DoP Massimo Tomasino has specified lighting for the current series, which includes six Robe Robin 300E Beams and two Robe DigitalSpot 3000DTs, which are positioned on the studio floor and on an angled truss around the studio's perimeter.
The lively 60-minute interactive show is directed and presented by Francesco Panasci. It covers topical and often controversial issues with an invited panel of studio guests exchanging views, opinions and thoughts with the audience.
The set design is deliberately minimal, so attention remains focussed on the guests, the dialogue and the studio action, featuring curved sofas on the set so people can face each other.
Tomasino explains that the overall lighting design is based on producing classical, 'proper' balanced TV lighting. He uses moving gobo projections sparingly and only during the regular one-minute live music links, often projecting them over the musicians as they switch between the topics under discussion.
All the lights and DTs are controlled by Tomasino himself, using a Jands Vista S1 console. Panastudio Productions has purchased all the Robe equipment from Cattolica based Italian distributor Robe Multimedia.
(Jim Evans)
