Live 8 - Saturday 2 July 2005
Live 8 on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ - production
facts
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ hoist in Hyde Park is 206 foot tall and carries one manned High Definition
camera.
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Over 15 miles of cabling will be used in the Hyde Park concert alone.
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Over 35 cameras will be used to film the event - two are robotic cameras.
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Over 200 microphones will be used.
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One helicopter will circle the area, capturing the scale of Live 8 from
the air, and will be equipped with a robotic camera.
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Over 50 people will be working the various cameras - plus 50 sound operators,
around 20 stage hands, 20 video tape editors, 15 communications experts
and around 40 production team producer/directors.
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In terms of TV and Radio coverage combined on 2 July there will be
approximately 90 hours of coverage across ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ THREE
and all the radio networks.
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Over 30 temporary buildings will be used to house artists (this figure is expected
to rise).
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The stage uses 270 tons of steel and wood.
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The stage roof is used to suspend more than 30 tons of sound, lighting and
video equipment.
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150 state-of-the-art moving lights, plus a further 120 other lights.
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Six follow-spots will be used.
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A total of 295,000 kW of light - equivalent to almost seven and a half
thousand domestic 40W lightbulbs - will light up Hyde Park.
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One megawatt of electricity will be needed to power the event. One generator
will be used to supply this amount, with a back up running at the same
time.
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