ZURICH, Switzerland — One candidate, 100 opponents and potentially more than $250,000 at stake — that is the gist of the "1 against 100" quiz show from SF (Schweizer Fernsehen).
It takes nerves of steel for the one candidate who is competing with 100 challengers vying to replace him or her, and the challenge facing LD and programmer Matthias Kern was no less daunting.
"The biggest challenge was not so much the huge volume of equipment as how we were going to implement the rules of the game, and how we were going to program the whole thing so that the game technology could reach all 101 candidates".
As the proportion of conventional lighting is very small, with the emphasis more on LEDs and moving lights, the TPC specialists made a conscious decision to program everything in to a Compulite Vector Blue console. Their only backup was a Compulite Vector Green.
A total of 101 cue lists, each containing five cues, were programmed for the 101 candidates. The relevant cues are triggered by 510 macros, which are linked via DMX IN to the game computer, which allocates their signals. The show itself is produced using master playback, with just a few cue keys used for effects.
Kern also said: "The matrix programmer integrated well into the technical side, and the corresponding GIFs gave the LED tiles a "video in character" effect."
"1 against 100" is produced by b&b endemol Schweiz, commissioned by SF and staged by tv productioncenter zürich ag (TPC).
Control equipment:
1 Compulite Vector Blue Dual Core (15 universes used)
1 Compulite Vector Green Dual Core (backup)
1 Compulite Vector Fader Wing motorized
6 Compulite ePorts (Ethernet to DMX)
Other Gear:
101 Martin Mac 550 basic mode (backlight)
101 ETC Source Four 19° (frontlight)
5 Martin Mac 700 profile extended
1 Martin Mac 2000 wash with PC Line (backlight candidate)
20 GLP Impression (floor spots)
12 GLP Startubes RGBW (floor spots)
95 Par 64 Single CP61 (backlight audience)
16 RGB devices for LED ShowLED curtain
35 conventional lights
909 Schnick Schnack RGB LED panels (behind candidates)
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