I took my son Kevin to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band last night in Greensboro. I had seen the E Street Band before several times, but my son, who is about a third the age of Springsteen, and had never seen his show, was knocked out.
One of the things that was most enjoyable about the show was how video was used. The Wrecking Ball tour reverted to “old school” image magnification, something that used to be the industry standard, but which has been replaced by flashy active screens.
The three projection screens just magnified (made larger) the images of of the performers. No video inserts, no airplanes landings, no man on the street interviews, just the show made larger.
Best of all, it did nothing to call attention to itself. The screens were not the overly bright, in-your-face active screens that demand that you look at them, sometimes in a way that completely washes out the performer. Best of all, because the images were projections, they made use of very high resolution video, giving detail that active L E D screens are not capable of delivering. All image and no pixels.
We tip our hat to the set designer, and Pete’s Big TV’s, the video production company, for a job well done.
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