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]]> As a stage technician, not all gigs are bands and plays. Sometimes there are other types of shows to work on, such as corporate gigs and in the case of the venue where I work, city events.

During the last week we hosted an event for the changing of the Mayor. Basically a special city council meeting. So our job was to recreate the city council meeting chamber on our stage complete with audio, video and lighting in order to webcast the meeting out to the city TV station.

This is a gig which we have done on quite a few occasions (and at different venues).

Since the theater is in the middle of changing all the mid level management and operations personnel, for various reasons which I will not opine upon here, there was absolutely no plan for the day from above. And that meant that I was left to plan and work out the complete wiring of the event (as far as all video was concerned).

Luckily I have done this gig enough to have a good idea of how to get the thing done in my head. I consulted the city’s video guy (who works at the council chambers) in order to make sure my plan would work for his purposes (which it mostly did with just some minor adjustments).

So I proceed to lay out the cabling and network cables needed to make it all work.

Below are photos and information about the build of the event.

A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition. It sure looks nice from the front. Shown from the director's side.
A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition. It sure looks nice from the front. Shown from the director’s side.
A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition. It sure looks nice from the front. Shown from my seat at the video projection and Imag (Image Magnification) side.
A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition. It sure looks nice from the front. Shown from my seat at the video projection and Imag (Image Magnification) side.
A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition, Shown from the back of the table. A lot of cables to remember how to run and hook up!
A view of the video village for the Cerritos Mayoral Transition, Shown from the back of the table. A lot of cables to remember how to run and hook up!
A view of the city council chamber recreation seen from stage from stage right.
A view of the city council chamber recreation seen from stage from stage right.
Stage left view of the stage reproduction of the city council chambers with the Imag screen.
Stage left view of the stage reproduction of the city council chambers with the Imag screen.
Audience view of the stage reproduction of the city council chambers with the Imag screen.
Audience view of the stage reproduction of the city council chambers with the Imag screen.
PXW-Z200 for a wide shot, and Panasonic AW-UE160 PTZ cameras at front of house.
PXW-Z200 for a wide shot, and Panasonic AW-UE160 PTZ cameras at front of house.
A view from behind the Panasonic AW-UE160 at front of house.
A view from behind the Panasonic AW-UE160 at front of house.
A Sony PXW-Z200 at FOH (one of two) over the DIGiiCo Quantum 338 audio desk.
A Sony PXW-Z200 at FOH (one of two) over the DIGiiCo Quantum 338 audio desk.
A view of one of three Panasonic PTZ cameras, and large flat screen monitors pointed at the stage for the city council members to view the broadcast of the event from.
A view of one of three Panasonic PTZ cameras, and large flat screen monitors pointed at the stage for the city council members to view the broadcast of the event from.
One of two in house Christie Roadster HD14K-M 1080 HD 3DLP projectors hanging on the balcony rail. (The other is out for maintenance.)
One of two in house Christie Roadster HD14K-M 1080 HD 3DLP projectors hanging on the balcony rail. (The other is out for maintenance.)
Our FOH audio engineer, Jonny B. getting ready for the event. In the foreground the DIGiiCo Quantum 338 audio desk.
Our FOH audio engineer, Jonny B. getting ready for the event. In the foreground the DIGiiCo Quantum 338 audio desk.

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