Technodolly in concert “Belkis”

In Stuttgart, Germany, the Technodolly performed at a classical concert called “Belkis” with a symphony orchestra and a chorus of 90 singers. The job of the Technodolly was to cover this continuous live performance of violins, cellos, harp, singers and narrator. There was neither rehearsal time nor any breaks during the evening. In less than three hours, and with only six stand-ins, the operator Fritz Brüggert sampled ten master key frames of the orchestra. With the command "Generate Matrix" the Technodolly automatically generated 47 moves between all these key frames. The operator added some correction key frames and focus points to all the moves. When the concert began the director could continuously send the Technodolly to one of the ten key frames. By using the matrix mode of the Technodolly the operator played about 150 camera moves during the 90-minute concert. All moves were perfectly framed, in focus and adjusted with pan and tilt override if needed.