Case Study:
Gogglebox
Dan has worked on Gogglebox since it’s first recorded pilot back in 2013 when the crew squeezed into the Tapper family’s small kitchen – filming them wince, squirm, laugh and shout watching programs which were not on their normal telly watching routine!
TWENTY FIVE series, numerous BAFTA, and National Television Awards, tens of thousands of miles, many new families – it’s still as amusing as it was in series one and still as much fun to film.
We provide the fixed rig robotic cameras and camera crew for Gogglebox with SAB network providing the sound equipment and Sound Recordists. Working in such close quarters with the contributors and for such long periods, we have all got to know each other pretty well!
As well as the cameras, we also provide the PMW-X1000 VTR’s for recording pictures and sound. These were chosen by the production because during filming the crews generate around 25hrs of footage a night and the edit wanted everything recorded in the XDCAM 50mbps codec so it was easier to manage.
For the last three years we have been teaching students studying for their “Masters in Directing and Producing TV” at the National Film and Television School about how we film Gogglebox. The students have to cast, produce and film their very own episode of Gogglebox!
Summary of Production…
Type of Production: Fixed Rig
Equipment Used: 12x Sony H900 cameras, 12x Sony PMW-1000
Number of Team: 6x crews on the road 35 weeks a year, hundreds of hours of footage every week
Skill Sets: Lighting Camera, Fixed Rig
