With a relatively young congregation of mainly 20-35 year olds, the senior pastor of Hillsong London was looking to add dynamics to the services and so provide more engagement with the congregation. "We had been using a large back projection screen on the stage at the Dominion," explains the Church's technical director, Frankie du Toit, "and we needed something that would work in conjunction with that."
He saw the G-LEC Phantom 30 frames at the PLASA show last year and was impressed with the system's ease of use and light weight. He continues: "The system is not only used at the Sunday services, but also at the various events, such as conferences, which the Church organises around the country. I needed a system that was going to be easy to manoeuvre, easy to rig and, above all, reliable."
With its own graphics department, Hillsong Church designs images specifically for the G LEC Phantom 30 system, which are distributed via a grandMA Video server.
12 G-LEC Phantom 30 frames are now installed at the Dominion Theatre where, thanks to the crew of We Will Rock You, they are stored on fly bars during the week, ready for use on Sundays.
Bryan Norton, managing director of G-LEC UK, said: "This is one of the first installations for G LEC UK and it's extremely satisfying to have such a delighted customer."
(Jim Evans)
