Cinéscénie is considerable feat of engineering, featuring a 23-hectare stage, 1,200 actors, 8,000 costumes and millions of spectators over the years, not to mention unforgettable special effects.
Once again, the park's production team decided to use Martin Professional lighting products to light up the Cinéscénie show and installed 6 MAC III Performance fixtures (complete with framing module) at the edge of the set. The fixtures were supplied by lighting services provider MES, based in Vertou.
The MAC IIIs were installed with the specific purpose of illuminating metallic scenery panels located on the set, which represent 6m wide by 4m high bayonets. All from 90m away. Each panel had to be lit precisely without polluting the rest of the set. The six fixtures are distributed among three lighting towers, two per tower, with the highest positioned 33m above ground. "At this distance it was important that the cables were concealed as much as possible so as not to affect the public's view," emphasises Steven Barthélemy, lighting technician at the park.
As the person responsible for encoding and installing the system used at Cinéscénie, Barthélemy explains his choices, "The MAC III is still the only projector with a 1500 W HTI bulb which produces enough light to cover significant distances (sometimes more than 120m), together with a decent zoom range and above all a blade module which is essential for lighting our sets discreetly and effectively."
(Jim Evans)
