Elite Multimedia of Nashville, TN worked closely with Kelly Casebolt, Maranatha's media manager, to give the church's worship centre a bold, more engaging new look using some of the latest technological tools available. At the centreof their design is a 40ft wide HD SDI video screen with triple wide projection and flanked by additional LCD screens. Complementing the massive video display and lending vibrant colors to the stage are a collection of LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
Maranatha Fellowship's new lighting design features four COLORado Batten 72 Tour RGBW linear fixtures and eight Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving washes.
"We used the battens as an upstage wash on the wall to help the image and depth with the camera angles for broadcast applications," said Wade Russell, the lead systems integrator for Elite Multimedia, noting that Maranatha streams video services on Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening. The eight Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving fixtures are mounted on the downstage front bar to provide "essential colour wash across the stage".
For the stage, Elite Multimedia specified the Q-Wash 560Z-LED. A powerful fixture with a robust output (13,100 lux at 5 meters) from 91 RGBWA Cree LEDs, the Chauvet wash is capable of creating everything from soft pastels to bold primary colors, presenting all of them in an array of captivating displays, thanks in part to its 6°-32° variable beam angle.
"This is an excellent fixture," said Russell of the Q-Wash unit. "The variable beam angle provided a great advantage in for us in this application. We also love the COLORado Batten 72 Tour fixture for the functionality, size and the price point."
(Jim Evans)
