Since the festival was using a Wango elliptical stage (allowing a lot of natural daylight to penetrate the stage) the production would not have been effective without such a high brightness screen as that afforded by the narrow pixel pitch of the 15mm LED display. CT Screenco's Mike Walker said: "The festival decided to switch for the first time from a conventional projection screen to LED - and it certainly paid off."
The highlight, he said, was the performance by the Cinematic Orchestra, for whom CT Screenco supplied 10 Sony PVM21 21" monitors as a reference - a method of providing video foldback for the performers - as they presented their live score to the 1929 Russian experimental film, Man with a Movie Camera, directed by Dziga Vertov.
CT Screenco also dry-hired a number of high-grade DLP and LCD projectors, along with projection screens, monitors, Panasonic MX50 vision mixer and multi-region DVD to festival organizer, Chillfest. This equipment was used across the festival site, with inclusion on The Arts Trail, an area of site-specific video art installation, based in the woodland area overlooking the festival arena. Ruari Cormack was delighted with the added sophistication that CT Screenco had brought to the event: "The quality of the AV was excellent this year. It's the first year we've used LED and the feedback we've received has been brilliant."
Adam Seaman added: "It was very satisfying being able to incorporate a good range of quality equipment on site - in particular the LED screen on our Sanctuary stage. The presence of visuals at this year's Big Chill has upped the profile of this scene at music festivals - something I would like to see the Big Chill leading the way with. I personally feel this has identified the Big Chill as a truly multimedia event. We owe a lot to CT Screenco for their hard work and assistance in making this such a successful festival."
Project managing the event for CT Screenco was Graham Filmer, with Mike Brown and Simon Schofield in the support crew.
(Lee Baldock)
