Another random snippet from work.

[@reedy3k]

Here we see the rare big Clive in his natural habitat

[@leonkernan]

I always thought the workbench was the natural habitat of the blgclive. This is more like a holiday.

[@palindromicbob]

+Leon Kernan that's just his nest.

[@solidamber]

another led light from poundland?

[@wartoc3708]

Well? Don't leave us hanging. Did Graham get the 'charged' radio or not? :D

[@daniel3030ha]

This camera guy really likes panning around showing the area.

[@DarrenPoulson]

With that view, who can blame him? :)

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yes he does, but then with a view like that who could resist. It's even better when you see it for real.

[@riiwind]

Clive how many of those lights you modifying?

[@daniel3030ha]

Well i don't think it's that great of a view but maybe i'm used to nice views from living in Norway

[@str8forthakill]

But, what did he tell you to stop pointing and where?

[@Nithol]

I like these work videos, very interesting to see these big setups.

[@TheLazySummers]

Stadium chairs...more stadium chairs...even more stadium-CASTLE. WHAT?!

[@theevilone]

Welcome to Edinburgh.

[@jigsey.]

I thought big Clive in Edinburgh?? Thought he lived on Manx island

[@astrixistheman]

Whoever did the captions for this video. Thank you for making my day. There amazing

[@millinge]

Have you ever gotten your beard stuck in a fan?

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

asking the important Questions here :D (i thought about it too)

[@ridonculous8374]

lol

[@wupme]

At least i once got super glue in mine because the tube exploded when some idiot try to force it out of the nozzle (instead of cleaning it). It was about the same length as Clives.

[@bami2]

How many amps do you have to put through a beard before it catches fire?

[@millinge]

+bami2 The question is how much voltage

[@FSXFaulder]

The closed captions on this are amazing

[@LakeNipissing]

I like the transition from modern 1:47, to ancient at 1:51. Nice how both were integrated. If these structures were in Toronto, they would have torn both down to build condominiums.

[@atbglenn]

It reminds when I was working. I'm now retired from fixing electrical problems on Offset Printing Presses here in the States for 30 years. I'm starting to miss it.

[@Razor2048]

Is it possible to power all of them on at the same time and use their max zoom settings, then have them all aim at just 1 person if it seems like they are having trouble reading a paper at night while in the area?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yes it is, and you can feel the heat.

[@chartle1]

I was thinking more like a ray gun. :)

[@azyfloof]

Archimedes used to do this to set fire to boats

[@chartle1]

Azayles maybe

[@azyfloof]

***** It's possible he used polished squares of copper to reflect the sun's rays, but I'm fairly certain he used DMX controlled spotlights.

[@SirBunghole]

Big Clive earning his pennies for his mushroom lights.

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Camera man with a sense of humour, class :D

[@pileofstuff]

That was very satisfying to see that lineup of movers all tracking properly in unison.

[@dfens666]

It wouldn't be British without the hi-vis!

[@maxscardanelli6185]

*Scottish. 😉😜

[@Sarcastix7]

+Max Scardanelli Isn't it Isle of Mann?

[@fernie240]

this is at Edinburgh castle in Scotland for the military tattoo

[@Sarcastix7]

+fernie240 Yep, it is. my bad. I hadn't watched part 1 first

[@anonymous7192]

Scottish is British...

[@ljmike1204]

you sir have the coolest job !!!!!EVER!!!!

[@Sony_08]

Id love to see those fixtures when they are all set up/pretesting. I love this kind of thing. Thanks for the neato insight into your work!

[@electroshed]

Fantastic view and interesting conversion, I never knew you could adapt a mover for a followspot role, cool stuff!

[@incorrect1844]

Glad to see clive's commercial bag in action :)

[@boswell255]

I like to think had the camera not been there, Clive still narrates his work life just like one of his videos.

[@Zadster]

Being the nerd that I am, I have to say that 3 weeks behind the scenes at the Embra Festival and Fringe would be fascinating, probably more so than the majority of the "entertainment" acts.

[@declanmcgregor8507]

Had a quiet day at work today, so sat in the car awaiting jobs coming in watching Clive doing some work. I feel today was productive.

