Research matters - Illuminating Engineering Society
Research matters - Illuminating Engineering Society
Research matters - Illuminating Engineering Society
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PROJECT<br />
The prop’s banner<br />
displays Washington<br />
Mutual’s slogan,<br />
however banner<br />
illumination was<br />
“tricky,” and<br />
required bright,<br />
even illumination<br />
without white spill<br />
washing out the<br />
colored lights on<br />
the other parts<br />
of the prop.<br />
ing out the colored light on the other parts of<br />
the prop,” says Levy. Levy chose a recessed<br />
wallwash to provide a wide, even wash of light<br />
at close ranges and designed a swiveling arm<br />
to fine-tune illumination on the “parchment”<br />
curves on-site.<br />
The Greening of the Beanstalk<br />
The movement of light crawling up the vine<br />
to the top of the beanstalk is the highlight of<br />
the project, says Levy. The lighting progression<br />
was accomplished using 100 LED fixtures. To<br />
achieve a vibrant green, only green LEDs were<br />
used—red and blue LEDs were removed from<br />
Color Kinetics’ ColorBlast 12 fixtures. “The<br />
lights look as if they are climbing to the top of<br />
the beanstalk. This climbing chase naturally<br />
leads one’s eyes to the cloud and the castle at<br />
the top,” says Levy.<br />
The uniqueness of this project was not only<br />
in its size and creativity, but the use of digital<br />
lighting. “The Jack and the Beanstalk billboard<br />
utilizes a state-of-the-art computer-controlled<br />
DMX lighting system typically found in theatrical<br />
and concert shows, but never before applied<br />
to an outdoor display in Times Square,” says<br />
King. “The beauty of the system is that it allows<br />
control of the color, intensity and choreographed<br />
sequence of the lighting,” he adds.<br />
The Cloud And Castle<br />
Once your eyes are drawn up the vine, the<br />
cloud at the top captures your attention with<br />
alternating saturated blue and violet hues. “As<br />
soon as I saw the original renderings, I knew<br />
I wanted to project sunset colors onto the<br />
cloud,” says Levy. The light show is created by<br />
Martin Exterior 600s, mounted to an existing<br />
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