The lighting rig, supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems, is heavily dominated by Vari*Lites including 50 x VL3000 Spot, 12 x VL2000 Spot, 14 x VL3500 Wash, 30 x VL2000 Wash, 16 x VL3000 Wash and 14 x VL500 Wash.
"The Vari*Lites are my preferred light for television," states Anderson. "Their optics are very clean and their light output is bright and crisp particularly out of the VL3000.
"We have replaced five of the standard gobos to allow some different break-up looks and a couple of old favourites like the cone gobo which we've used heaps. The zoom range on the VL3000 Spots is great from very narrow up to a nice wide for soft gobo looks. They offer great flexibility, the colours are good and they are quick. In terms of the creative look for the show, the VL3000 Spots are definitely the workhorse."
Anderson also has 26 ETC Source Four Revolution fixtures in his rig. "I've been using Revolutions as key lights on television shows for a while," he comments. "They're reliable, bright, the shuttering works well and they get the job done. I can't imagine doing a television studio show like this without them. The pressure on us to deliver solutions quickly means we don't have time to get in the rig to refocus lights, having the twenty-six Revolutions saves so much time in focusing particularly with a live show - we can cover everything with them."
40 Chroma-Q Colorblocks LED fixtures are situated along the sides of the audience. "They're a good little hole-filler, nice and bright," he adds. "All of our dimming is Jands HP12 and they always dim up and down when we tell them to so that's a good thing."
(Jim Evans)
