Sleaze Ball this year was another huge event. Paul Rigby was lighting designer with well over 8 crew members to put this spectacular event together.
RHI equipment list: 9 x Colourset 8 Light Scroller, 26 x Martin MAC600 WashLight, 10 x Cyberlight Litho, 43 x Cyberlight Turbo, 20 x VL5 Washlight, 18 x VL6 B Profile Spot, 24 x Chrome Par 56 Regular Can, 24 x Par 56 NSP lamp, 4 x Bo4 in L156 for Bars and 16 x Singles in L106, 32 x Par 64 NSP lamp Toners in L105, 96 x Par 64 VNSP lamp Room Wash in L106, 96 x Black Par 64 Regular size Room Wash in Bo6, 32 x Chrome Par 64 Regular size, 8 x 8 Lighter Jands, 1 x Whole Hog II Console, 1 x Whole Hog II Wing Board, 3 x 48w HP MCI/Powerlock Rack, 2 x 36w HP MCI Rack, 1 x 4 port DMX change over switch, 8 x HP12 Dimmer 12x2.4kw, 6 x 32A Wilco to 12 x 10A GPO PDS12, 4 x DF 50 Diffusion Fogger, 8 x DMX Remote for F100, 8 x F100 Smoke machine, 4 x Hydrovane air compressor, 4 x Oil Cracker Diffusion Fogger, 16 x Atomic 3000 DMX Strobe, 18 x Dataflash AF1000 DMX Strobes, 5 x 7K Space Cannon|
Hordern Pavillion: 26 x Martin MAC500 Profile Spot, 26 x Martin MAC600 WashLight, 23 x VL6 B Profile Spot, 4 x Martin MAC300 WashLight, 24 x Chrome Par 56 Regular Can, 24 x Par 64 NSP lamp, 24 x Chrome Par 64 Regular size Toners in L105, 16 x Molefay Duet Par 36, 1 x Whole Hog II Console, 1 x Whole Hog II Wing Board, 2 x 48w HP MCI/Powerlock Rack, 4 x Jands DD8way Opto Isolator, 3 x 32A Wilco to 12 x 10A GPO PDS12, 2 x DF 50 Diffusion Fogger, 2 x F100 Smoke machine, 2 x Non DMX Remote for F100, 16 x Atomic 3000 DMX Strobe, 6 x GENI Shimmer SH 50.
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Reddam
House Guys & Dolls
Reddam House school recently put on a production on Guys & Dolls at
the Seymour Center's York Theatre with lighting designed and operated
by student Zac Shenker.Lighting Programming/Board Op was Cliff Sesel.
The rig included: 60 x Selecon ZoomSpots,18 x Strand Cadenza 2k Fresnel,
8 x Strand Pattern 123 Freshnel 8 x Strand T-Spots, 6 x 650W Preludes,
2 x Stand Pattern 223, 20 x PAR64, 2 x Martin MAC250 Kryptons, 2 x Followspots
and a Jands Hog 600
Richard Neville supplied the MAC250 Kryptons and the Hog 600.
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Since it's inception in 1998 Brisbane Concert Lighting has been the exclusive supplier of lighting and projection services to the AGMF (Australian Gospel Music Festival).
The event runs annually for three days and for the 2004 event BCL supplied full lighting production for five stages, three of which they also supplied projectors and screens. The main stage rig consisted of 6 x Martin MAC550s, 6 x Martin MAC600s, 8 x Martin MAC250 Kryptons, 80 x Kupo PAR 64s and 2 x JEM ZR22 Foggers.
Getting the rig high enough was always going to be problem. The trailer stage, with winch-up roof, gave a front trim height of 6m, while the rear trim height was only about 3.5m. More height is always nice but lighting designer / operator Mark Clearwater still managed to make the rig look pretty awesome considering the circumstances. The Martin MACs performed flawlessly, not a single problem over the entire weekend.
“This was the first time we had used the MAC550s and I found the units quite impressive,” said Mark. “They pulled some pretty special cyc looks with much thanks to the animation wheel. The whole team of Martin movers complimented each other really well.”
The big draw card for the event was a special appearance by Australian Idol Guy Sebastian. It was an afternoon concert which made lighting a little difficult when you try and compete with the sun. Having said that, BCL still managed to get some subtle cyc looks using the MAC550s (see picture), and the MAC600s on floor added a nice touch of colour.
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An intimate musical journey with the great Italian classical tenor and popular singer, Andrea Bocelli could not have been possible without the assistance of the Bytecraft Entertainment crew and equipment.
Sean “Motley” Hackett designed the lighting and the LX crew were Andy Cowen, Fergal Osulivan, and Dion Weeks. Production manager was Howard Freeman.
Lighting equipment included: 11 Strand SL 15/32 600w, 14 Wybron 8 Litre Coloram, 5 9ft Strand Trojan push up, 126 Black Par 64 Regular size, 8 Lighter Bytecraft, 1 Wholehog II Console, 1 Jands ESP II 24 ch Console, 2 Standard Monitor CRT VGA, 1 DF 50 Diffusion Fogger and 1 Hurricane fan.
www.bytecraftentertainment.com
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On Wednesday the 29th Sept, Resolution X turned the Melbourne Aquarium pink for the National Breast Cancer Foundation to celebrate 10 years of progress with research, and the launch of Breast Cancer Month. In Melbourne the Illumination Gala Dinner was for approximately 250 guests at the The Crown Casino - Melbourne.
The lighting rig consisted of 6 x 2500w CityColors, 6 x PAR64 and a very handy Mag light to warn off curious tourists.
Illumination Gala Dinners
In keeping with the international focus of the event Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane this year hosted Illumination Gala dinners.
In Sydney numerous Consul Generals hosted intimate dinners at their private residences for the foundation's guests.
In Melbourne the Illumination Gala Dinner was for approximately 250 guests at the The Crown Casino - Melbourne.
Whilst in Brisbane a dinner was held for approximately 250 guests at the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
The Illumination
Following the Sydney dinners, guests were transported to the Park Hyatt in Sydney to view the Illumination of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In Melbourne and Brisbane the guests were able to view the Illumination of The Crown Casino and The Story Bridge respectively.
