Episode 445. Filming Live Theatre

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”bio-scott-silbersteinScott Silberstein is the Emmy-winning co-founder and executive producer of HMS Media, a leader in video production for live entertainment and creator of online content and broadcast specials. Scott discusses the challenges and goals of transferring theatrical content to flat screens, and reveals the vital exchange of dimensions, key distribution models, the difficulties of lighting, the necessity of sound, the vagaries of capturing the ineffable (or at least making it effable), the good news about emerging genres, and the supreme importance of relationships. (Length 19:42)

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austin · June 22, 2015 at 3:28 pm

Hi Rick – Welcome aboard! THE RING REDUCED is not available, unfortunately, but one of these days we’ll post it up on YouTube. If you dive into the back catalogue of our weekly podcast, you’ll hear an excerpt from it here: http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/2014/10/episode-409-more-lost-works/

Rick · June 17, 2015 at 11:43 am

Just watched my first RSC show at Blackpool Grand Theatre, UK a few days ago. Now ordering all the RSC back catalogue.

An amazing evening. Hope your back again soon.

I remember seeing Wagner, The Ring Cycle on CH4 I think, many many moons ago. The Darling Clementine song variation was great, is that available anywhere.

Regards

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