Mac's lighting rig inside the stadium comprised about 900 moving lights - a mix of Vari*Lite, Clay Paky, DTS, Robe and Martin, spots - which were scattered over a series of trusses flown in the roof and positioned around the perimeter of the field of play.
Mac specified two grandMA2 full-size and two grandMA2 light for the show, with full tracking backup. The network comprised 10 x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), 11 x MA 8Port Nodes and eight MA 2Port Nodes and this was set up by MA systems engineer, Fares Aljunied.
"In the console world, grandMA2 was the only choice for a project of this size and complexity," stated Mac, saying that he needed a control platform with all the options to manage the system and its various components most efficiently.
Mac, whose company Stage Center Line & Associates - SCLA - is based in Singapore and Malaysia, first used MA on the Singapore National Day Parade in 2009 and now specifies MA for all the larger scale projects in which he is involved.
Mac is known for his fresh and creative approach, and for the SEA Games, imaginative and well-placed lighting was an absolutely crucial element to bring the drama of the two-and-a-half hour show alive. It also had to be carefully combined with the detailed projections that were mapped on the field of play.
(Jim Evans)
