Mountain View Staging of Salt Lake City has made the bold move of purchasing the first RADlite in the US. The system, supplied by US RADlite distributor TMB, debuted on April 11 at a dance performance in the 22,000-seat Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. Mountain View designers programmed RADlite to manipulate images and video on a backdrop 55 feet wide by 30 feet high! Lighting designer Benjamin Sanders selected a variety of stock images and video, plus client photos, RADlite onboard graphics, and custom-created images. The programming for RADlite and the show’s lighting was handled by Mark Ohran.
Whilst it’s the first sale of RADlite, it’s not the first appearance of the system in the US. Two RADlites were used when Coldplay toured the US, generating an unprecedented combination of live video with visual effects. In the UK, RADlite is being used on a variety of tours, including those of S Club 7, the Chemical Brothers, Ronan Keating, the Brats, Polyphonic Spree and others. Furthermore, Carlton Television is using RADlite for its new show ‘Star Finder’ (lighting director, Will Charles), where, in conjunction with a blue-screen set, the RADlite is generating digital effects which are projected onto the contestants’ faces.
(Ruth Rossington)