[@wdave6944]

After Graham did a 360-degree pan, I was waiting for it 'unwind' through the 360-arc before something banged against a stop. Maybe I need a break ;-)

[@PrimordialDesign]

Awesome stuff man. My office is right next to the Castle. See the stand come up every year, awesome to see behind the scenes.

[@Zero1Zero1]

Could watch this kind of thing all day

[@JimGriffOne]

As a kid, I used to be freaked out by things that moved on their own. Those old vertical washing machines in the cellar were the scariest. Those lights moving on their own would still freak me out now! In fact, they just did a little at 01:54...

[@edss]

That must be the Edinburgh castle! Breathtaking view!

[@davidworsley7969]

I love your videos and I must say the combination of grey socks and navy shorts display your pale manly calfs to perfection!

[@ClintMaas]

That looks like fun work. I did the audio side for awhile and loved it. But i didn't have scenery as cool as that. Bring on more videos like this. :)

[@vink6163]

Never realised you had subtitles before - I love "fiddly noises" and "ambiance whilst screwing", and subtitling when the beard came into shot too :)

[@carbon1255]

I love that Clive talks to himself as if he is recording a video all the time anyway.

[@iPelaaja1]

Working on something like that seems so cool. I've always been a fan of everything that has lights (especially LEDs) and that move (robots) :) Electronics and motors and everything in general. And Id like to do hands on work like fixing stuff like that or setting stuff up rather than working in a office in front of computer, drawing motors in CAD or whatever those office people do. And I especially like the aspect that with service work you can go to "restricted" areas :) Just somehow seems so cool that you get to be behind the scenes at shows like that or at places like airports etc where you could go through the "staff only" doors ;)

[@lre23]

i want to know what you can stop pointing at at the end haha

[@Bammyja]

The most polite workplace discussion ever.

[@koraypekericli]

OMG this is Edinburgh Castle! Many great memories... :-)

[@JuanAndresLanza]

fantastic views from Edinburgh Castle !!

[@NumosG]

Could spent a whole day up there, looking at all the lights and such. Love show control.

[@fluffykittynoodles]

times are tough when the mighty Sasquatch has to find a job outside the wilderness just to keep the sticks above his family's heads.

[@KevinOsborne1987]

Would love your job.. Always enjoying your videos. Keep it up

[@SonariNeiracchen]

I like this snippet idea! :D i'll be waiting eagerly for more

[@benadams6332]

You should do a full work day documentary. It would be awesome.

[@lezbriddon]

did he say ''stop posing'' hahahahahahaa tell him to get his own bloody radio! what kind of boss pulls a tech off a job to be an errand boy.

[@Nevexo287]

I thought he said 'and you can stop pointing' lol

[@r-dl]

What a coincidence, I've just come back from a lovely trip to Edinburgh. I visited the castle on Saturday morning, maybe you were still working while I was there.

[@cmandrell]

i have to wonder what does the guy on the radio say at the end

[@DanielPinel]

"Look out! A wild Big Clive!"- My inner Pokémon Trainer.

[@Anvilshock]

Thank you, Graham!

[@bradburyrobinson]

What an office that is! Great views.

[@jix177]

Edinburgh Castle? Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

[@TonyFleetwood]

my ol lady was enjoying the 3rd person beard footage immensly

[@dlondon1144]

Ahhh... the Edinburgh Tattoo. Great Stuff!

[@Lintary]

Wanted to say the place looked awfully familiar, seen a few of those on youtube.

[@nodrogawson963]

Very interesting job you have Clive. Enjoy watching the Edinburgh Tattoo , and now I know how the lighting is set up. I bet the lights are from Poundland , a real bargain. I bet we'll soon see a teardown of one soon after the show Thanks for sharing very enjoyable.

[@RicoTheNon-Mexican]

"hi, erm, could you go into the audio room and Find A Radio That's CHAAARRGED...."

[@superkaylo]

Hi Clive, I didn't know you worked on that Tattoo. I was lucky enough to get access back stage last year, and was amazed - it's a small world,after all!

[@Nater_Sk8er]

love the work videos!

[@Petertronic]

Love the subtitles!! I'd love to see the lighting control desk. The only one I've used is a Jester 48 channel.

