Multi-camera techniques Live performance – The Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. In the video they perform Howlin For You, Next Girl, Gold On The Ceiling, Thick Freakness, I'll Be Your Man, Your Touch, Little Black Submarines, Dead And Gone, Tighten Up, Lonely Boy and I got mine. They performed that set at a Zane Lowe session (BBC), 15 th February 2012. The band consists of two men, Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). They regularly play with other musicians. In this specific example they have a keyboard player and another guitar player. With four people on set it is almost a necessity to have multiple cameras. The obvious reason to focus on each member of the band. If they only had one camera to film with it would be vary time consuming to get a single shot, stop the band, set up a different shot and carry on filming. With multi-camera they can have a camera to focus on each musician, and a safety shot. This means the video mixer can sit at a screen with the director and choose each shot as it is performed. By using multi-camera the audience is constantly engaged and focusing on different band members and their instruments. It would be very boring if there was just one camera at the front and the image stayed the same. Public Event – Isle of Wight Festival 2014 (Travis) The 2014 Isle of Wight Festival was held from the 11 th to the 15 th June. Travis are a British post-Britpop alternative rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1990, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose