Case study · Events
Filming events while they run
AGP handles front-of-house for major events: access control, cashless payment, crowd flow. AGP sent me backstage at Solidays, the Fête de l'Humanité and LOU Rugby home games, to show the work as it actually happens, where nothing can be shot twice.
The context
AGP, a Lyon supplier of event front-of-house: access control, payment, bars, crowd flow, accreditation. Its venues: from LOU Rugby to the Stade de France, by way of the Fêtes de Bayonne.
The need: show each job where it happens, at its 3 biggest venues.
The constraint
A stadium filling up, a bar in full rush, access control as the doors open. A dense crowd to film without obstructing it or showing individuals, and a shoot that blends into the operation rather than disrupting it.
The setup
- A light, mobile setup
- Accreditation and ground coordination in advance
- Blackmagic, a cinema register: we tell an adventure, not a service delivery
- Sound recording suited to crowd noise
- Image rights: crowd framing, releases for individual shots
The deliverables
- Backstage films, every job as it really happens
- Capability content by division: payment, access, flow
- 11 videos delivered, all in horizontal format
Outcome
1 assignment, 3 venues
Solidays, the Fête de l'Humanité, LOU Rugby: several days at each, and no second take.
Contact
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What cannot be shot twice gets prepared: recces, accreditation, coordination on the ground.