Story of a princely "Yes"

The system Jérôme Revon entrusted us with was especially complex and requires explanation.
 
We were entrusted with:

• The provision of the RF video for the international signal
• The management of packaging for all re-broadcasters (TF1, France Télévision and TMC)
• A live world premiere: the implementation of the ARC (Aéronef Radio Commandé - Radio Controlled Blimp) at the Jean Michel Jarre concert.

 
The appraisal of the file and its technical development were supervised by Hervé Piquand for the video, Pierre Barbier for the audio, and Sylvain Goubier and Stéphane Alessandri for the RF.
 
One of the issues with this shoot was related to the conjunction of 2 antinomic factors: the multiple intervention sites and the travel difficulties related to the event itself. The resources for the international signal were installed at the oceanographic museum, the TV Compound for the re-broadcasters on the Digue port Hercule, a few kilometers away + 5 primary shooting sites: the palace, the Sainte Dévote church, the Casino, and the Paris and Ermitage hotels... Thus we relied upon the fiber optic network that Monaco Telecom, a pool partner, had set up for the Formula 1 grand prix to make all of the video, audio, and RF connections linking the various shooting locations. A statistic: 250 fiber optic connections were required to mesh all of the signals!
 
RF Service:
 
For the International Signal, the request from Euronews concerned the management of:

• The route between the palace and Sainte Dévote with 2 RF motorcycles
• 3 RF cameras at the palace including 1 steadi
• 3 RF cameras divided between the hotel Ermitage, the hotel de Paris, and the Sainte Dévote church to provide images of the celebrity guests
• Lastly a heavy camera at a high point for splendid shots of the principality.

 
Private RF resources were added to this first assignment:

• TF1: 4 stand-up locations with roving RF journalists (palace square, Sainte Dévote, at the Casino, and at the hotel du palais) for commentary and itw in full duplex with the palace square set
• France Télévision: 2 stand-up locations at the palace and at the Hotel de Paris/Casino
• TMC: 2 stand-up locations at Sainte Dévote and the Casino

 
We had to find an organization suited for shared management of an international signal, 3 private systems x 6 different locations, almost no ability to move on site, and different schedules. Sylvain and Stéphane had to rely upon their autonomy and strong confidence in their skills to put together their team of 20 technicians.
 
One last prestigious request from Euronews, entrusting us with the world premiere use of the ARC for a live shoot. We deployed this technological gem whose HD image relayed by RF offered completely new shots, able to leave the stage, circle it, and then in a single movement rise to up to 100 meters in altitude to provide a view of the port and principality, the stage area, and the fireworks. JM Jarre is a fan!!!
 
Private resources:
 
TF1: Gilles Amado produced the program in Van 8. A team of 42 people using a 5 camera set installed on a patio of the palace anchored by Jean Claude Narcy and Sandrine Quettier + 4 roving RF journalists including Denis Brogniard and Nikos Aliagas.
 
France Télévision: installed in the Enterprise van, 45 technicians and Eric Simon at the controls. A 5-camera set anchored by Marie Drucker and Stéphane Bern, installed at the palace. 4 wired stand-up locations, 2 roving RF reporters, and 2 "beauty shot" cameras installed at the palace enriched the program.
 
Lastly TMC, housed in Van G, which also relied on a multi-camera (4) set and 2 roving RF reporters at the Sainte Dévote church and the Casino. The producer was Franck Broqua and the anchor reporter: Bernard Montiel.
 
Audio service:
 
We cannot forget about our friends, without whom these shoots would be mute, the sound crew.
 
The direction concept of Pierre, Barbier, and Chenot was to share the private systems and the international signal. While set management presented no special difficulties, the management of the private multiplexes (sets <> roving reporters <> National TV news production), as well as the technical interphone network was rather large and complex.
 
Pierre Chenot thus moved a technical facility for all interphony to le Rocher to manage all the technical circuits from the vans + the other requests, i.e. 15 different RF bases!
 
Pierre relied on a second remote system at the Casino, managed by Gaël Girodet, that controlled all of the "roving reporter" RF systems.
 
This shoot is one of those unique operations at which the AMP/Visual TV group has become the French specialist. Less than one month after Le Mans and less than 2 weeks from the July 14th parade, the season, this shoot that brought together 136 technicians in the field to meet these requests showed the quality of our experience and identified new environments that will only strengthen our skills.