CPL was working for production company, Twofour. The event covered eight different independent areas - Reception, Tunnel, The Hub, Leaders, People, Fans, Business and Car Showroom - in ExCel, and was one of CPL's largest projects to date in terms of total equipment supply.
Over 60 moving lights, 150 generic fixtures, 80 LED PARcans and one and a half artic's worth of trussing were deployed.
Smaller breakout rooms featured a quantity of 85" HD plasmas; Business and the Hub utilised HD Panasonic PT-DZ110X projection and over 60 d&b speakers; The Car Showroom had an NEC HD 4x4 46" flown plasma wall and all the rooms were built from set panels which alone filled another 3 trucks.
It was also the first time CPL has helped deliver the event, which accommodated up to 200 of Audi's key European distributing partners a day for four days. CPL's project managers were the late Scott Pearson and Simon Haydon.
All the areas featured d&b sound systems of varying sizes which were installed, complete with a selection of lapel and hand held mics.
A wide variety of plasma screens were deployed around all the spaces, the largest being an 85 inch Panasonic complete with stand. Projection systems and control were installed in to two of the rooms - featuring Panasonic DZ10 machines and screens.
For lighting, CPL supplied a mixture of ETC Source Four Profiles, JTE PixelPAR LED PARs and Selecon 650W and 1.2Kw fresnels, with over 60 Martin Professional MAC 700 Profile and Wash moving lights spread out across the various spaces. Each area's lighting was controlled independently, with Avolites consoles used for programming the main moving light and LED lit areas.
CPL also co-ordinated the supply and build of all the necessary staging and scenic elements in the different areas, all produced to the client's design.
Flat Earth from Bristol were commissioned to create the sets, and London-based Blackout were brought onboard to deal with all the draping and soft goods requirements, which included fitting casement roofs over each breakout area.
(Jim Evans)
