When asked why he chose the ImagePro, Veitch said: "The set designer had put together a design which was very austere, abstract and two-dimensional. I figured the lighting task fell into three categories. Firstly to create and reflect the environment of the play within this stage setting, secondly to create locations within this that would have their own identity and thirdly to provide the dramatic support the piece required.
"My choice of ImagePro came out of the process of looking for solutions to the first category but actually fed-through to all the others. I needed a light source that would help provide some further character to the stage setting. ImagePro was a natural choice given what I'd heard of it. The slides (sourced from the existing Rosco slide archive) could provide scenic washes that displayed much more depth and texture than standard and coloured/glass gobos. A production like this with a relatively limited lighting budget meant that projection would previously not have been an option. For projection to work in this environment in the way I was envisioning would have required multiple projectors and subsequent mounting/control issues. Specifically, we couldn't have afforded it."
Veitch trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London and graduated last year with a BA (Hons.) in Technical Theatre, specializing in lighting design.
(Lee Baldock)
