For DocksFest’s organisers, the brief was clear: give people further from the main stage a better view of the performances, while providing sponsors with visibility across the festival site.
Appointed directly by the organisers for both 2024 and 2025, Kapture provided cameras, live direction, crew, recording, playback and screens. Our contribution formed part of a production delivered entirely by local companies, bringing together expertise from Grimsby, Cleethorpes and the wider North East Lincolnshire area.
A better view, wherever you’re watching
At an outdoor festival, the audience experience extends well beyond the front rows. As people spread out from the stage, screens provide another way to follow the performance and see details that can be harder to make out from a distance.
DocksFest wanted that live view to reach both the main audience area and the VIP tent. Alongside the performance coverage, the organisers needed a way to display sponsor branding, making the screens part of the festival’s commercial offering as well as its audience experience.
Kapture brought those requirements together through a coordinated camera, video and screen package across both editions.
Five cameras, three screens
Our setup used five cameras to cover the main-stage performances, with live direction bringing the different camera views together into a single programme for the screens.
Kapture used Blackmagic Design cameras and equipment for the camera and video production, supported by our crew handling the live coverage. Alongside the cameras and direction, we supplied recording and playback as part of the wider video service.
Three screens carried the content across the festival: two positioned on either side of the main stage and a third in the VIP tent. This arrangement placed live performance coverage beside the stage while also giving guests in the VIP area a screen showing the main-stage action.
Across both years, Kapture supplied the full package, connecting the camera coverage, content playback and screen delivery.
Live performances and sponsor visibility
During performances, the screens showed the band playing on the main stage. This is known as IMAG, or image magnification: live camera footage displayed on large screens so people can get a closer view of what is happening on stage.
The five-camera setup gave the director a choice of views to follow the performance. For people watching from further back, the screens provided a way to see the performers more closely while remaining part of the live festival atmosphere.
Between performances, the screen content switched to sponsor branding. This gave the organisers a dedicated opportunity to feature the businesses supporting DocksFest, using the screen locations for both live coverage and scheduled sponsor visibility.
Local expertise behind the production
A defining part of DocksFest’s production was its commitment to working with local companies.
Kapture supported that approach as part of a production team drawn entirely from Grimsby, Cleethorpes and North East Lincolnshire. Our role brought camera, video and screen expertise into that local collaboration, working towards the organisers’ shared brief.
Covering both 2024 and 2025, the project demonstrates the range of services Kapture can bring together for a live event, from the cameras capturing the stage to the screens showing the performance.
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