Kinane has worked with HSL on many other shows including the first series of Dancing on Ice, and he once again wanted them on the case providing the show's specialist lighting requirements. The project was handled for HSL by Sean McGlone.
The competition was part of the Premier League's 'Creating Chances' initiative. It united football legends, celebrities and fans in a 7-a-side knock-out contest that saw Middleborough triumph 3-1 over West Ham in the final, in the process winning a £100,000 donation for their favorite charity.
The moving lights were all Robe - consisting of 30 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 32 ColorWash 1200E ATs and 20 ColorSpot 575E ATs, all of which were hung on trussing rigged above the 60m x 40m pitch.
The 144 JTE PixelLine 1044s were all rigged above the audience seating stands in the horizontal position off a series of vertical scaff bars - with seven fixtures per section of scaff tube. These were used for flashing, strobing and high energy chase effects when teams came on and off the pitch and for dramatic wide sweeping looks in and out of the audience shots.
HSL also supplied the new I-Pix BB Wash Lights, once again purchased in quantity, and were employed to flood the whole pitch, many individual PAR cans, large quantities of 6- way par bars, ETC Source Four Zooms and Robert Juliat Ivanhoe follow spots, plus six 48-way Avolites ART dimmers. The moving and digital lights were operated by Ross Williams using a WholeHog III.
(Jim Evans)
