Miami Ink star Ami James has taken his talents to facebook. James’ tattoo culture website Tattoodo.com, and Drive Studios (both based in Copenhagen) partnered with the social media site to deliver 8 live episodes of “Mystery Tattoo” on the new Facebook Live video platform. Midtown Video provided local production support, broadcasting live on Tattoodo’s facebook page.
Drive Studios designed the shoot with 2 Canon C300’s, a Roland VR50HD Switcher, wireless HD-SDI links for the cameras, and a complement of wireless audio for host Ami James and the Love Hate Tattoo Artists. To maximize upstream bandwidth, Midtown provided a LiveU Solo. The outbound stream was split across multiple network interfaces, including 4G LTE.
This show broke boundaries of interactivity between the viewer and the media. Facebook viewers voted in real time to decide which tattoo designs would be inked on contestants knocked out after each round of competition. Clicking surprise, love, or other face-moji’s, registered a vote for the corresponding tattoo design. Mojo the shop bulldog even makes an appearance to tip the scales of fate in some games. The winning contestant after 3 rounds of elimination earns a free tattoo from Ami, valued up to $1,000.00.
If you want to stream live to Facebook, or any other delivery platform, contact Midtown Video.