For Ten Years the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Estée Lauder companies have been working in partnership to increase our understanding of Breast Cancer. Today there is far more information available for woman and their families than for any other disease, thanks to all the support and donations to the foundation every year.
For more details on Breast Cancer visit the National Breast Cancer Foundation Website
Resolution X www.resolutionx.com.au
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Staging Connections recently provided the rigging, lighting and vision for the ‘Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards 2004’, at one of Staging Connection’s premier venues, the Big Top at Luna Park.
“It was great to get to do this show in one of our newest venues” said Rocco Anzellotti Staging Connections Lighting Technical Director and Systems Director for the evening. “We have installed a permanent rail system in the Big Top which allows the lighting on the back, mid, and front trusses, along with audio, to move along on rollers to suit whatever size stage might be in use that day.”
Rocco continued,”With Nickelodeon we utilised 6 x Martin MAC2000Ps, 8 x Martin MAC600s, 5 x Martin MAC500s, 2 x Clay Paky short throw spots, a host of ETC Source 4 profiles, Source 4 par cans, par 64’s and Fresnel’s and 17 x Clay Paky CP400’s - a total of over 100 fixtures.“
Brad Landi was the lighting designer for the show.
“I showed him our CP400’s and he was quite impressed by them. Once they were rigged and in operation Brad couldn’t believe how bright they were for such a small fixture. The Mac 2000P’s were also impressive; they have so much punch, and Staging Connections use the 2000P’s animation wheels regularly to produce water and fire effects in their shows.”
Rocco enthused “The CP400’s are one of our best buys, they are on shows everyday for us. We use them to light cycloramas, sets, rooms, walls and stage washes. For the Nickelodeon show Brad used CP400’s for washing the back set elements and 4 were also used to add some stage colour during performances.”
For vision we used one of our great ELM projectors to rear project onto a 16ft screen. Even with the amount of light in the room we had to turn the projector down as it was too bright!”
The Staging crew for the Nickelodeon Event was:
Rob Ayers Staging Connections onsite manager
Rocco Anzellotti Lighting Technical Director
Tim Jones Moving light programmer
Tanya Harris static desk operator
Nick Kennedy vision system tech
www.stagingconnections.com.au
Shannon
Noll Goes Into Overdrive with Martin
After a sellout
fifteen date tour in North Queensland Shannon Noll commenced his first
solo national tour. The Australian Idol star has won the hearts of the
nation with his down to earth demeanor and Aussie attitude. His debut
single 'What About Me' and album 'That's What I'm Talking About' have
each sold four times platinum (over 280,000 copies) the latter reaching
this figure in one month alone.
The Overdrive
tour commenced on April 30 and has only recently finished. During that
time the tour visited New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, ACT,
Tasmania and finally Western Australia.
Stage &
Audio of Rockhampton were chosen by Shannon’s management to supply
the audio and lighting for the Overdrive tour. Bryce Hassam of Stage &
Audio was appointed lighting designer.
Bryce specified
a predominately Martin MAC rig - 6 x MAC500, 6 x MAC600, 6 x MAC2000 Profile
and 8 x MAC300 - for the tour.
"Even though I
am still a little green in some aspects of design, I had absolutely no
problem familiarising myself with the fixtures which I had not extensively
used before.
“I found the
Martin MACs to be very easy to maintain and operate. You just load them
into the control desk and away you go. I love the MAC2000’s; they
are so bright and have great gobos.”
The Martin MACs
were transported all over this vast country in the back of Bryce’s
truck and he was extremely impressed by their road worthiness.
“The MAC’s
proved to be very tough and resilient,” he said. “Over the
period there was only one minor problem with a MAC600.”
The venues ranged in
size from a tiny three metre wide and one metre deep stage to an entertainment
centre. Bryce found his travelling compilation of MAC’s allowed
him to be versatile enough to light any venue type encountered on tour.
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Kolorado
launches JetstarWhen Australia's newest airline, JetStar launched their new Airbus A320 service in August, Think Creative Management utilised the services of Melbourne production company Phaseshift Productions to create an impact on a grand scale.
Phaseshift's Simon Aitken used Griven Kolorado 2500 and Kolorado 1800 fixtures extensively to provide wash coverage of the A320 aircraft, emphasising the corporate colours of the airline too.
Says' Simon, "The Kolorado's were perfect for the job, especially when you need to light something this size!"
Control was via an Avolites Sapphire2000
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On August 17 Avril Lavigne made a special guest apearance and performance on Channel V. Due to inclement whether a last minute desicion was made to switch the venue to Stage 11 at Fox Studios.
Channel V contacted 32 Hundred Lighting to come to their assistance in lighting the event.
Clint Dulieu took on the roll of LD for the show. "I actualy got the call about 7:30 the night before asking if I wanted to do it, it was a bit of a rush effort," said Clint. "I never actualy got to look at anything in a rehearsal situation and didn't find out what she was to sing until she was singing it!"
Clint worked with the V crew to get some various audience looks and states for the interview part of the show and was left to come up with something for the performances.
"She did eight songs, I got four looks in before we started and got to see them on camera and during one of the breaks to air (the show being live) I wacked in another four. In the end we were all quite happy with how it looked. There were even a few times they sprung some changes on it and I had to key a shot with Martin MAC250s but you would never have known."
The rig was made up of four Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200s, nine Clay Paky Goldenscans, six Martin MAC250s, six Geni Shivas and about forty cans. A few 2ks and some pacifics took care of the TV side of things.
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The decade-defining soundtrack, the sensational story, the slick moves, and ‘that’ suit – now the legend that is Saturday Night Fever is a live show.
Originally premiered at the London Palladium in 1998, this multi-million dollar production has gone on to conquer Broadway and cities across the globe as the world remembers why it fell in love with Saturday Night Fever. Today it is playing at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney before heading to New Zealand and Melbourne.Lighting designer Gavan Swift has incorporate eighteen Pulsar ChromaBanks into the lavish set designed by Eamon D’Arcy. The ChromaBanks are mounted vertically in custom brackets, manufactured by Chameleon Touring Systems, and also on the front truss to provide some dazzling disco effects.
“The ChromaBanks are fantastic and they bring an entirely new element to this style of musical theatre,” said Gavan. “They really are very good.”
Essential to the rig are a number of Martin MAC550’s hung overhead and Martin MAC2000’s situated on the circle front.
