Not a million miles off.
I worked for a short time back with the old beeb of the C and it was when people thought it was "cool" to try and use video and visual effects in the same way that we used lighting effects in a nightclub. It required (along with many other things) some technical savy and indeed a feel for music (or at least the ability to keep time to the beat)
Nowadays its all computerised and controlled but then it was a bit of MIDI, some SMPTE codes and a lot of manual fading and switching using clunky controllers and more often that not some home made kit to keep it all together (in one instance we welded a massive iron bar on springs with little nipples (arf) that when pressed down would trigger multiple presses at once (for lights/smoke/confetti cannons etc) on a keyboard - itself most likely home made in a steel box that may or may not have been grounded - no idea how we got out alive now I think about it. Pyrotechnics controllers with the safety keys bypassed as they required a 3rd hand to use and there was never enough staff to go round so foot pedals for guitars would also be modified and used. Good times, if somewhat dodgy elf and safety wise :)
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TBL I posted this on, Thu 1 Jun 2023, 14:59,
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