Respected lighting designer, Anders Busch, specified a host of Sharpys for the closing show of the international TV show phenomenon.
"The concept for the Norwegian Idol finale 2013 was that it should not look like every other TV talent show," explains Petter Nilssen from lighting equipment supplier, Elektrik Solutions AS. "The production designers didn't want the ubiquitous supersized LED or projector screens, they wanted something different. In addition the producers wanted to have as many people in the audience as possible. In order to do this they needed a 360 degree stage."
This presented a considerable challenge - how to create enough variety in the background image for the TV cameras to work with.
Lighting designer, Anders Busch, discusses, "We believed that by combining the audience with vibrant lighting we could use them as a dynamic background element in the picture. This approach significantly reduced the number of seats we had to loose. However we could still achieve the dramatic effect we were looking for. In the end we positioned the fixtures in between members of the audience. I wanted a punchy compact fixture that could deliver the high impact I was looking for without taking up too much space. The choice was simple; for me the only fixture that could work for this effect was the Clay Paky Sharpy. Punchy and compact, it was perfect for a production like this."
(Jim Evans)
