Italy - Miss Italia 2008, one of the highest profile Miss World qualifiers, featured the first use in Italy of Robe's new REDWash 3Ÿ192 LED wash luminaires. Director of Photography Fabio Brera specified over 200 Robe moving lights to be a core element of the lighting rig for the show - including 110 ColorWash 700E ATs, 55 ColorSpot 700E ATs, 27 ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 20 REDWash 3Ÿ192s.

This year's Miss Italia finals took place at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Salso Maggiore Terme, PR, Italy and were broadcast live on RAI 1 in a show directed by Maurizio Pagnussat.

The lighting rig was hung on a comprehensive network of trusses that were installed to cover the large stage and audience areas of the venue, with some fixtures on the floor.

Central to the set was a large sweeping staircase which, when lit, produced an appropriate depth of field for the cameras. In front of this was a runway lined with video tiles, and the set also featured a series of Barco MiTrix LED scenic elements.

The Miss Italia Robe's were all supplied by talian rental house Mixer from Romanengo, whose Walter Taietti project managed the operation.

The lighting control was all Compulite consoles, and involved three operators - Raffaele Vailati running a Vector Red and Maurizio Ranaldi running a Sabre both doing the moving lights and effects, and Roberto Corona, who utilised a Spark 4D for the conventionals and set practicals.

The set and lighting rig was all constructed by RAI's in-house team including lighting crew chief Nicola Bianchi.

Miss Italia 2008 was won by music student Miriam Leone who will go on to represent Italy in Miss World in Johannesburg, South Africa in December.

(Jim Evans)


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