Chorale was excited to have completed recordings it could share with participating singers and preserve as part of the organization’s archive.
Both finished recordings were delivered within one week of their concert production.
ON21 and South Shore Chorale are also exploring more organized long-term access through Ludiom.
Start with the event
Planning an event that deserves more than one fixed view?
Share the date, venue, schedule, and what the finished recording needs to do. ON21 will help shape a right-sized production plan.