Chauvet creates moods for Charlotte Lawrence
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“When producer Jonny Stiegler, the co-founder of Beehive, asked me to light these videos, I spent time studying the artwork on Charlotte’s new album as well as the wardrobe designs she’s been involved in,” said Reux, the owner of ReuxLight. “I wanted my design to reflect the hip, modern, western vibe of her style as well as the emotional force of her music.”
The design Reux created also had to be flexible enough to convey different looks for each of the session’s four videos, which ranged in length from three minutes (for the TV appearances) to 40 minutes. “Our art director, Cameron Nawaz, really helped me take what I had in my head and turn it into reality,” he said. “Working with the textured fabric panels Cameron came up - and rearranging my STRIKE fixtures -made it easy for us to change our looks quickly.
“Throughout the session, each set had its own stage and light orientation,” continued Reux. “Since we had a camera jib, the STRIKE fixtures were very important to maintaining good visuals for the top camera shots.”
Reux created different looks by changing colour schemes for each song. He also set different emotional tones with the warm white light from his STRIKE 1 fixtures. For the Kimmel and Colbert videos, he used the 230W single source pods to light a scenic tree, positioned between Lawrence at the piano and her backup musicians. Playing off against the starry night imagery projected on the set’s fabric backdrop, the warm glow on and around the tree, created the natural, western look Reux was after.
At the centre of the two longer music videos were the STRIKE 1 fixtures arranged in a circle around Lawrence. This configuration accentuated the ethereal effect of the singer’s heartfelt emotional performance, while also reflecting an element of glamour. At times, such as when the stage deck was covered in fog, it created the impression that the star was floating in air.
“I wanted to have a halo effect around Charlotte while also projecting a sense of the high desert sun in keeping with the western vibe,” said Reux.