The MAC550’s are supplying a whole bunch of effects,” said Gavan. “These include custom gobo work, a lot of deckle break ups and several one off specials. The MAC2000’s also do a lot of custom gobo work, mostly on the cloth, and these range from logos to rain projections. As they have shutters in them, I also use them to highlight elements of scenery such as pulling bridges out of the cloth.”
Lighting was supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems.
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David
Jones on the roadFollowing on from the Sydney launch event the David Jones Collection show now takes to the road, touring stores in capital cities around the country.
Lighting Design is by Francesco Calvi with equipment supplied by 32 Hundred Lighting.
The design centres around a main ground support truss grid with thirty 1/2k Fresnels lighting the catwalk and eight Pulsar ChromaBanks lighting scrims which form a roof. Six Martin MAC300s also light staging flats built from perspex. Also on the tour is a Catalyst system feeding two LED walls at the rear of the stage. Control is via a Hog 1k.
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David Jones recently launched its Spring/Summer 2004 Designer Collections at a large event held at Sydney's Cook & Phillip park. The evening was split into two segments being the parade itself and the cocktail area for pre and post show drinks.
32 Hundred supplied all lighting and power for the site.
The parade was held in a standard tent from Pages with a lighting design by Francesco Calvi. The rig was made up of a catwalk grid with 50 Selecon Pacific 12-28s, 16 ETC Source 4 pars and 6 Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200s. Lighting for the stage segments which were built out of white perspex were another 2 truss towers with 3 Pulsar ChromaBanks and 3 ETC Source 4 pars on each and another 3 ChromaBanks on the floor. Rigging included 65m of truss and 12 motors. There were also 4 Lycian short throw spots and enough power distro and dressing room lights to poke a stick at.
Over in the cocktail area DJ's created an Athens like atmosphere. Here they wanted the walls of the entire area to be lit with a colour change from Blue to Sunset, this was achieved with 18 Ministrips. 13 Stage Zooms lit the various water features of the area and a bunch of pars of various descriptions took care of the rest. There were also 3 special hanging lanterns with 60 globes each with were imported from Italy.
Iain Reed was lighting designer for the cocktail area and Clint Dulieu was systems tech for both venues.
There were also 4 250kva generators to power the site.
www.32hundredlighting.com
Novatech
at the SA Catering AwardsMonday the 26th of July heralded a new era for the staging of the SA Catering Awards with a Gala Dinner for South Australia's outstanding restaurants, venues and caterers in the Adelaide Entertainment Centre ARENA.|
Novatech handled audio, lighting and vision, with the AEC handling rigging for the event.
Building on already successful prior annual events, the brief was to add a new dimension in the stage set and lighting.
Using a combination of moving and static fixtures, full coverage flown audio system, dual screens for video, data and Imag, and a range of box and tri truss for both the set and rigging, Novatech used an innovative approach to ensure a look that was both functional and that gave a special event feel to the entire celebration.
www.novatechproductions.com.au
Shang-hai
Circus Earlier this year prior to Saturday Night Fever moving in the Shang-hai Circus played a week of shows at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. Lighting was supplied by 32 Hundred Lighting.
Chris Dunlop from New York was the LD with Clint Dulieu sitting on the show as programmer and systems tech.
Due to the budget and time constraints the group had it was pretty much a basic static theatre rig. The only difference being four Studio Due CityColor 2.5ks were substituted in place of a conventional cyc wash. "From our point of view it was a lot quicker and easier to put in than a whole bunch of cyc units," said Clint. "Four CityColors give you a whole heap of punch and what I did was put full spun on the front of them to soften up the beam and give more coverage."
The rig consisted of 80 Par 64 cans, 45 Pacific 1k 12-28s, 2 2k Castors and 4 CityColor 2.5ks. Dimming was using the house dimmers whilst control was via the Echelon 'surf board'.
"Chris had not used a hog before so I set it up for him to operate as a fader desk typically would. For the citycolors we built some looks and I attached them to fader control and I wrote him a macro so that he could record a snapshot of any look he built during the show with a single button press."
The result of such a simple rig was quite impressive with Chris creating a bunch of very vivid looks for the shows many acts.
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Toy
Box Dance Party 2004CLS provided the lighting for the Toy Box Dance Party held in Sydney on August 1st.
Equipment included: 4 x Martin MAC 600, 8 x High End Technobeams, 8 x Martin MAC550 Profile, 1 x 32amp Distribution Board, 8 x 3m Radius Alloy Tri Truss, 8 x Tri Truss Cube, 8 x 3m Black Tri Truss, 1 x Jands Echelon 1K, 1 x Jands Hog 1000 & Monitor, 2 x DF50 Diffusion Machine, 24 x Par 56 Cans and 4 x 400w UV Flood.
www.clsa.com.au
Pulsar
going for Gold
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The annual gold dinner fund-raiser for the Sydney Children's Hospital
Foundation was held this year in Hyde Park beneath a massive marquee that
stretched for nearly 100 metres, and about 20 metres wide. An estimated
550 people attended the $1000-a-head event.
The event was designed by David Grant Special Events with Chameleon Touring
Systems installing the lighting and Tony Davies designing. Lighting the
venue was never going to be an easy task as the marquee was transparent
and no lighting was to be hung as the designers wanted the view to the
night sky to be unobstructed.
Consequently it was decided to place thirty-one Pulsar ChromaBanks beneath
the dining tables, which were a wrought iron style frame with a thick
Perspex top, resulting in coloured light shining up through the table
top before spilling out across the room. In fact in this manner the ChromaBanks
became the main room lighting.
“The ChromaBanks were colour scrolling during one of the numbers
and that looked awesome,” said Mark Hammer, who programmed the lighting.
“The ChromaBanks were perfect for this application because of their
lack of heat and the colour effects macros. I had to ride the intensity
down but the colours still looked very intense.”
Stunning chandeliers also supplied room lighting.
The marquee was erected over the famous Archibald Fountain which was made
into a feature lit by sixteen Par64 and sixteen Par36 pinspots in shades
of magenta and gold. Eight Martin MAC300 were then used to highlight aspects
of the fountain and to swing out across the room. Also used were four
Martin MAC2000 wash and four MAC2000 profiles.
