Ed Riley ran through the layout: "Due to the warehouse not having a fixed lighting rig, we had to suspend limited amounts of truss from the roof and therefore had little space for lights. This is why we went for the Mac 250 Washes, which were highly versatile and allowed us to cover most areas of the set from one position. We were really impressed with the high light output and the optics. They illuminated all areas without any problem and have an exceptionally smooth dimmer. The colour temperature filter was great for switching between set dressing and lighting the action to match the regular tungsten lights in use elsewhere."
He continues: "We chose the Mac 550s for dressing the blank grey walls of the building, the animation wheel was perfect for livening up the dull interior and the prism gave us a great spread to cover the large area at a relatively short distance."
The Mac 250 Entours were used mainly for gobo projection all around the set. Due to the nature of the show, action would quickly switch between areas, requiring the gobos to be moved. Riley comments: "The Entours are probably the fastest moving head unit of that size I've used and are perfect for applications where quick repositioning is needed."
To complete the effect they were looking for they used; Mac 550s, Mac 250 Entours, Mac 250 Washes as well as High End studio Spot 250s, Clay Paky Super Scans, Avolites Pearl, Zero88 Sirius for generics, CCT Minuette Fresnels, Par 64s and Strand 2.5k Fresnels.
(Lee Baldock)
