The lightning speed of postproduction by Chicago HD and a team of editors and audio mixers took Lollapalooza 2009 from Millennium Park to FUSE TV in four days after the last musician stepped off the stage at Millennium Park.
Within that tight time frame they edited and finished the 45-minute “The Best of Lollapalooza ?09” for airing on FUSE TV.
“The only thing faster than what we did in getting the show on the air is live TV,” joked mixer Sam Fishkin of Mix Kitchen.
The experts worked under the direction of Lollapalooza executive Hank Neuberger and John Rubey, AEG Live executive producer.
“They had a clear picture of how they wanted the show to look, sound and feel,” noted Fishkin. “Consequently, there was rarely a misstep and little backtracking as we put this together — a good thing since there wasn’t time.”
The show features nine songs, including those from The Killers, Lou Reed, Kings of Leon, Snoop Dogg and Jane’s Addiction, an interview with festival founder Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction and several web extras.
Chicago HD, under the direction of Steve Panning, had the difficult job of pulling together different video formats from three stages, different camera crews and lighting.
Visuals were provided by three production trucks and numerous handheld cameras. Up to eight cameras covered the event stages, and the performances were shot with 3D cameras recording onto HDCAM-SR tape, HDCAM or 720/24p HD.
Panning both edited and supervised a team consisting of Mike Burrow, Joe Langenfeld and Steve Rodby, assistant editor Lucy Munger and colorist Andrew Maxwell, keeping the work on target.
Fishkin mixed sound in 5.1 surround and stereo, with help of music mixer Matt Prock. Brian Reed of Bam Studios prepared the interview and dialog segments while Fishkin conformed his music mixes and added ambiences.
The show features nine songs, including those from The Killers, Lou Reed, Kings of Leon, Snoop Dogg and Jane’s Addiction, an interview with festival founder Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction and several web extras.
The completed tapes were delivered by special courier to FUSE in Manhattan, the music-oriented TV channel owned by Cablevision.
Lollapalooza continues to air on the network. Clips are available on Fuse’s website and the program will be available shortly on Video-On-Demand.
