Bruce Wheaton

Backstage Wizards Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 8 episodes

Talking about solving interesting problems with creative technical solutions, mainly related to live events. Guests from the AV industry speak to Bruce Wheaton about problems they have solved, and the adventures along the way. Also check out Bruce's talk at frame:work LA at https://framework.video/session/zoetrope-style-screen-design/

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Bruce Wheaton

Episodes

Biscuits & Tea and Projection Mapping 02.05.2024 36:42

Paris is back with more questions, and this time she wants the right answer to - what is Projection Mapping? The next in our adventures in describing highly visual challenges verbally! Meanwhile, everyone likes a nice cup of tea, and what makes that better? A biscuit, obviously - but which one? How to decide? Is it subjective.... or not?

Augmenting Reality - Interview with All Of It Now 19.04.2024 47:24

Bruce talks to Danny and Berto at All Of It Now about augmented reality, virtual production and their thoughts on tech. They share fascinating details of their work on the new Fallout series, the Disney Encanto Hollywood Bowl special and their finely honed workflows.

The show did go on! Interview with Les Goldberg 01.04.2024 48:02

Bruce sits down with Les Goldberg of ETP and LMG and they discuss origin stories, fresh talent in the events industry, and what Les has in mind for the future: along with some fond memories of past tech. Les's newest book The Road Ahead podcast

Seeing Triple 19.12.2023 17:27

Bruce and Paris discuss Stereoscopic projection and 3D video in general... but did they really mean to?

Tartonen Neowerk - Interview with Matt Ward 12.10.2023 41:19

What could it be? Matt Ward and Bruce discuss a fun project from 25 years ago and its challenges and adventures. Matt helps jog Bruce's memory as he prepares for a talk given at frame:work LA . We also cover repurposing video equipment and LEDs for Art and corporate use, and what we can gain from pushing the envelope.

A Moment in Timecode 11.10.2023 21:07

Paris wants to know all about timecode, and how and why it's used on show site. SMPTE, LTC, VITC, NDC - it's a veritable alphabet soup. Bruce tries to cover all the bases... except Drop-frame, which we'll cover in a future episode on frame rates.

There Will Be Pixels. Interview with Laura Frank. 03.08.2023 46:05

Bruce connects with Laura Frank to talk about her achievements as a Screens Producer and the problems she has solved. Laura has over thirty years of professional experience as an entertainment technologist. She has written two textbooks on the topic. The first is S creens Producing and Media Operations and the second is Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment . She als...

Backstage Wizards Trailer 31.07.2023 2:37

A short introduction to the Backstage Wizards podcast.