LPL delivered 24 new MAC 550 profile spots for the show. Mounted on vertical risers between large columns on a massive stage, the 550s provided everything from energetic pop-laden looks to more subtle, mood-generating impressions. Days later, the MAC 550 helped ring in the New Year on Brazilian television TV Globo's taping of its annual New Year's Eve show. Broadcast on 31 December, the show was expected to draw an audience of some 80 million. LPL supplied a host of MACs to TV Globo, the world's third largest TV group, including 22 new MAC 550 profiles. Other lighting included 12 MAC 500 profile spots, 12 MAC 600 washlights and four MAC 2000 washlights, as well as other automated lighting. The lighting director at TV Globo, who co-ordinated all lighting for the New Year's event, is Cesio Lima.
The 400W MAC 550s are making their mark on the touring and special events market, say Martin, thanks to their graphics and gobo animation system, multiple colour wheels, motorized zoom and powerful light output.
(Lee Baldock)
