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Multi-Location SFX Event Coverage Team
This cue-driven production spans stage, towers, and offshore boat fireworks with precise timing requirements. Our team structure ensures comprehensive coverage of scale, impact moments, and signature visual styles while maintaining tight delivery deadlines. The approach combines real-time coordination, strategic camera positioning, and on-site editing to deliver two core videos by Monday morning.
Coverage Requirements & Deliverables
Scale Capture
Multi-location coordination across stage, crowd, towers, and offshore fireworks to establish event magnitude and spatial relationships.
Impact Moments
Precisely timed hits including water effects, CO₂ bursts, pyrotechnics, fireworks sequences, and powder explosions synchronized to cues.
Signature Style
Crowd foreground compositions with effects behind, utilizing focus pulls to reveal FireOne elements dramatically.
Control Precision
Cue integration with Sachin ensuring camera team captures peak moments through real-time backstage communication.
Fast Turnaround
On-site ingest and early edit assembly workflow enabling Monday morning delivery of polished final videos.
Team Structure: 7 Essential Roles
01
Producer/Director + Drone Pilot
Combined role overseeing execution and capturing aerial scale
02
Cue Liaison
Stationed beside Sachin backstage for real-time communication
03
Camera Op A — Wide Scale
Capturing full scope: stage, crowd, towers, offshore context
04
Camera Op B — Tight Stage
Performer context and pyro hits with stage focus
05
Camera Op C — Crowd Focus Pull
Signature foreground reactions with effect reveals
06
On-Side Editor
Continuous ingest and real-time timeline assembly
07
Runner / Production Assistant
Battery rotation, card runs, logistics support
Producer/Director + Drone Pilot
Producer/Director Responsibilities
  • Lead execution and maintain priorities for both core deliverables
  • Confirm access, timing windows, and safe filming zones with FireOne and event team
  • Oversee safety compliance and secure necessary approvals
  • Ensure Monday delivery workflow stays on track throughout production
Drone Pilot Responsibilities
  • Capture aerial establishing shots during approved safe windows only
  • Document offshore context showing stage and boat fireworks relationship
  • Coordinate drone windows with Cue Liaison for peak moments timing
  • Keep drone clips short, clean, and editorially usable (2–6 second segments)

Critical Note
Drone flights occur exclusively during approved windows and designated safe zones. All aerial operations must be coordinated with the Cue Liaison to capture key effect moments while maintaining safety protocols throughout the event.
Cue Liaison: Real-Time Coordination Hub
Non-Negotiable Role
This position transforms the shoot from reactive to predictive, preventing missed hits by turning the entire operation into a cue-driven production system.
1
Position
Stationed beside Sachin at main control, receiving live cues for all effect sequences
2
Communication
Delivers short prompts: "Boat in 10," "Towers next," "Pyro now," "Wide safe on/off"
3
Coordination
Ensures camera team anticipates moments instead of reacting to them
Key Cue Types Monitored
  • Boat fireworks start (during Machel performance)
  • Tower sequences and firing patterns
  • CO₂ drops and stage effects
  • Pyro hits and synchronized bursts
  • Powder moments and color effects
  • Finale sequence coordination and laser protocol
Camera Op A: Wide Scale Coverage
Insurance + Identity
This operator captures the scale and anchor shots that define the event's visual identity. Positioning captures the relationship between stage, crowd, towers, and offshore elements while maintaining safety protocols for laser systems.
Stage + Crowd + Towers Alignment
Capture full spatial relationships during safe windows only, establishing event magnitude and multi-location coordination.
Stage Silhouette + Offshore Boat Fireworks
Signature identity shot positioning boat fireworks behind stage, creating iconic visual that defines the production.
Crowd "Look Up" Wides
Capture audience reactions during peak moments, emphasizing collective experience and scale of effects.
Clean Stable Wides
Deliver anchor shots usable as edit foundations, providing stable bases for cutting between tighter action coverage.

Stage-Facing Wide Rule
Stage-facing wide is pointed at stage only when cleared by Cue Liaison per laser safety protocol. This prevents equipment damage and maintains crew safety.
Camera Op B: Tight Stage & Performer Context
Anchoring the FireOne Story
This operator captures performer anchors and pyro hits that add essential context without overtaking the FireOne narrative focus. Tight framing ensures effects remain the hero while performers provide emotional anchors and timing reference points throughout the event.
Must-Capture Elements
  1. Machel intro pyro hits from top stage
  1. Short performer anchors kept tight (Machel/Bunji)
  1. Pyro texture inserts from front and top stage
  1. Stage CO₂ hits with performer context
  1. Quick crowd reactions near stage as punctuation beats
Balance is critical: performers provide story context and emotional beats, but FireOne effects remain the primary visual focus throughout both deliverables.
Camera Op C: Signature Focus Pull Specialist
Crowd Foreground Style
This operator delivers the signature visual language: audience foreground sharp, then rack focus to reveal FireOne effects behind. This approach creates emotional connection while showcasing technical precision. The focus pull technique repeats throughout the night, building visual consistency across both videos.
1
Face Reaction to Fireworks
Start with sharp audience face, rack focus to fireworks or towers behind, revealing awe and scale simultaneously.
2
Hands-Up Foreground Reveal
Capture raised hands sharp, rack focus to CO₂ or water hits, connecting audience participation to effect impact.
3
Over-Shoulder Look-Up Framing
Frame over audience shoulder looking up, rack focus to offshore fireworks, establishing viewer perspective.
4
Push-Through Gimbal Sequences
Execute moving gimbal shots through crowd, rack focus on cue hits, creating dynamic motion with effect reveals.
Priority Moments for Multiple Takes
  • Boat fireworks during Machel performance (capture multiple foreground reveal sequences)
  • Tower firing sequences combined with CO₂ drops (repeat focus pull technique from various angles)
On-Side Editor: Fast Turnaround Engine
Required Role
Making Monday Morning Delivery Realistic
1
Continuous Ingest
Receive and process footage during event via card rotation workflow, eliminating post-event delay.
2
Organize Priority Bins
Sort footage into categories: boat fireworks, towers, CO₂, pyro, crowd focus pulls, control, performers, drone.
3
Build 60s Structure Live
Assemble timeline during event: hook opening, FireOne showcase sequences, performer anchors, logo end card.
4
Flag Missing Shots Early
Identify gaps in coverage immediately so camera team can re-capture elements if timing windows remain available.
The on-side editor transforms production from capture-then-edit to capture-and-build, compressing days of post-production into hours and enabling realistic Monday delivery.
Integrated Workflow & Team Coordination
How the Team Works Together
Cue Liaison
Receives timing from Sachin, calls camera team with advance warning
Camera Operators
Wide, Tight, and Crowd Focus ops capture assigned angles simultaneously
Producer/Director
Runs drone windows when safe, oversees execution and safety compliance
Runner
Moves cards to editor, rotates batteries, maintains gear flow
On-Side Editor
Builds timeline in real time for Monday delivery, flags gaps early
Why This Team Setup Delivers
  • Captures all key effects without missing critical hits
  • Delivers premium crowd-foreground focus-pull style consistently
  • Includes aerial scale and offshore context through drone coverage
  • Achieves Monday morning delivery via on-site edit workflow
  • Protects gear and maintains safety through laser protocol and safe zones
  • Provides redundancy and flexibility for real-time adjustments