The session at the college's 440-seat Stephen D. Cutler Center, which featured the former US Presidential candidate and founder of Bain Capital talking to school president Kerry Healy, lasted for two hours. Creating a soothing look on stage during this entire period, while still introducing a level of visual variety, was essential to avoiding "eye fatigue" according to Darren Lusier, president of Image Production Services.
"Our goal was to introduce some variety to the background to keep the stage looking fresh, but at the same time we didn't want to be distractive," said Lusier. "The idea was to create a clean, professional look that reflected the status of the two people on stage."
Lusier and the Image Production Services team achieved the look they were after by using MVP Ta8 LED video panels, Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving fixtures and COLORdash Par-Quad 18 par-style fixtures. "This combination gave us the right balance," he said. "By changing backgrounds on the video panels, we got the variety we wanted. The Rogues added excitement with spotlighting at key points, and the COLORdash fixtures gave us a nice relaxing colour base."
A total of 91 Chauvet MVP Ta8 video panels were used to create an impressive wall behind the seated speakers on stage. The wall displayed a changing variety of images reflecting the topics discussed as well as various highlights of Mitt Romney's career, including his time as president of the US Olympic Committee, co-founder of Staples and US presidential candidate.
In addition to the video panels, the Romney rig included six of the Rogue RH1 Hybrids and 12 COLORdash fixtures.
(Jim Evans)
