Video director for the Pitbull US Tour Nate Selvidio and production designer Justin Geiger of Impulse Creative Group conceived a simple yet striking design using 263 Chauvet Professional MVP Ta8 Curve and MVP 12 video panels for the tour's 24 shows. More Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4 pixel-mapping wash lights were used on tour as blinders above the video walls. Orlando-based Complete Production Resources production company supplied the gear.
"One of the big requirements for any show that Pitbull does is having LED walls, or at least one, centered main wall," Selvidio said. "Pitbull performs songs with lots of featured artists who are shown on the screen, behind him. When Jennifer Lopez is performing her part of the song he actually spins around and addresses her as she sings. Having an LED wall in the back centre becomes a very important aspect in every show."
Complete Production Resources chose the Chauvet Professional video panels for their flexibility, mounting hardware, connectivity, outdoor rating, light weight and brightness, according to Lucas Peterson, director of lighting production and lighting crew chief for the tour. "We looked at different options but we chose the Chauvet Professional video panels because they best fit our needs," Peterson said. "They worked really well on our tour."
(Jim Evans)
