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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Director Reveals Technical Blunders
Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday night may have received widespread praise and become one of the most-watched of all time, but it didn’t go entirely without a hitch.
To audiences, the Grammy winner’s tribute to Puerto Rico and Latin America looked like a tightly-produced spectacle, but those who worked behind the scenes have admitted there were a few technical issues on the night.
Director Hamish Hamilton and creative director Harriet Cuddeford revealed in an interview with Variety that the crane around the on-stage hut (called the casita) lost digital connection just moments before it was supposed to be shown on live TV.
Hamilton also shared that later in the performance, a low-angle camera near the casita started to wobble after a handheld cameraman and a Chapman dolly collided while trying to capture a section of Bad Bunny’s energetic performance for the viewers at home.
Luckily, most of us were so busy enjoying the spectacle that we didn’t notice this wobble.
The director admitted it was “terrifying” to watch the many camera operators running around the pitch, which was full of wedding guests, street vendors and celebrities, in order to not miss any of the action.
“In the performance of NuevaYol, there are moments when the cameras literally get to their point of shooting half a second before they’re on,” Hamish explained.
Cuddeford also praised the work of the team holding the cameras and capturing the iconic performance.
“The camera work was insane and so intricate and so carefully planned and such a feat, and could have just gone so wrong at any moment,” she enthused.
Luckily, even with these mishaps, the camera operators still managed to capture all the details of the singer’s meaningful halftime show, which featured guest appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.