According to Peterson: "We massaged our single look over a course of three nights. The primary component was to light the President Elect to his very best advantage, then cleanly illuminate the 100,000 plus people in the park, all at exposures that would allow the skyline and city to be a backdrop in the network cut shot." Several disciplines of equipment including Martin, Syncrolite, and Musco were specified and the team then spent a lot of time programming, so that the hang and focus of each instrument was carefully layered.
"I worked with programmer/director/operator Kevin Lawson to decide which consoles to use," says Peterson. "He chose grandMAs. The stability of the platform has proven excellent on everything I've had it on."
Robert Roth of Christie Lites adds: "It was a tremendous honour to be involved in this moment of American history. Everybody was extremely professional. We had a tremendous lighting team and the MA consoles were as usual the stalwart solid platform that they always are."
(Jim Evans)
