Video director Jon Shrimpton added his magic into the 15 screen live mix at the concert staged in front of 35,000 excited fans - the largest own-headlining show the band has played to date.
Once again, Shrimpton collaborated closely with lighting designer Richard Larkum on the look and feel of the show, cutting the IMAG from FOH instead of the more conventional side-stage position.This was something they started on the arena tour at the end of 2007, finding it enhanced communication and a creative rapport..
The Elland Road stage was similar in set up to that of the arena tour, with five portrait format screens 'crowning' the action above the front of the stage. At this show, these were constructed from Barco MiTrix - 18 tiles high and five wide - chosen for its light weight.
Both sides of stage, offstage of the PA wings, Shrimpton added another five screens - each made up of two modules wide and five deep of Barco OLite, arranged in a quirky format that he describes as an "Electric Legoland" effect.
The camera set up included three Sony D50s with 70mm long throw lenses, all positioned front-of-house at the rear of the mixing tower. Four Sony mini-cams were rigged onstage in front of the drums, keyboards, guitar and bass, and a small DV cam was stationed behind the lead vocal position, used for lead singer Ricky Wilson's reverse shot.
Shrimpton configured his GV Kayak vision mixer so all the screen cuts were individually controllable via its Macros, and they used a Leitch router for additional routing "trickery".
(Jim Evans)
