Continuous action in the English 'X Factor' with Vinten

The Camera Store has supplied production companies Syco Productions and Talkback Thames with several Quattro-S pedestals and 250 heads for the recording of one of the most popular programs in the United Kingdom: X Factor

Throughout the production of the popular program Factor X which Syco Productions and Talkback is making for ITV from Fountain studios in London are using Quattro-S pedestals with Vinten 250 heads. Supplied by The Camera Store, these pedestals offer perfect balance even when working at a height of one meter in total silence. In a program like Factor X With continuous and rapid movements of the participants, the flexibility of the Vinten allows more cameras to get closer to the action in the closed space in front of the stage.

Simon Tyers, camera supervisor on the production, highlighted that "the whole show tries to create great emotion, which means a lot of unusual camera angles and a lot of movement. The Vinten Quattro-S allows me to go wherever the director demands, without limits on movements. It is a perfect pedestal for live entertainment production."