Electronic rock band Health have released a live video for “Stonefist: Live from Il Duomo”. The video was recorded at London’s The Dome Tuffnell Park this past June and was shot as a single take on the Red Dragon 8k camera, making it the first live concert to be shot at that quality.
Director Giorgio Testi, who created live films for Blur, The Rolling Stones, and more, explains, “I love long takes at gigs, but it’s usually pretty hard to deliver an interesting long take during an actual concert in front of an audience, especially if you want to offer different point of views through out: you really only have 1 take to deliver that, and it’s really challenging.”
The transitions that you see were all created using zooms and pans in post production. This was done by creating a 3D silk screen that was then composed with high definition frames in a single shot. It’s rather amazing to think that all of the footage below was created in one single take, especially because it looks like multiple cameras were used.