Video setup advice

[Egill Ingibergsson]

I'm planning for buying equipment for a show next autumn. It is centered around a screen, 3m wide and 4,5m high, probably a black rear projection screen. The space is a 200 seat blackbox theater. I can think of no better place than here to ask for opinions.

The projectors on the drawing are lasers and I'm planning to use them on the side. I think they are good for the job. Would like to be able to control  a built in shutter from Qlab, don´t know if it's possible.

The Blackmagic cameras might not be the best pick. Would love a camera I could control the iris, focus and zoom straight from qlab. I actually only need HD, but 4K gives a chance to zoom in. Is one of those a choise? https://www.marcameurope.com Maybe even the PTZ ones?

I thought the new bigger Mac mini would be sufficient for this. Uses all the Thunderbolts and the HDMI though but should have more than enough power. Should I maybe wait for the Studio to be upgraded to M2?

Would you do this straight into Qlab or use some external units? What? The keying needs to be done elsewhere. I own MaxMSP and thought to use that to key out the actors in front of the green screen. What other options (not very expensive) would you use?

Other comments?

Egill Ingibergsson

[Egill Ingibergsson]