Staged at the Impact Arena in Bangkok in front of a live audience of 10,000 people and a TV audience of several million, the lighting design/direction team from the UK was headed by DOP Eugene O'Connor who also operated the key lighting console. Main stage LD was Theo Cox and Mikey Howard looked after stages B and C plus the extensive audience lighting. All were working with The Show Company from Singapore, MTV Asia's principal technical production contractor, and headed by Joseph Gan. In addition to supplying all lighting, the company also provided two Catalyst digital media servers for the video clips, and both high resolution and 'break-up' LED screens for the event.
The show's Co-producer and technical director Mick Perry, from MTV Europe was appointed by MTV Asia to project manage the event. Howard specified the two Avo Diamond 4's, an Elite and a Vision, because they offer fast programming, flexibility for live show control and improvisation, plus the capacity for large lighting rigs. Howard is a regular Avo user, but also fluent on a number of other control platforms.
Other Avo product used included a D4 Simulator and Ez DMX, two Avo FD 72 channel dimming racks and two Avo ART 2000 48-channel dimming racks, plus Avo DMX splitters. The D4 Vision - operated by Howard - was controlling VL3000 Spot and Wash luminaires, High End X-Spots, Studio Beams & Colors, 3K Synchrolites and Space Flowers. Meanwhile, the D4 Elite, operated by O'Connor ran 28 Molefeys and over 100 ETC Source Fours plus a selection of Pars, fluorescent and neon lights adorning the set.
The main stage set - designed by O'Connor - included several curved low res Barco MiPix screens, a 'break-up' screen containing 132 panels of Panasonic Astrovision and 200 tiles of Barco I-Lite6XP SMD screen.
This was the fourth MTV Asia Awards undertaken by The Show Company, one of the most dynamic and fastest growing production companies in South East Asia. The event was presented by Alicia Keys. Rock music was the 'in' genre, with Avril Lavigne and Maroon 5 picking up gongs in the international categories. Live performances from Good Charlotte, Thailand's Modern Dog, Thai/Australian teen sensation Lanna Commins and Canada's Simple Plan plus many others helped make it a great night for all involved.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
