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How KoЯn Enlisted Fans to Shoot Their Doc with the Blackmagic Camera App
Well, that’s a band name I probably haven’t seen or thought about since the days of watching MTV’s Total Request Live when I got home from middle school in the mid-2000s.Blackmagic Design has shared a cool story about how one of the most popular nu-metal groups from their day, KoЯn, used hundreds of fans to help them create a pretty kick-ass rock concert documentary.Armed with Blackmagic Camera apps on their smartphones, over 200 KoЯn fans served as assistant camera operators on a recent documentary that captured the band’s 30th-anniversary concert in action. Let’s look at some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits about how this was pulled off.KoЯn Concert DocumentaryAs a celebration of the American metal band’s 30th anniversary concert, KoЯn’s official videographer, Sébastien Paquet, set up a unique workflow using the Blackmagic Camera app and Blackmagic Cloud to turn hundreds of fans into assistant camera operators.“Korn have been pioneers throughout their career, from creating their own sound to creating a new musical genre to revolutionizing fan/band interactions. They blew up during the infancy of the Internet, so they’ve always embraced technology since day one. In 1998, they were the first ever band to do an online weekly video talk show from their recording sessions. So their fans were virtually in the recording studio every Wednesday afternoon with them. So whenever I hear of something that’s groundbreaking, and never been done before, I will pitch it to them!” — Sébastien PaquetUnlocking Blackmagic Camera App WorkflowsAll told, it actually sounds like a pretty simple process thanks to the ease of use with the Blackmagic Camera app, which can be downloaded on both iPhone and Android smartphones and is free to download and use. “The Korn guys have always been technology savvy, so they immediately liked the Blackmagic Camera app to the Cloud idea for their fans. We had literally hundreds and hundreds of fans all wanting to be part of this project, and the Blackmagic Camera app being synced to Blackmagic Cloud was the way to make it all happen.” — Sébastien Paquet If anything, the real trick was working with all of the footage and data collected by the fans with the goal of editing together a seamless story and experience from the concert. “I just love numerical data and the fans’ content totalled 11 hours of footage. So I had lots of content to work with to bring this piece to life. It was challenging no question, but the fact that Blackmagic Cloud could support that much data seamlessly was very impressive. I could just scrub through it all instantly in the DaVinci Resolve project and there were hours of stuff for me to play with.” — Sébastien Paquet You can find out more about the project—as well as further learn how Blackmagic Design played a pivotal role in its development, capture, and edit—on Blackmagic’s website here.
Well, that’s a band name I probably haven’t seen or thought about since the days of watching MTV’s Total Request Live when I got home from middle school in the mid-2000s.
Blackmagic Design has shared a cool story about how one of the most popular nu-metal groups from their day, KoЯn, used hundreds of fans to help them create a pretty kick-ass rock concert documentary.
Armed with Blackmagic Camera apps on their smartphones, over 200 KoЯn fans served as assistant camera operators on a recent documentary that captured the band’s 30th-anniversary concert in action. Let’s look at some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits about how this was pulled off.
KoЯn Concert Documentary
As a celebration of the American metal band’s 30th anniversary concert, KoЯn’s official videographer, Sébastien Paquet, set up a unique workflow using the Blackmagic Camera app and Blackmagic Cloud to turn hundreds of fans into assistant camera operators.
“Korn have been pioneers throughout their career, from creating their own sound to creating a new musical genre to revolutionizing fan/band interactions. They blew up during the infancy of the Internet, so they’ve always embraced technology since day one. In 1998, they were the first ever band to do an online weekly video talk show from their recording sessions. So their fans were virtually in the recording studio every Wednesday afternoon with them. So whenever I hear of something that’s groundbreaking, and never been done before, I will pitch it to them!” — Sébastien Paquet
Unlocking Blackmagic Camera App Workflows
All told, it actually sounds like a pretty simple process thanks to the ease of use with the Blackmagic Camera app, which can be downloaded on both iPhone and Android smartphones and is free to download and use.
“The Korn guys have always been technology savvy, so they immediately liked the Blackmagic Camera app to the Cloud idea for their fans. We had literally hundreds and hundreds of fans all wanting to be part of this project, and the Blackmagic Camera app being synced to Blackmagic Cloud was the way to make it all happen.” — Sébastien Paquet
If anything, the real trick was working with all of the footage and data collected by the fans with the goal of editing together a seamless story and experience from the concert.
“I just love numerical data and the fans’ content totalled 11 hours of footage. So I had lots of content to work with to bring this piece to life. It was challenging no question, but the fact that Blackmagic Cloud could support that much data seamlessly was very impressive. I could just scrub through it all instantly in the DaVinci Resolve project and there were hours of stuff for me to play with.” — Sébastien Paquet
You can find out more about the project—as well as further learn how Blackmagic Design played a pivotal role in its development, capture, and edit—on Blackmagic’s website here.