Other equipment included 25 x Altman Zipstrips, 1 x 4kw HMI 12inch Fresnel,
450m of Techlight, 60 x P56's, 40 x Pinspots, 10 x 650w Fres, 12 x 650w
PC's, 22 x Aurora Cyc's and 2 x Lycian Clubspot Followspots.
www.showtech.com.au
The 2004 AbaF
Awards night is always an exclusive event in Australia with guests including
the Prime Minister, Richard Pratt and Dame Elizabeth Murdoch. Bytecraft
supplied the massive rig and crew on this most prestigious event.Having to convert an empty “shed” at the Showgrounds in Melbourne was a difficult task that Bytecraft took on with enthusiasm and skill as you can see from the images here.
Andy Mitchinson, Niki Koumos and the Bytecraft crew worked tirelessly on this huge event. Equipment included:
Moving Lights: 12 x High End Studio Color 575, 12 x High End Studio Spot 57510 x High End X-Spot
Rigging and Support: 22 Fab 500mm Al. Box 3m, 22 Total Fab 500mm Al. Box 2m, 76 500mm * 8ft Al. Box Truss, 57 300mm (AL) Tri Truss 3m, 3 Lodestar 1Ton/60’ Chain Motor, 33 Lodestar 1/2T 60’ motor, 14 IT Chain Block (15m length)
Control: 1 Whole Hog II, 1 Strand 530 Console, 1 Strand 520i Console, 6 Byte 48W APC tour rack
Generic lighting: 411 Chrome Par 64 – Regular Size, 44 Chrome Par 64 Shortnose Can, 10 Black par 36 Pinspots, 99 Chrome Par 36 Pinspots, 5 Strand S/L 600w 15 – 32, 13 Strand S/L 600w 23 – 50, 13 Bambino 1kw fresnel, 14 Lycian Starklite HM1200
Effects: 2 44 Gal Dry ice Machine, 3 DF 50 Diffusion Fogger
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As part of the John Butler Trio's National Tour, Production Works supplied full production for the sold out Hobart Show at the Hobart City Hall on the 23rd June (Photo 1). The lighting was designed by Jared Hawke of Frontier Lighting in Perth and consisted of 6 x Martin MAC600s, 4 x Martin MAC500s, 24 x Par 64 NSP, 8 x Par 64 MFL, 5 x Profiles and 15 molefay duets. LSC dimming and distribution was all controlled by a pearler of a front of house consisting of two Avolites Pearl 2000 Rollercue Consoles of which one of was supplied by Frontier. Jared was also kind enough to conduct a tour for quite a few lucky Hobart ALIA members who were also invited to stay for the show.
Bjorn Again....again, at the Wrest Point and Country Club Casino (Photo 2). Production Works also supplied production once again to Bjorn Again, the ABBA Tribute Show in Hobart and Launceston. Lighting was designed by Alex Saad and consisted of 8 x Martin MAC250+'s, 32 x Raycans and 4 x Molefay Duets. Control was by Production Works' Hog PC system with Hog 3 wings.
Tas Music Rock Challenge Hobart Heat One (Last Night!) at the Derwent Entertainment Centre (Photo 3). LD was Production Works own Gareth Kays and gear included 24 x Parcan 64, 5 x 600w Profile, 8 x Martin MAC250+, 6 x Martin MAC600, 6 x Martin MAC500, dimming and distro LSC, Control Avolites Pearl 2000 Rollercue.
www.productionworks.com.au
The
Who
in concert
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Lighting designer
Tom Kenny, who was here earlier in the year with Bowie, lit the legendary
The Who with a rig supplied by Bytecraft Entertainment.
Equipment included: 31 x Martin MAC2000 Profile, 32 x Martin MAC600, 17
x 4-Cell Molefay, 20 x Source-4( 19°), 2 x Lycian Starklite and an
Icon control desk.
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Novatech have been kept busy in Adelaide with a variety of contrasting events that have required vastly different approaches in technical event design and installation.
The Adelaide Entertainment Centre hosted "Lipizanners with the Stars" on Saturday the 26th of June. The event required simple lighting for stage and the performance space with equal coverage being paramount. Incorporating live orchestral music with performing horses, a full house enjoyed the spectacular.
Showing a more creative approach Novatech designed and supplied equipment and operators for the long awaited "Winter Enchanted" dance party held at the St Clair Recreation Centre on Saturday July 4th. With threemain rooms offering varying entertainment offerings Novatech incorporated large screen vision and a host of moving and static fixtures, the event was enjoyed by all who attended.
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In June this year The Sydney Opera House produced the Australian premier of Howard Shore’s acclaimed work “The Lord Of the Rings Symphony”, a six movement piece written by Howard Shore for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.
With over 250 performers on stage, the Sydney Symphony orchestra was joined by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Sydney Children’s Choir, with the lead singer from george, Katie Noonan as Guest Soloist alongside Treble Soloist, David Bruce.
The concert was accompanied by the stunning imagery of John Howe and Alan Lee, the world’s foremost illustrative interpreters of Tolkien’s work and Conceptual Artists on the films. These beautiful and never-before-seen storyboards and sketches, which were the basis of the design of the films, were projected onto a giant screen above the orchestra.
Lighting designer Damien Cooper had the brief to transform the Concert Hall using Martin MAC moving lights and theatrical effects to enhance the mood of the various movements of the Symphony. Damien achieved this through subtle and effective use of the Martin MACs as well as thirty-two Selecon Pacific 23/50’s loaded with longlife fergos.
There were four separate fergo images used: lava, ice, and two tree images, a positive and an inverse each used to convey an aspect of Middle Earth. The entire roof of the concert hall was covered with each of these images by eight Pacific’s per scene with each image stitched together to achieve a consistent join so the overall effect was of one of a complete scene. Damien enhanced these looks by overlaying multiple images and using the Martin MACs to create movement in the Lava scene.
“I used the fergo lava effect for background and then layered the Martin MAC2000 Performance on top of that to achieve a very gentle, animated fire effect,” described Damien. “I ran a whole bunch of new gobos in the MAC2000’s; DHA501 and DHA903 which are a linear and reflected water effect and that gave me the palette to create the effects that I wanted.”