[@willtoulan]

i like these work videos

[@jameslaidler4259]

And he can stop pointing that what? The cut at the end is too abrupt. What was he saying?

[@PhattyMo]

I'm going to assume it's something like "that bloody bright spotlight at us" :)

[@coolbrotherj]

YES CLIVE WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW!!!!

[@jameslaidler4259]

They looked to be off, just nodding up and down in unison.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It was the crew chief teasing me about the filming.

[@jameslaidler4259]

Lol, I figured. They fans of the channel?

[@stridermt2k]

Looks like a fun gig there. That stuff must get pretty damp in a good blow though. wow.

[@moswoswaggorn2137]

I was there about 5 years ago was a great lightshow / projection on the castle!

[@bigclivedotcom]

That's been upped a bit. Before it was Pigi large format film projectors and now it's a bank of overlaid video projectors.

[@compactrhone-2]

2:38 did you turn into ashens?

[@CarltonDodd]

Great to see you having a bit of fun at work.

[@nahtan00]

i love these videos

[@thematerg]

It's cool to see a video of you not being by your bench, Clive :) Was this filmed in Edinburgh? I feel like I know this place...

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yes it's Edinburgh.

[@TheRevWillNotBeTelevised]

I hear you are a rent boy, I'm interested PM me.

[@reggiebacci]

I'm slightly amazed that some Health & Safety officer hasn't specified tool-tethering up there yet.

[@bigclivedotcom]

We never work above an audience and the other side is a drop into a closed area of trees and grass.

[@reggiebacci]

Fair enough. Of course there is also a school of thought that tethering is a bit of a risk in-and-of itself.

[@mixolydian2010]

amazing plca to work ..not been there for years my favourite city..keep them coming..was there a comment from the guy about the videoing.

[@djrphotography]

Do you radio down when you drop a screw?

[@reallyweirdperson1]

I love the work videos!

[@Bill.Papadakis]

that magnificent beard being carried by the wind tho

[@MrLehi99]

Wow, Edinburgh is beautiful.

[@flagpoleeip]

could you go down to the radio room? do you know where I am? yes

[@dennis8196]

Told to stop photographing stuff at the end of the video where it promptly stops

[@NathanLithia]

Just watching that Expensive equipment, worried about it falling, its intense!

[@tntboom21]

seems like a really cool job... what is your job exactly? thanks.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I'm a rent boy.

[@tntboom21]

how much for an hour?

[@SeaMoreVatman]

I assume electrician but I'm not sure! :)

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

so youre a contractor? :D

[@kumakuroneko]

I was going to ask who was filming, but now I know.

[@ColinFox]

Turn on close captions. Are those manually edited? Because if not, google/youtube's close caption software has taken a massive leap into the future.

[@harizhent]

Hi Clive, maybe you could do walk-thru all the light fixtures, control systems, communications?

[@jrnull1]

SO this looks like a new building or major retrofit of a football stadium...with a Castle Facade at the front???....looks like a cool place, and more info would be appreciated ! :)

[@jrnull1]

so.. did they re-create it for the stadium, or, did they gut Edinburgh Castle to create the stadium...? my belief is a recreation,... but stupider things HAVE happened!!! ??

[@jrnull1]

OK, so the stadium (just framework) is temporary ? They are using the castle as an entrance?

[@2H2K]

Oh wow its nice to see what you do as a day job thanks :)

[@Spiz103]

Somewhat odd dichotomy there - fitting apparently powered with a fancy connector (is that a PowerCON?) that is rated for outdoor use..... but the control box still attaches with a standard 8P8C Ethernet connector. Would have really expected a Commando plug and a four pin XLR myself.... but what do I know.

[@RichardT2112]

Now that is what I call an office with a view!!

[@RobertSzasz]

Does the control system let you manually point one light and slave others to point at the same thing? It would take a bit of processing power and a 3d model of the area, but some very cool effects could be done.

[@ematson5897]

Yes they do. The lighting consoles that run this kind of show are really advanced (and expensive, just look up grandMA 2 full size). They include a lot of functions to make controlling hundreds of lights easier, and most do include a 3d visualizer. With big shows like this, people program everything ahead in the visualizer and just make small adjustments at the actual venue

[@bigclivedotcom]

The whole rig is emulated in 3D at the lighting desk area.

