The who’s who of the showbiz world included Anastacia, the cast of Bombay Dreams, Enrique Iglesias, Gareth Gates, Kylie Minogue, Liberty X, Ronan Keating, Shania Twain, Will Young and many others. Working for BBC Resources, Screenco supplied a giant 15mm display - measuring 4.8m x 5.04m and positioned upstage centre - rigged on a solid truss and flanked by a pair of Barco i8 displays, measuring 2.24m square. Screenco controlled the content on screen, including the graphic content - created by Artbeat and processed by Blitz. This provided one of the evening’s highlights and was the subject of much favourable comment.
Screenco supplied a PPU to handle the mixes, under the supervision of Simon Greaves, and the graphics were processed through a DPS 3D editing and playout system. "We supplied two different mixes - one for the centre and one for the outside screens," said Screenco project manager, Steve Purkess. "Occasionally we took a feed from the BBC but the majority of the playout was graphics."
(Lee Baldock)
