The director of photography Valerio Leccese reports, "Parla con me is a weave of different genres, including television, theatre, live show, talk show, and even cinema. The scenery and lighting were therefore designed in synergy, in order to reflect this variety of styles and combine them."
The lighting equipment consists exclusively of Clay Paky lights: 14 Alpha Profile 1200s, 22 Alpha Spot HPE 575s, 22 Alpha Wash Halo 1000s and six CP Color MHs. Valerio Leccese says that he specifically asked for lights made by the Italian company because he deemed them the most suitable for his needs: saturated colours, excellent optics, multipurpose, utmost reliability even in heavy duty use, and very long-lasting lamps.
Valerio Leccese, continues, "I try to exploit the whole potential of the lights - often not more than 60-70% of the possibilities are used, even in very professional environments like TV studios. I also try to recreate a perfectly symmetrical multipurpose layout when arranging the lighting equipment so that I am as free as possible to step in and make changes while things are running. In this case, for example, the live space hosts a different group of musicians every week. It is therefore necessary to adapt the lighting design each time. When you are not constrained by international formats, like in this case, you are completely free to work, and I find this deeply satisfying."
(Jim Evans)
