With this and time restrictions in mind, an all intelligent rig was put together comprising of Martin MAC 700 Profile and MAC 700 Wash units on the front truss and MAC 250 Entour and MAC 250 Wash units to the back truss and stage. Two Jem Glaciators were used stage left and right to create a heavy fog effect for the introduction and Jem Stage Hazers and a Magnum 2000 smoke machine to enhance the lighting.
Lighting designer, Panda's Paul White comments, "The MAC 700 Wash units allowed a flexible stage wash with control over position and complete CMY mixing. The MAC 700 profiles were used to spot the lectern position and for break-up gobos onto the black and white backdrop, plus specials during the opening sequence."
Project manager, Chris Vernon-Smith adds, "The CMY colour mixing featured in the MAC 700 profile provided seamless transitions between colour states which are often messy when used with profiles containing only a colour wheel."
(Jim Evans)
