DURBAN, South Africa – LD François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights as the central fixtures of his design for the 2013 Metro FM Music Awards. The event was staged at the Durban International Conference Centre Arena in South Africa.
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DURBAN, South Africa – Lighting designer François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights to be the central fixtures of his lighting design for the 2013 Metro FM Music Awards. The event was staged at the Durban International Conference Centre Arena in South Africa.
Van der Merwe was working for Dream Sets, commissioned to deliver the technical elements of the event for producers Blue Moon Corporate Communications.
Dream Sets’ Robert, Sean Hoey and Eben Peltz were technical directors and worked closely with leading SA rental company Gearhouse South Africa, whose Durban facility supplied most of the equipment used on the show.
There were 76 Robe fixtures were used: 24 Robe Robin LEDWash 600s, 24 LEDBeam 100s, 12 ColorSpot 2500E ATs and 16 ColorSpot 700E ATs – together with generic and LED lights, all programmed and operated by van der Merwe using a grandMA2 full size console.
The design was a careful blend of theatrical and televisual elements for the show. The LEDWash 600s were primarily used for back lighting and for in-fill from the sides.
The LD chose the fixtures for their diversity. The back lighting units could zoom out to give a nice even spread across the stage area and set, and then zoom in for more beam effects.
“The rich colors” was his other main reason for picking the LEDWash 600. He also likes the range of soft pastels, and the fact that the LED rings can be zoned and programmed individually for eye-candy effects when required.
The LEDBeam 100s were rigged on scaffold ‘nodes’ around the set. They were used to illuminate the scaffold pipes and accentuate the depth of the structure when needed, and at other times were beamed straight out into the audience for dramatic wide angle camera shots. He thinks their super-quick speed is “fantastic.”
