Netflix reality competition Wonka’s The Golden Ticket used 80 Sony robotic cameras to cover contestants inside a large chocolate-factory environment. Cutting Edge Technical Services installed 50 BRC-AM7 PTZ cameras in the living area and 30 ILME-FR7 cameras across the challenge sets.
The system was operated from a central master-control room with seven hot-head operators and two camera-control positions. The FR7 combines a full-frame sensor, E-mount lenses and more than 15 stops of stated latitude, while the BRC-AM7 targets broadcast PTZ operation. Both camera families can work in Sony S-Log, giving post-production a more consistent starting point across the mixed deployment.
The technical significance is the operating ratio: nine control positions supervised 80 sources that could remain installed around a continuous reality environment. That reduces physical crew movement near contestants and lets production hold many angles ready without staffing each one.
The report confirms camera counts, models and control-room staffing, but it does not disclose routing, recording architecture, network topology, operator-to-camera assignment, redundancy or how often automated tracking was used. Sony and the production supplier are the principal technical sources, so performance and labour savings have not been independently measured.