Thirty-five Martin MAC2000s, a combination of Washes, Profiles and Performances, were used to light the orchestra and choir as well as the walls and ceiling of the venue.
“It’s a hard space to light but the MAC2000’s gave me a lot of power,” said Damien. “The six MAC2000 Washes, positioned on the front bar, were used primarily on the orchestra but they would also pull out and regroup positions before coming back to do a special on the head soloist.”
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The long awaited Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre was opened in spectacular style with an on going week of celebration in the Broadbeach Mall and precint After four years of building construction ELS was given the task of producing the lighting element for the prestegious Gala Opening night and other related events . ELS designed, operated and supplied the lighting and rigging for all events.
Catalyst Media Sever V3 and Panasonic projectors were used to project images onto the back drop for the opening. Todd McKinney was the main act with a dance band to complete the night's entertaiment.
Equipment Main Stage: 12 x High End x.Spots, 24 x Studio Colours, 8 x Cyberlight turbos, 6 xStudio Color 250, 8 x Studio Spot 250, 1 x Whole Hog II, 32 x 3m Alloy box truss sections, and 14 1 ton CM chain motors.
Back Drop Projection: Catalyst Media Server V3, 1 x Hog 1K, 2 x Panasonic 9600 12000 Ansi lumen Projectors.
Room Lighting: 12 x Martin MAC500, 8 x MAC250, 12 xTechnobeams, 64 Par 64 and 1 x Avolite Diamond 3
The exterior was also lit for a week. The building was lit in an ever changing colour wash and sprayed with roving beams of light. The venue's location was exenuated with search lights.
Equipment supplied: 7 x Kolorado MK II, 2 x Sky Flowers 1800, 2 x 4k Xenon Space Cannon Search Lights.
Broadbeach Mall and Precint Buildings: 6 x Griven Kolorado 2500 MK II, 2 x Kolorstream 2500 MK II, 4 x Koleido 575, 10 x Cyberlight turbos and 1 x Avolite Pearl 2000
Street Festival: 8 x Technobeams, 6 x Kolorado MK II, 36 Par 64 and 1 x HOG 1K.
www.els-productions.com.au
Raising
1.4 million dollars for the Australian Olympic Team, the sixth Australian
Prime Minister's Olympic Dinner, held at Melbourne's Vodaphone Arena, was
a resounding success And with a wide variety of high class performances to light, Production Designer Toby Harding of Next Vision selected High End Lighting Systems DL-1, Catalyst and xSpot to form the backbone of this prestigious event.
Clifton Productions supplied 4 x DL1, 2 x Catalyst v3 and 6 x xSpots, with the xSpots used extensively to texture the Orb and Cylinder when they were flown up high.
Acts entertaining the 1350 guests at 135 tables were the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vanessa Amorosi, John Farnham and a bike race on the velodrome.
Event Producer was Peter Jones Special Events, with production by Solution RED, and Production Design by Next Vision. Toby operated operated the Catalyst, DL 1's and xSpots as well as producing the custom content for Catalyst on the event.
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Winter Break at Sydney's Horden Pavillion
Fuzzy produced another 'party of the year' in the Hordern Pavillion on July 3 with 'Winter Break'. In the Hordern, Jands Production Services, Chameleon and TDC realised a production designed by Jamie Centofanti and Ben Suthers, with multiscreen visuals by Joanne Griffin. Mr Balloons provided hardware for a 'snow' drop. Outside Bump Productions and Chameleon provided a secondary music area and chill out. The sold out party was still packed at 5:30AM, once again proving Fuzzy to be the hottest ticket in town. In line with the Horderns requirements, the show was setup and programmed on the day before a 6:00PM opening.
Credits
Executive Producer - Johnathon Wall
General Manager, Fuzzy - Adelle Robinson
Production Manager - Ben Suthers
Lighting Design/Operate - Jamie Centofanti
Video Design/Operate - Joanne Griffin
Audio Production by Jands Production Services
Lighting Production by Chameleon Touring Systems
Video Production by Technical Directions Company
What they used:
| JPS -
Audio 12 x V-Dosc Elements 6 x Arcs Cabinets 16 x SB-218 Sublow Cabinets 4 x Clair 12AM Monitor Speakers 2 x JPS RV3 Speakers 4 x Crest 7301 BiAmps 24 x Crown MA5002VZ Amplifiers 4 x BSS Varicurve EQ 4 x BSS Omnidrive 1 x Midas Verona 32ch console |
Chameleon
- Lighting 24 x Mac 600’s 16 x Mac 500's 4 x Mac 250’s 8 x Mac 300’s 2 x City Colours 16 x Miniscan HPE 16 x Atomic strobes + Hk Clamps 4 x molefay duets + H-stands 24 x Source 4 Par 64 VNSP’s ( bars of 6) 8 x Source 4 pars NSP (singles + half clamps) 32 x 1k Scrollers to suit S4 Pars 32 x lengths blue/white jetstrobe 1 x Wholehog II wingboard + monitors + Keyboard 1 x Hog 1000 2 x HP12 dimmer 2 x DF 50 Hazers 2 x Dry Ice Machines 20 x 10 Ex 18 Ebox truss 5 x 3m tri truss 10 x 1t chain motors 1 x 8 way motor control 1 x 4 way motor control 4 x 1/2 T chain blocks 1 x Jetstrobe controller 2 x Scroll PSU 1 x 36 way 10A gpo distribution system |
TDC
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Adelaide Festival's playground for all ages
Universal Playground, an outdoor venue and nightclub, was the pumping heart of this year’s Adelaide Festival. Designed by Peter England and lit by Damien Cooper, the Playground bought together the natural and the built environments by connecting the formality of the city with the anarchy of the interior.
From the fairy light draped entrance to the use of lights on the marquees, Universal Playground was an enchanting creation. Sprawled across the Torrens Parade Ground, the venue played host to a variety of bands acts during the Festival.
Chameleon Touring Systems supplied the lighting including metres of festooning, bud lights and egg strobes. Included in the rig was a large quantity of Show Technology gear, including 16 x Studio Due CityColor 1800w, 7 x Studio Due CityColor 2500w, 18 x Martin MAC2000 Profile, 8 x Martin MAC600, and 28 x Martin RoboColor Pro 400. Two Martin Magnum smoke machines and a JEM Roadie provide smoke for the moving lights and hundreds of generic fixtures.
www.showtech.com.au
A
BIG weekend for lightwright Productions
Brad Wright of lightwright production had a huge June long weekend with
two, back to back parties:Big Queernation @ Fox Studios and Sweatfest
@ Wharf 3.
