Lighting designer from Spectrun Design e Iluminação, Marcos Olivio, quickly saw the creative potential of the P-5s, delivered by SGM's local distributor LBO, and realised this was the right fixture for the job. "We now have a lot of light - even without spots on the show. The P-5 creates perfect light uniformity around the white screen," he states.
Olivio explains that for TV recording the P-5 worked amazingly with the ARRI Alexa cameras, which displayed the colour nuances and intensity to perfection. "The challenge is always to find the best environment in which to optimise the lighting. In this particular case it was to make the big screen change colour with focus on uniformity. Whoever works with cycloramas knows the difficulty in finding equipment to match with it."
With a 5m distance in front of the cyclorama and a lens spread of 40 degrees, the 30 P-5s controlled by MA Lighting created "a perfect wash".
(Jim Evans)