[@ematson5897]

+bigclivedotcom Are they using one of PRG's consoles or are they using an MA or a Hog?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Hogs and WYSIWYG.

[@RobertSzasz]

I assumed the programming emulates the whole rig. I was wondering if it was smart enough to take input from a manually pointed unit and assign others to point at the same object. I can see scenarios where being to spotlight a audience member or other unpredictable position would be nice. I know there are auto follow systems available but the commercial ones I know about need a person rigged with a tracker.

[@chefgeoffreyexcellence4254]

The ending was the best part

[@maicod]

you were eager to pass that one on huh :)

[@krmusick]

You get to play with the coolest toys.

[@thomas316]

You discussed Mercury vapour tube lamps in another video, how do tri-phosphor lamps compare?

[@npsit1]

I like watching your videos.. Mostly because you ACTUALLY know what you're talking about.

[@vugsey]

Holy shit, just realised you live in Edinburgh too. :P

[@rodsofgod6863]

When are you going to be taking one of those apart?

[@dusterdude238]

that would be interesting to see the inards of one of those :)

[@bigzzdnb]

Similar to his other video in which he takes a different moving head light apart. They are all based on the same principle of light source (be it incandescent, discharge, LED) Then goes through lens, gels, gobos'. Varys between makes and models.

[@100djvox]

great video as always. love the work vids more of them i say

[@AndrewSmart32]

Fascinating. Were those all remote gimbal spotlights?

[@jukpulfer]

remote gimbal spotlights? lmao these are moving heads

[@bigclivedotcom]

All the lights are the same (PRG Best Boys) and all of them are capable if full network control from the main lighting desk, but the ones I was working on are in a semi-automatic mode where they can be moved freely by manual operators with some of the functions controlled locally and some from the desk.

[@mc_cpu]

If enjoy these behind the scenes glimpses, good advertising too.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The full run of the show is sold out as far as I know. It always does.

[@mancunianlee]

Clive, you look just like my mum.

[@RetroPlus]

Fantastic

[@maicod]

you're mum's having a beard ? :D

[@mancunianlee]

+Maico the sexiest women do.

[@maicod]

Scott Chegg LOL

[@TakenTooSeriously]

Quite a hardy man is she?

[@arfyness]

What was the last bit? Sounded like "And you can stop po..." ?? Was it "stop posting youtube videos while you're meant to be working?"

[@lazaglider]

Clive, Daft question, but do you have to be present for the event itself, in case of any 'oh shit' moments, or is your bit done once you've done the set up?

[@bigclivedotcom]

We have a lot of lighting on the gantries, down at the arena level and in the castle itself plus all the power distribution equipment and data networks. We are there for every show in case of technical problems. If there are any special effects used on the arena during the show we also have cues to take the equipment into it's position on the arena and operate it.

[@lazaglider]

Thanks very much. Hope it all goes well.

[@jafafa]

I would get such bad earaches being up in that wind without a hat.

[@SuzLa1]

I like the camera showing the nice view. Is that an outdoor concert area?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's the temporary arena for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

[@Engineer9736]

It's a nice view, but at that moment the moving heads just became interesting when they started moving all synchroniously ;) Nice job you got.

[@bwack]

Hi Clive. Have you ever had the fear of hights, and if so has the fear release its grasp completely ? Btw great views!!

[@muh1h1]

Very interesting! :) You seam to really enjoy your hob, liking that! :)

[@CrazyRoadblockisbae]

I sure as hell like my hob. ;)

[@bigclivedotcom]

The best thing about this job is the crew. We all get on really well together.

[@muh1h1]

+bigclivedotcom that is very visible in this video, everyone seams to be super helpful and nice :)

[@meandmymouth]

Great to see my favourite electrical guru in his natural habitat although I hope he didn't drop any screws or other detritus from that great height ? Being afraid of heights myself there is no way I would have attempted it but if I had I think I would have taken a towel or cloth with me to wrap around the equipment in order to catch any such items. Does that make me a nervous irrational bodger ? I hope so ;-)