Held in December 2007 at Bern's Event Hall, Switzerland's best sportsmen and sportswomen were acknowledged in a live TV broadcast on Swiss station SFDRS. Specified by set designer Tomi Bricchi, the LC panels were used as a three and four metre high decorative effect upstage while also providing general lighting to the stage.
"The initial requirement was that the set should be easily changeable," comments Roni Huber, technical planner and media server operator on the show. "Because there were several different acts and scenes it was highly important that the background could be changed fast."
Custom content for the LED panels was handled by Martin Maxedia digital media servers, with custom graphics produced by SFDRS in cooperation with set designer Tomi Bricchi and lighting designer Peter Smith along with the show's art director and director.
The show reportedly went smoothly and the LC panels worked without problems. "The assumption was that the adjustment of the cameras and LC panels would take a lot of time, but in fact this was easily done," Huber stated.
The lighting rig was made up of a bevy of Martin MAC moving heads: MAC TW1s, MAC 700 Profiles, MAC 2000 Washes, MAC 2000 Performances and MAC 250 Washes. Winkler Veranstaltungstechnik AG, which acquires its gear from Martin's Swiss distributor ASL Electronic, was the equipment supplier for the show and responsible for the technical planning of the performance.
(Jim Evans)
