Having designed shows for some of today's biggest concert touring artists including Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay, Normandale is used to making a huge impact with his designs, which often feature the VL3500 Wash FX at their core. "The VL3500 Wash FX luminaire has long been a favourite of mine," says Normandale. "Because of this, it has formed the basis of many of my designs over the last few years."
Normandale's design for One Direction needed to pack a huge punch in order to stand up to the extensive onstage video element, as well as work against the sunlight that streamed into each stadium. He rigged eight VL3500 Wash FX luminaires on the floor and twelve in the air, to wash the stage and the band with vibrant colour and deliver some stunning effects.
"The VL3500 Wash FX is a fantastically bright source with endless creative possibilities, which is just what I needed," says Normandale. "It provided me with the perfect transition from daylight to darkness at the end of the set when the band played their newer, rockier songs as I could then amplify the effects."
He continues: "For this tour, we had to be really mindful of weight loadings because of the sheer scale of the set," continues Normandale. "As the VL3500 Wash FX works as a wash and gobo effects light it was the ideal solution."
One Direction continues to take the world by storm this summer, with the extensive US leg of their tour.
(Jim Evans)
