Battle Of The Bands 2004

This was the first outside broadcast undertaken by a combination of the Gang of Four and the team of new members recruited the Autumn before. It marked the first major YSTV event for a number of long-standing members including Richard Ash and Rowan de Pomerai.

Coverage consisted of filming performances and interviews (with Pete Nichols) at the semi-finals, editing short videos to be played at the Final before each band played their set.

The rig was minimal, about the only option with such a shortage of experienced people available. Two cameras roved in the gap between the crowd barriers (borrowed off the Barbican in York) and the stage edge. Death Star was hung on Ent's back lighting truss, together with two projectors for the screens either side of the stage. These three were cabled back to an upstairs room in Vanbrugh college where the Panasonic Max mixed them with video playback from Dave Baker's laptop.

Video output went to the projectors, Big Telly in the Vanbrugh JCR and an SVHS deck for recording. Valiant attempts were made by Richard Ash and Matt Fullerton to get the signal back to Goodricke for broadcast, but failed due to lack of knowledge, preparation and experience. This would however push both onto a crusade to get return feeds working for the rest of their YSTV careers.

The sets can be seen on YSTV's website