To date, this is the most of either type of Robe's new generation of digital moving lights to be used on a single show.
When Gearhouse South Africa won the contract to supply full technical production for Miss World and Dunn was asked to design lighting and visuals for the show, the opportunity also presented itself for him to incorporate some of the new Robe fixtures in his design.
He worked closely with set designer Dewet Meyer to develop a big visual picture that stamped a contemporary African flavour on the performance space. The resulting elegant 40m wide, multi layered spherical set was based on an African jewel and skinned in grey tones specifically so energy, drama, colour, spectacle and texturing could be added with lighting and projected effects. To compliment this, Dunn made all his over-stage trusses curved at different angles.
"I'm totally impressed with both the DS7000s and the REDWashes" he says, "I wanted to do something different, and they gave me huge scope for dressing all areas of the stage with interesting effects - essential for any live TV environment, and they were rock solid throughout." Dunn ran the show on a grandMA full size console.
(Jim Evans)
