GLP X4 Bar 20 and JDC1 star on Russian TV
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He deployed 24 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 and 24 JDC1 strobes in the production, which ran from the first episode until the last. And the final performance by the singer Nazima was made almost exclusively with the X4 Bar 20.
The designer admits that he has been a fan of the GLP products ever since the Eurovision Song Contest that took place in Moscow in 2009, when some of the first LED moving heads were placed in the side-fills. This signified to him that the new era in professional lighting had arrived.
Around two years ago Leonid came across the X4 Bar 20 for the first time and by summer 2017 he had the opportunity to use them in a project. At that time he was also working on multi-episode TV shows such as You are Super, Dancing and Dancing on TNT which were followed by a number of concerts in the State Kremlin Palace and Crocus City Hall. So, when preparation for Songs on TNT commenced, the X4 Bar 20 was again foremost in his mind.
“The fixture is unequalled because it differs from the moving heads we are all used to. The X4 Bar 20 can give you a wide planar field of light that cuts the air or they can be used as simple lines of coloured ‘bulbs’ following the truss architecture,” Leonid says.
Following the designer’s plan, 24 X4 Bar 20 were placed in two dynamic rows on moving trusses and secured over the upper and lower truss tubes and their bright effects were seen frequently.
In addition to X4 Bars, the JDC1 hybrid strobes from GLP were also used in Songs on TNT. All fixtures for the project were provided by rental company Laser-Kinetics.
(Jim Evans)
