The Ghoema Awards recognises exceptional achievement in the Afrikaans Music Industry in South Africa. Chris was appointed by Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier to light and programme the awards for their client, Idea Candy, a creative production company. As the show was recorded for Kyknet, a South African television channel, Chris worked closely with stage director Barry Pretorius and camera director Eugene Naidoo.
The Robe rig included eight Robe BMFL Blades, 24 x Pointes, 12 x Robin 800 LEDWash, 12 x Robin 600 LEDWash, 12 x Robin 1000 LEDBeam, 21 x Robin 100 LEDBeam, 22 x Robin MMX Spots and 70 x Robe LEDForce 18 RGBW Parcans. Control was on the MA platform with two grandMA2 light consoles, one MA2 NPU and one MA VPU for pixel mapping. An MDG theOne was used for the haze effects.
It was the first time that Chris had worked with the Robin 1000 LEDBeams. "They were fantastic, a very versatile fixture," he said. The units were placed at the back of the stage for punchy, tight beams.
For close to a year, Chris has worked on the MA Lighting platform. "Once again the show was time coded to the hilt," he states. "I'm loving it, it has jelled with me now and I can't imagine doing things any other way."
(Jim Evans)
