Lighting designer Richard Brown (Architectural Media Design) used six ELAR 108 RGBW units as key lighting to illuminate On The Red Carpet hosts Michelle Tuzee and Marc Brown and their guests during the broadcast. The Elation lights were also used for a live post-Academy Awards show produced by KABC. The ELAR 108 RGBW is an indoor/outdoor IP65-rated par can containing 36 3-watt red, green, blue and white LEDs.
A longtime lighting consultant for KABC, Brown said he decided to switch to the LED-powered Elation unit from conventional key lighting sources at this year's Oscar shows for a number of reasons. "I've been doing the show for about 10 years, and I felt there was a better way than using high-energy-consuming lights," said Brown. With 120W maximum power consumption at full use, the ELAR 108 RGBW draws a fraction of the energy of traditional lighting sources-something that KABC was greatly pleased with, Brown reported.
But the RGBW-colour-mixing ELAR 108 is more than just "green" -- it provided significant advantages besides saving energy and money. Since LED sources operate at a very cool temperature, switching to the ELAR 108 RGBW kept the KABC show hosts much more comfortable than they would have been under conventional heat-generating par cans. "The talent really appreciated the fact that there was much less heat coming at them," said Brown.
(Jim Evans)
