Chauvet colours new Found Glory shows
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Blow-your-head-back colours were part of the experience. The band eschewed video walls and projections, and instead relied on a backdrop of hand-painted psychedelic scenic elements designed to glow when hit by light. Providing that light was a design by Megan Alksninis of JDI Productions that added to the colourful panorama, with help from the COLORdash Par-Quad 7 LED wash from Chauvet Professional.
“The look of the Sick Tour is extremely colourful; it’s bright and loud to reflect the band’s music,” says Alksninis. “Their heavy energy pop punk show does not slow down - and our lights keep pace. I took inspiration off the backdrop and other scenic pieces to create my looks. Neon green is the dominant colour on the backdrops, so I would use green a lot to both accent and highlight the set.”
Alksninis positioned her 12 COLORdash fixtures on two 7ft and two 5ft truss towers. The uneven towers gave her added positions from which to cover the scenic elements and band members in coloured light. They also lent a sense of depth to the stage.
At most venues, Alksninis stuck with her four-totem design. However, at some smaller music halls, she had to accommodate tighter stages. It was at these sites where the compact size of the COLORdash Par-Quad 7 was especially valuable.
“Most days everything ran smoothly with our standard rig, but now and again we got a smaller stage than normal where we had to juggle things around to have enough space for our production,” she says. “At the end of the day, we always managed to make the vision of the tour work.”
(Jim Evans
