Mon Mar 17, 2025 4:55 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that Baltimore’s Church of the Nativity used a live production workflow featuring 15 Blackmagic Design cameras and an ATEM Constellation 8K live production switcher to produce its annual Christmas Eve service. The event took over the Cow Palace building at the Maryland State Fairgrounds to accommodate 10,000 visitors in person and was live streamed to thousands of additional viewers on YouTube.
While Church of the Nativity houses a 1,400 seat sanctuary for regular weekend services, the Christmas Eve service has been held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds since 2005 to serve an increasing number of attendees. The service includes a 25 minute prelude show, a 3pm mass and a 5:15pm mass. The Cow Palace is set up in three areas, each housing a different portion of the event. The north end features an approximately 72,000 square ft. sanctuary with the main stage and seating. The center area features the entrance and the prelude show. The kids’ worship area called “Jingle Jam,” and a suite for the 650 volunteers who helped run the event, are held in the south end.
According to Church of the Nativity’s Director of Production Pablo Sainz, this year’s event used a mix of Blackmagic Design cameras across the live event and for B roll. Several Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 cameras captured the broadcast, with two Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro G2s as the pre show cameras, two Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4Ks providing various wide shots, and multiple Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 digital film cameras and a Blackmagic URSA Broadcast camera serving the kids area. Six Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 digital film cameras captured handheld footage from all areas of the event, including around the main altar, pre show and even one connected wirelessly on a gimbal.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250317-01
While Church of the Nativity houses a 1,400 seat sanctuary for regular weekend services, the Christmas Eve service has been held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds since 2005 to serve an increasing number of attendees. The service includes a 25 minute prelude show, a 3pm mass and a 5:15pm mass. The Cow Palace is set up in three areas, each housing a different portion of the event. The north end features an approximately 72,000 square ft. sanctuary with the main stage and seating. The center area features the entrance and the prelude show. The kids’ worship area called “Jingle Jam,” and a suite for the 650 volunteers who helped run the event, are held in the south end.
According to Church of the Nativity’s Director of Production Pablo Sainz, this year’s event used a mix of Blackmagic Design cameras across the live event and for B roll. Several Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 cameras captured the broadcast, with two Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro G2s as the pre show cameras, two Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4Ks providing various wide shots, and multiple Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 digital film cameras and a Blackmagic URSA Broadcast camera serving the kids area. Six Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 digital film cameras captured handheld footage from all areas of the event, including around the main altar, pre show and even one connected wirelessly on a gimbal.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250317-01