Scope
Remote ProductionContent CreationVirtual EventsLive ProductionWeb StreamingMulti-Camera AcquisitionVideo ProjectionVideo System DesignJib CranesDirectorial
Client
Year
2021
Live multi-camera production on stage from Seattle as part of a multi-site, multi-studio conference for quantum computer innovator D-Wave.
“The Qubits conference gives D-Wave users the opportunity to present their most recent results related to the application of quantum annealing in logistics, materials science, healthcare, machine learning and financial models.”
D-Wave Technology Update: Product Expansion & Cross Platform Roadmap | Qubits 2021
Overview
- Top-tier Maryland-based live event producers Podium Arts Communications brought Punch Drunk on board to produce the Seattle-based segments for the complex multi-day Quibits Conference in 2021
- Two “mirror” locations were created with matching sets – one in Seattle and one in Vancouver, BC – which were then linked with a master control room (MCU) in Maryland, which stitched together the two live sites with other remote locations and VOD content
- A 20k laser projector and floating rear-projection screen provided background graphics for the live presenters
- Four broadcast cameras with one camera crane were set up inside the theater with no live audience – all remote viewers
- Multiple tiers of SRT backhaul connected the Seattle and Vancouver, BC sites to the MCU in Virginia
- Multiple chains of redundant recording on all ISO channels were active throughout the show, and then delivered same-day for editing
