The MVP 18 LED video wall panel from Chauvet Professional has been an "indispensable" part of this lightshow throughout the Life In Color Rebirth Tour, according to designer Collyns Stenzel, who has been the Life in Color lighting director since 2010.
This impact of the MVP 18 panels was very much in evidence during the tour's final 2013 stop at a jam-packed Sun Life Stadium in Miami at the end of December. A total of 189 MVP 18 panels captivated the crowd in Stenzel's eye-popping "Rebirth" design, which also drew on two other Chauvet Professional products: the COLORado Batten 144 Tour and the Legend Wash 1200E.
The inspiration for Stenzel's design came from the name of the tour - Rebirth.
"I associated 'rebirth' with the Phoenix rising and created the stage lighting design around this image," explained the LD. "In the middle area of the stage is a circle symbolizing the head of the Phoenix. The 'body' is the upstage wall; the wings emanate from there; and the talons are the DJ booth."
Stenzel created this design on a 40' x 40' (12m x 12 m) SL320 mobile stage. He built a video wall mid-stage using 99 MVP 18 panels, and positioned 45 additional panels on each wing. Most of the panels were hung in vertical strips with the exception of the upstage wall.
For Stenzel, creating an elaborate video wall that covered all sections of his intricate and thematic stage design was essential to conveying his message and connecting to the audience. "Life in Color is really a multi-dimensional show," he said. "It's not just about the stars performing on stage, or the lights or any of the other visual elements; it's about everything coming together to create a total experience. In this design, the video wall is essential to pulling all of these different elements together visually."
(Jim Evans)
