Lighting designer Luis Pastor is known to be a big MA fan. Therefore it was no wonder that he used two grandMA2 full-sizes, one grandMA2 light and four MA NPU (Network Processing Units) for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 South American Games. "It was an extremely important event for Chile its government," said Pastor, "The challenge was tremendous as the setup had to be completed in less than a week. Also we had only one rehearsal day! This meant that we had to pre-programme everything. The only night available for rehearsals was needed to adjust the TV lighting, everything else had to be done in advance."
Continued Pastor, "The lighting was 100 percent coordinated with the video elements, from colour changes with delays following the images right up to the most complex of bitmap effects. The grandMA2 again performed perfectly and provided us with a very safe and stable control system and the possibility of covering the whole space thanks to the MA NPU."
Around 400 moving lights from Clay Paky, Martin, Philips Vari*Lite and Robe as well as multiple LED fixtures were used. Frank Janssens worked as the assistant lighting designer and Paulo Lebrão as programmer. The lighting crew chief was Juan Pablo Muñoz. Orbita Produciones delivered the lighting equipment.
(Jim Evans)