Big QN, pictured above, was on Saturday night from 10pm - 8am, Sweatfest
was on Sunday day from 1pm - 11pm, consequently logistics became crucial!
Big Queernations contract was for the entire site lighting and laser design,
lighting/laser programming and operation in the Horden Pavilion, three
venues in total with Brad using 3200 Hundred Lighting operators in the
other two rooms. The party was produced by Home Nightclub as a fundraiser
for the Aids Council of New South Wales.
The party featured international DJ Victor Calderone and US Diva Kristine
W and catered for just over 6,000.
Production was supplied by Bytecraft, Pollards, 3200 Hundred Lighting
(also did all audio), Butlers, Psyklonic (mirror effects), Cairellie AV,
and Oracle Lasers.
Brad separated the lighting design in the Hordern into two sections: dance
floor and stage. The dance floor featured a combination of 4 x 18m trusses
and a 5m centre circle. Fixtures on the dance floor included 24 x VL*6c,
16 x Martin MAC600, 4 x Martin Atomic strobes, 32 x Par 64, 32 x Rays,
and multiple custom mirror installations.
Stage featured half of a 9m circle hung vertically and used as a rear
project video screen. Around the edge of the truss we rigged 12 x VL*5,
12 x Data Flash, 4 x 4 liters
He used 2 x 3m uprights on the side of the stage with 8 x par 64, 4 x
Martin Roco colours, 2 x profiles and 2 x zip strip for side light. There
were four zipstrips across the front of the stage for front light.
Control was a Hog II with Wing, smoke was a combination or crackers, DF50's,
F100's and Fans.
The Dome featured 24 x Clay Pky Stage Zoom's and 32 x Par 64 for room
light
Stage 11 utilised it s current rig, a combination of Martin MAC250's,
Clay Paky Golden Scan 2's and Stage Zooms, Geni Shivas and an assortment
of Pars.
The Sweatfest contract was for production design, lighting, staging, vision,
and audio. Sweatfest featured local DJ's and C + C Music Factory, Snap
and KLF.
Due to Wharf 3's width (42m) Brad decided to fill in most of the width
with production by using an 18m wide stage, and large Rear Projection
screens.
The stage featured a catwalk into the main dance floor so that during
the day the DJ's were closer to the action then at night the artists could
interact with the punters more.
Production was supplied by Chameleon, Butlers, Pollards, Bump Productions,
Cairellie AV, The Look, and Psyklonic
The show was broken down into two parts, day and night. During the day
local DJ's and acts performed. From 7.30pm the main three acts came on.
The night show was all pre-programmed to the tracks that the groups has
selected and sent to Brad. Again he separated the stage from the room
The room used 12 x Martin MAC500's and a custom mirror centre piece from
Psyklonic whilst the stage used a combination of upright trusses and FOH
and Back line truss and 12 x Martin MAC500, 4 x Martin MAC250, 16 x Clay
Paky Miniscan HPE, 44 x Par 64, 4 x 4liters, 3 x 6 liters with scrollers,
6 x Atomic Atomics, 1 x 2k Fresnel.
Control was a Hog II + Wing, smoke was a combination of Magnum foggers
and Unique Hazers - which Brad has fallen in love with!
Brad's schedule:
Thursday 9am - Bump in Big Queernation
Thursday 7pm - 4am - Program Big Queernation
Friday 6am - Bump in Sweatfest (I was only on site for 2hrs)
Friday 8am - 2pm - Brad sleep
Friday 3pm - Check on Sweatfest setup
Friday 5pm - Show Rehearsals @ Big QN
Friday 11pm - Saturday 6am - Program Sweatfest
Saturday 6am - 3pm Sleep
Saturday 3pm - 5pm - Rehearse some of Sweatfest (very little)
Saturday 6pm - 7pm - Final Show rehearsal @ Big QN
Saturday 10pm - 8am Sunday - BIG QN
Sunday 11am - 1pm - finish programming Sweatfest
Sunday 1pm - 11pm - Sweatfest
Sunday 11.05pm - BED!
www.lightwright.com.au
Moriah College in eastern suburbs Sydney is known for its regular large events. The year 11 formal after party was held at Bangarra Dance Theatre, The wharf, Walsh Bay.
After months of planning by students Darren Chait and Simon Brender a successful night was produced with over 500 students from various schools around Sydney.
Both Darren and Simon have heavy interests with technical production and events and are also known to many production companies in Sydney for their work in and out of school.
With the help from Paul Walton from Fusion Entertainment and Danny Lander and Danny Sekers from Concept Entertainment Group the successful event included the lighting rig of 4 Martin Mac 250 Kryptons, 6 Clay Packy Mini Scans HPE, 6 Geni Shivas, 3 Martin Atomic Strobes, Hog 1000 + a number of static lighting.
"We found that the Mac 250s worked really well for a venue this size complimented with a number of scans placed around the stage." Said Paul "Working with the Moriah students was great, they were very professional and looked after all aspects of the event and had everything planned to the finest detail".
www.fusionentertainment.com.au
www.concept-group.biz
CLS
paint the town red!CLS recently painted the St Margaret's building in Surry Hills, Sydney a striking colour red.
The main objective was to light ex-hospital building in spectacular fashion for the launch of St Margaret's new Apartment Project. The exterior was lit in brilliant red whilst the internal stair well was highlighted with Green Laser Beams.
Equipment List:
82 x Par 64 MFL
2 x Griven Kolorado 2500 HMD
4 x T-3 Lasers from Oracle Laser
and lots of Red Lighting Filter.........
www.clsa.com.au
Performing to a sell out crowd at Melbourne's Forum Theatre, John Butler Trio continues be one Australia's leading live acts.
The Sunrise over the Sea Tour, following on from JBT winning APRA Song of the Year 2004 for "Zebra", is performing at venues across Australia in May, June and July.
Victorian based production company, Phaseshift Productions provided lighting equipment to the tour. LD Jared Hawke specifying High End Systems x.Spot Xtreme for the fixtures versatility and range of features.
