So why use something that typically does wide shots on IMAG? Usually IMAG is used to show something you can’t see which is far away right? Jibs have an amazing way of connecting all of the production elements in space to give the viewer a much better experience of of what’s going on in there. Sitting in audience, you don’t usually notice things like the uplights on walls, lighting gobos on ceilings, light beams going thru haze, the lighting grid, or just sheer size of the space. Since jibs have an ability to fly thru the air and often feature wide angle lens, they can connect all of these elements and show them off as a whole work of art vs noticing them one at a time. Jibs connect the viewer into an exciting environment, even if that person is sitting in a chair right there! A jib can start off a shot that is super wide showing all these elements and fly right into a close up of someone on stage, what’s cooler than that?? Watching that on the big screens is far more exciting to see than a placeholder graphic dissolving into a person at a lectern finally ready to speak. That graphic is really there to hide the person walking up, doing the fake move to the lectern but getting caught with hand shakes, shuffling papers out, putting reading glasses on….dropping the reading glasses, A2 running up to the stage to adjust the mic for someone having trouble…. Why not have some awesome jib shots to pace this all out OR just show off the crowd?? : )
Check out the shot below. This is great b/c you can see the program feed on a big screen! As I fly in, you can see how it’s a little bit chaotic around the lectern. There’s a few hand shakes in the speaker switch off, not everyone is sure where to go, etc. If you just be a little bit wider and fly in, you can hide some of this and cut right back in when the speaker is fully ready.
The video above shows off all of the amazing lighting at this wedding event space. This gives you a view you cannot get sitting in a chair in the audience!