Departure Lounge Festival is an arts festival, produced by In Good Company, which exhibited extraordinary performances, workshops and discussions all at Derby Theatre. One of the panel discussions which took place was called ‘The Arts: A Shifting Landscape‘, and we had the pleasure of live streaming the discussion online for those who could not attend.

It was a 2 camera set up, with 1 operated camera, and 1 crew member behind the scenes at the encoder, sending the stream out to Facebook Live. The audience online were able to view the discussion panel as they spoke through various subjects surrounding the shifting landscape of the arts and answered questions from the audience. On screen next to the panel, we placed a shot of the BSL (British Sign Language) interpreters which were working at the event.With the live streaming software Wirecast, we placed the BSL interpreter in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, so viewers who use BSL could follow along with the discussion. It’s extremely important for more companies to realise the importance of making their videos as accessible as possible, either through subtitling, audio description or in this case a BSL interpreter.

We throughly enjoyed live streaming this event to Derby Theatre’s audience, and we look forward to working with them again. Contact us if you have any live streaming requirements of your own.