LD Matt Mills designed the lighting and the set, and programmed and operated the show for CMI Communications. He elected to use three DL.3 Digital Lights and 18 intellaspot LED automated luminaires, provided by Mainlight Industries.
Mills used the DL.3s in Collage mode, using two to create one seamless panoramic image above the podium for the press shots. "The press would get right at the downstage edge of the stage and take an upshot of each of the candidates at the podium. I thought it would be a nice touch if there was something in the background besides just the ceiling of the ballroom, so I projected an American flag up there. The toughest part was getting the collage right while working around all the molding up there. The third DL.3 contained some custom artwork the client wanted around the room to provide a theme for the nightly dinners."
Mills selected the intellaspots after having seen a demo three weeks before the event. "I was impressed with the zoom capabilities and the gobo package. I didn't have much trim height and needed as much zoom as I could get, and the intellaspots delivered," he said.
He positioned eight intellaspots on a downstage truss for ballyhoos, general room texturing and specials; four intellaspots on cable bridge trusses for set texturing and specials, and six intellaspots on a mid-stage truss for more set texturing.
(Jim Evans)