Sixteen ColorCommand are extensively used as a backlight wash array.
Phaseshifts Simon Aitken says "In the past we would have had to use PAR's and scrollers - using ColorCommand certainly cuts down on gel issues and means we have a seamless colour palette to choose from".
All the lighting is controlled from an Avolites Pearl 2004.
www.ula.com.au
Banksia
2004 Awards
he Banksia Environmental Foundation was created in 1989 by a diverse group
of 44 Australians who shared a common goal - to do more to support and
recognise members of the community for their positive contribution to
the environment. To this end, they joined forces to launch a national
environmental awards program that same year.
The purpose of the awards is to recognise and reward individuals, community
groups, businesses and government organisations for environmental excellence.
Through the awards, the Banksia Environmental Foundation aims to raise
awareness of practices associated with caring for the environment and
encourage others to follow examples set by finalists and winners.
The Banksia 2004 Awards were held on June 6th in the Pavilion at the Royal
Randwick Racecourse, Sydney. Lighting designer was Robert Ekins who was
using a mixture of his own lighting equipment and gear from Lots Of Watts.
The gala dinner awards night consisted of four separate stages offering
three different elements of entertainment plus the awards. Entertainment
included an aerial artist, aboriginal performers and some tap dancers.
Each stage had a front and back truss whilst an H-shape truss hung over
the main area of the room. Moving lights consisted of eighteen Martin
MAC2000, six MAC250 Entours, eight MAC600, eight MAC300 and four Geni
Oby 600. Lighting effects included four Martin Atomic strobes and a JEM
ZR33 hazer. There were also a hundred dimmer channels of conventional
lights.
"The MAC2000's are great," said Robert. "I've used them
to light the roof of the dome as well as light the three cycs in the room
and the entertainers. I have eight Studio Due CityColors colour washing
the roof of the dome."
Robert recently purchased the four Geni Oby 600 and six MAC250 Entours.
He uses them for every show he works on.
"The Oby 600's have to be the best thing I've ever bought,"
he exclaimed. "They don't stop working. I can use the four of them
to light a cyc nine metres by five metres. They're really smooth and the
focus is nice as they zoom. If I use them as a back light for a band,
I can get them in real tight and then flood out when needed, then swing
them around to hit the cyc."
Robert reports that he finds his MAC250 Entours as bright as a MAC500!
As well as their brightness, he particularly likes the gobos offered by
the fixture and their quick speed.
Another recent purchase by Robert was the MA Lighting grandMA ultr-light
console used to control the awards night.
"I love the 3D software that comes with the ultra-light, he said.
"I can sit at home and do all my designs with it pre show. I can
then show the client 3D images of what the stage and the room will look
like and that's a great bonus. It's a really well set out desk."
www.showtech.com.au
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Local lighting designer Nick Elvin scored the gig to light the infamous Justin Timberlake with Bytecraft Entertainment supplying the rig and crew of Sean 'Motley' Hackett and Andy Cowen.
Equipment included:
Moving lights: 16 x Martin MAC2000, 16 x VL2402 MSR700 washlight/beam, 18 x VL5-A
Effects: 2 x DF 50 Diffusion Fogger
Control 1 x Whole Hog II
www.bytecraftentertainment.com
Southside
Christian Centre celebrateSouthside Christian Centre recently celebrated their 10th birthday in style with a weekend of shows and special guests and Entertainment Installations was on-hand for production duties.
Although Southside is in Reynella in South Australia, Entertainment Installations were there to supply production through Forefront Productions (based in Newcastle).
The main room was used for an audience of about 1500 with a separate (downstairs) suite used for a live recording for CD release.
Lighting featured 8 x Martin MAC300, 10 x Martin MAC250+, Martin MAC Krypton, Martin Pro400, 32 x Kupo Multipars, 4 x Molefay duet, Jands HOG1000, Jands HP12 dimmers and a Jands Event36.
Brian Houston from Hillsong chuch was guest speaker on the first show and on the next show James Morrison played some trumpet and for the evening event James played with his band.
Neale Mace operated monitors (12 x sends) for the event as well as trucked the production there and back and was also overall system tech.
www.entertanmentinstallations.com
Mazda
3 Launch
CLS recently lit the Mazda 3 Launch in the Savoy Ballroom of the Grand
Hyatt in Melbourne. CLS lighting designer Tim Newman used:
Moving lights: 12 x Martin MAC2000, 12 x Martin MAC550, 16 x Martin
MAC600, 4 x Griven Kaliedo and 3 x High End Cyberlights.
Generic lights: 48 x Source 4 Profiles, 3 x Lycian Followspots,
66 x Par 56 Cans, 7 x Molefay Duets, 4 x Mini Strips
Effects: 2 x Turbo Fans, 1 x Le Maitre G300, 2 x Turbo Fans
Control: 1 x Jands Hog Lighting Console
CLS Truss: 24 x 2.25m Alloy Tri Truss, 6 x 2.25m Alloy Box Truss,
2 x 5m Radius Tri Truss Circle, 1 x 3.5m Radius Tri Truss Circle, 2 x
2m Radius Tri Truss Circle
www.clsa.com.au
Crusty
DemonsThe Crusty Demons Nine Lives Tour, is an insane all new show from the Kings of FMX mayhem. Once again, Nick Elvin was called in to light the action with Chameleon supplying the gear:
Moving lights: 20 x Mac 2000 Wash, 52 x Mac 2000 Profile, 8 x Mac 2000 Performance, 12 x Mac 600, 12 x Mac 500, 16 x Atomic 3000 Strobe, 4 x Kolorjet 4k and 8 x CityColor 1850w + Hanging Bracket.
Conventional lights: 48 x Par 64 ACL Chrome, 96 x Par 64 VNSP Chrome, 64 x Par 64 VNSP Black, 96 x Par 64 NSP Black, 8 x ACL Beacon, and 12 x 4light Molefay.
Effects: 4 x DF 50 Hazer, 4 x Jem ZR 33 Fogger, 4 x Industrial Fan, 2 x Aquafogger, 1 x Roadie Fogger.
