"Everyone wants an event at Grosvenor House to be special, because there is such a rich tradition here," said Andy White, production director at Storm Events. "This was a prestigious event hosted by Claudia Winkleman a well-known BBC presenter and journalist and attended by many key publishing people, so our client asked us to do something to make the set stand out."
Creating a stand out design is precisely what Storm Events did using the EPIX 2.0 products to achieve a glittering pixel-mapping effect. "We joined all of the EPIX units end-to-end in twos, and spaced them at 250mm across the set," said White, noting that a total of 80 strips and bars were used. "Our design alternated strips and bars back and forth with the strips set slightly higher than the bars to create a 2.3m high continuous image. Using Kling-Net we were able to map the entire image in about 30 minutes."
Storm positioned video projection screens between its EPIX strips and bars. The company also used Q-Spot 460 LED moving yokes and Legend 412 RGBW LED washes throughout the venue for added colour, spotting and washing. The razor sharp beams of the Q-Spot 460 fixtures added extra punch to the lighting design, while the Legend 412 RGBW provided a smooth even colour wash to the background.
"The end result was really quite dazzling," said White. "I think the pixel mapping really brought the backdrop to life, creating a very engaging presentation."
In addition to pixel mapping and creating the lighting design, Storm provided live filming to screen, audio, set and event lighting. "It was a very comprehensive project," said White. "We're very proud of the end result."
(Jim Evans)
