PixelLine 110ec is a high brightness linear wash device comprising of five cells, each of which uses five blue and green 3W Luxeon emitters and six red and amber 1W Luxeons. These high intensity emitters can produce 42 million colour combinations. Trifillis is using 24 PixelLine 110ec's in total and it's also the first time he has used James Thomas's LED units.
Twelve are used primarily as 'toners', to light several upstage drapes including the main beige scenic drop, two beige swag drapes and white chiffon drapes in between the two swags. Drapes play a major scenic role in the stage, set designed by Paul Pape. The beige was chosen to give the drapes a different texture and also because they were ideal for creating the dirty and slightly shabby old 1920's jazz club look that Alicia wanted as a visual concept.
Centred between each of five risers (also skirted in the same drape material) are more PixeLines, used to add up/back lighting to Alicia when onstage and to wash colour across the floor. There's another four fixtures midstage, and a downstage row of PixelLines that up-and front lights Alicia. The throw from these also adds to the drape texturing upstage. During programming, Trifillis experimented extensively with the PixelLines ending up using a good variety including strobing, pulsing, chases, rainbow effects, colour bounces and movement.
Trifillis is very enthusiastic about the PixeLine 110ec: "The brightness is excellent, in fact we had to dial down the intensity in some scenes so the beams from the moving lights could be seen!" he reveals. He also likes the tidy size of the fixture for the massive output. "The PixelLine is simple, portable and efficient - and one of its best qualities is no heat output," he says. This was a major consideration when having them close to the drapes.
He's sure he will be using them again in the future and for many other functions apart from illuminating drapes. The 110ec fixtures can be flush connected from end to end, producing continuous emissions of light with no break in the LED pattern. The standard beam angle of six degrees makes it ideal for colour washing sets, cycs and structures producing glorious uniform colour washes (other beams angles are available to order).
Little or no heat is radiated forward from the fixture and the little heat that is generated is dissipated through a low noise heat-management system.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
