The lighting and projection media servers for the 4th series are controlled by two Vector Greens from Compulite. Lighting designer for the series is Dave Davey with assistance from Dave Hallet and console operators Bill Peachment and John Ford.
"Bill's desk features all the set and effects lighting as well as a Hippotizer media server to project onto the ice. John looks after lighting the people (contestants and judges etc) with a mixture of conventional lights and automated wash and profile lamps," says the company.
Console operator John Ford comments: "Coming from a background of controlling conventional/people lighting on the Galaxy, I've taken to the Vector very quickly. It's ideal for this kind of cue intensive show - I use palettes extensively, and I've found the logic of the desk very easy to get used to, so now during a live show I'm concentrating on the lighting and not on how the desk works."
Bill Peachment adds: "The Vector system works very well on this series for all the usual reasons of reliability and speed of programming. The addition of remote wings to my system has been very useful for programming the desk from different positions using wireless Ethernet to enable me to move around easily. The Ethernet and Eport system also make wiring and back up simple on this large system."
(Claire Beeson)