Control: 1 x MA Lighting grandMA Console, 1 x MA Lighting Lite Console, 4 x LSC 48way Dimmer, 12 x 3ø GPO Distribution, 4 x 3ø 20a GPO Distribution, 5 x 3ø Mains Distribution, 8 x DD 6/2 Data Splitter, 2 x Ezicom Talkback Master, and 16 x Ezicom Substation.
Truss: 1 x 5m 250mm Box Truss Circle, 64 x 10' 18" Alloy Box Truss, 24 x 10' 14" Alloy Box Truss, 4 x 18" 90° Corner, 4 x 14" T Section, 1 x 18" 4way Section, 4 x 18" Hinge, 33 x 1t Chain Motor, 20 x 500kg, 1 x Skonjberg 32way Motor Counter, 4 x 8way Skonjberg Motor Control, 4 x 8way CTS Motor Control.
www.chameleon-touring.com.au
De
La Guarda
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Argentinean physical theatre troupe De La Guarda literally takes theatre
to new heights. Their 70-minute production Villa Villa combines theatre,
dance party, rock concert and street festival into an aerial spectacular.
The performance is centred on a group of supple aerialists who swing around
and through the space with attitude. They portray in the air the different
elements and emotions that everyone goes through in life.
The show is currently playing in Sydney under the Big Top in Luna Park.
Bytecrafts Sydney hire department assisted the production with their lighting
needs.
The lighting equipment supplied by Bytecraft Entertainment included:
Conventional: Molefy 4 Lite 6, Prelude F 4, Cantata F 5, Alto F 17, Cantata
PC 11, Alto PC 19, Source 4 Par 128, Source 4 Profile 46, Iris 4 1, Par
64 6, Par 36 16, Iris 1 19
Dimming & Control: 48 way Touring Dimmer Rack 3, 48 Way Power Distro
Rack 1, Mains Distro System 1
Control: Wholehog 2 w/ Wing 1
Followspots: Lycian 1200 HMI Follow Spot 2
Smoke: DF 50 Haze Machines, F100 Smoke Machine 4
Effects: Dataflash, Martin Atomic Strobe 8, UV 400w 7
www.bytecraftentertainment.com
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The latest installment in the Transmission series of Dance Parties was recently held at the State Sports Centre on 29/05/04. This parties theme was a 'Superstar DJ Battle Experience." As per usual lighting and audio was supplied by 32 Hundred Lighting.
Lighting Design was by Clint Dulieu and Richard Neville with both of them sharing the operating roles. Richard looked after the beginning of the night and main show with Clint then taking over through the wee hours of the morning.
The main features of the rig were a 10m Circle Truss over the main area with a vertical section of Tomcat truss coming down through the middle. On the circle were 16 Stage Zoom 1200s along with 9 Zip Strips whilst rigged off the sides of the Vertical were 9 Golden Scan 2s. Off the bottom of the Tomcat was a pod of 8 Studio Colors and an 8 way molefay. There was also a bunch of jet strobe tubing running up the middle of the truss.
At the back of the stage was a large truss structure leaning out over the stage and supporting a large while sail on each side, in the centre of this structure were another 8 Stage Zooms and a bank of 11 Molefays. "The bank of Molefays certainly made for a big look when you punched them all on through the crowd," said Clint. "Transmission has always had a thing about Blinders so we wanted to make sure we hade that base covered."
Also in the mix were 4 Studio Due CityColor 2.5ks to light the sails, some Strobes up in the gantry to light up the roof and of course 3 Space Cannon Easys just for kicks. They were actually there for a reason, something about a military look but we all know they are just big toys! There were another 6 bars of cans just to light the stage and the usual assortment of Foggers and Hazers you can't do without at a Dance Party.
Control for the entire rig was via 32 Hundred's pride and joy. A one off 32 Fader Hog 1000 with 6 menu banks, appropriately nick named 'The Surfboard.' "It's a fantastic console for this kind of show," Clint says. "Being able to have 32 cuelists on hard faders along with another 32 if you set up the extra menu banks to run cuelists is just what you need for a dance party environment."
The rig proved to work quite well with Richard adding, "we found it a challenge to design a rig that could be unveiled in stages and produce fresh looks for the entire 10 hour dance party... the combination of fast scans and the power of the stage zooms was a perfect mix... quotes from the public rated this party as having the best lighting out of all previous 16 transmission events"
Oracle completed the look with their usual arsenal of Laser heads.
Full equipment list: 24x Stage Zoom 1200, 9x Golden Scan 2, 8x Studio Color, 4x Citycolor 2.5k, 3x Space Cannon EasyT, 9x Zip Strip, 11x Molefay, 1x 8 light, 10x Jetstrobe, 2x Dynamo Strobe, 2x ZR22, 2x Stage Hazer, 5x HP12, 1x Hog 1000. Rigging- 1x 10m Tri Circle, 2x 3m Tomcat, 18x 3m Tri, 12x 1t Motor.
www.32hundredlighting.com
Martin
Mania DC1 for Big BrotherPeter Koole, Channel 10's Lighting Director for Big Brother Uncut, was keen to replica the seventies theme that is present throughout the Big Brother house at Dreamworld in the studio where Big Brother Uncut is presented. He also wanted the lighting to have a night time feel.
Peter spoke to Philby Lewis at Lots of Watts about achieving a lighting effect based on a lava lamp. Philby, in conjunction with Show Technology's Professional Products Manager Andrew Winslade, put together three different looks for Peter to judge, all controlled by an MA Lighting grandMA.
"The first was a Martin EGO3 which was great, very punchy with a 250w dichroic lamp," said Peter. "Unfortunately the slowest speed of the EGO3 was too fast for what I needed.
"I then looked at the Martin MAC550 which was fantastic but not quite in the price range as we needed the effect for twelve weeks.
"The Martin Mania DC1, which projects brilliant decorative fluid effects, did the trick. I have doubled up with the 'aqua' colour slowly going up the cyc and the white on the second lamp going down the cyc. The white was a bit too bright and was overpowering the aqua so I put a strip of Lee 117 on the white. I did have a bit of trouble with the fan noise in a very quiet studio so I wrapped cloth around all the effects, leaving room for the fans to cool the lamp, and this has reduced that noise. The Mania DC2 (flame effect) is also very good but not what I was looking for on this production."
www.showtech.com.au
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