NEWS PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS HD Video + Moving Rig for Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour continued from page 51 The 17-by-5-meter LED screen flashed images of the late Freddie Mercury during Queen’s sets. made for the tour by Brilliant Stages, mixes high and low resolution and <strong>com</strong>bines elements of both video and traditional lighting into one screen. In the center, Barco’s OLite modules form a high resolution elliptical screen, which delivers the main show video. Fanning out from the circle’s edge, the OLite modules are spread apart, allowing for a checkerboard effect during the course of the show. A number of PAR 64 lighting fixtures are built in among the OLite modules on each side to blend video and lighting effects. The rig includes over 100 moving lights from Coemar, Martin, Clay Paky, Syncrolite and Vari*Lite, on truss that also moves with the Kinesys automation system. Seven variable-length raked “finger” trusses run upstage and downstage, and the center three can hinge downward at the front. Bandit purchased the Lo Pro trussing & custom hinges from Total Solutions with some modifications made by Bandit Lites’ Dizzy Gosnell. Halpin was looking to create a “good, old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll lighting show,” but with the kind of consistency in color that wasn’t always available with the monster rigs of yesteryear. He opted to include Coemar Infinity Wash XL lights to meet that challenge. “Movement speed and consistency in dimming and color was important,” he said, “as we used a lot of single color washes. When you have a group of lights on in the same color, one bad light spoils the look. The Infinitys gave me exactly what I needed.” There are a total of 77 Coemar Infinity Washes dotted all over the rig, including nine per finger truss, arranged in groups of three. On the downstage edge of each finger is a Syncrolite — a 10K in the center and 5Ks on the rest. There are also Martin Atomic Strobes on the fingers, along with a total of five Vari*Lite 3000s used for band keylighting. Behind the fingers is a “Syncrolite truss” — also on Kinesys motors — containing seven 5K Syncrolite units, eight Martin Atomic 3000s and 10 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Washes used for back beam looks. In all, Bandit supplied a 24-way vari-speed Kinesys hoist system for video and a 25-way system for lighting. In addition, four Lycian M2 follow spots are top mounted on another truss just in front of the screen at the back of the stage, and six Space Flowers are positioned on the floor . There are also six Martin MAC 2000 Performances set on the floor along the back wall of the riser positioned farthest upstage, dubbed “the bunker.” A row of PixelLine LED battens also lights the bunker, and a row of Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s atop the bunker provides mid-level forward-shooting beams. The downstage 1.5 meters of the stage, its front, the thrust and the B-stage are all covered with frosted Perspex and highlighted from beneath with PixelLines. Halpin and lighting director Trent O’Connor, who is operating the tour, programmed two Martin Maxxyz control desks. Both Martin Maxxyz consoles were upgraded to Maxxyz+ for this tour. XL Video is also supplying six GV LDK 8000 cameras, two positioned at front-ofhouse, two on hot-heads in the pit, one focused on drummer Roger Taylor and the final one hand-held onstage. Aubrey Powell (Po) of Hypgnosis produced the show content. The crew is using a Catalyst digital media server for playback, and live director/vision mixer Stuart Roswell outputs it to the screen. Roswell cuts the mix using a GV Kayak switcher. Wolfgang Schram and Dave Rogers serve as video engineers. The touring camera operators are Saria Ofogba, Sacha Moore and Gordon Davies, and LED techs are Stef van Besien and Chris Isaccson. Ad info:http:// www.plsn.<strong>com</strong>/instant-info Barco’s VLI Business Unit Targets Fixed Installations continued from page 51 system integrators who will provide local services for the entire range of Barco’s video and lighting products for corporate lobbies, hotels, theaters, airports, large shopping malls and architectural landmarks. “Our goal is not only to present a unified organization to our rental partners and system integrators, but to enhance the way that they can partner with us for video and lighting projects,” said Stephan Paridaen, president of Barco’s Media & Entertainment division. “We are as <strong>com</strong>mitted to the new channel as we are <strong>com</strong>mitted to our rental partner channel. The new channel for the fixed installations market is directly patterned on our track record of success in the live events marketplace.” 54 <strong>PLSN</strong> NOVEMBER 2008
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