The lighting equipment included 32 x Pointes, 82 x CycFX 8s, 28 x MiniMes, 90 x LEDBeam 100s, 44 x LEDWash 600s, 20 x DLF Washes, eight DLS Spots and 28 x MMX Spots - all from Robe's Robin range.
The stylish and appropriate lighting for the gala dinner, attended by over 1000 industry professionals and presented by Fun Lovin' Criminal's front man Huey Morgan, was designed primarily by Nick Valdez from rental company Siyan. Working alongside Nick, LD James Scott, of Times Design, programmed and operated on the night.
The 300 plus moving lights were supplied by Robe and rigged by Siyan.
The lighting design was based around six trusses traversing the room and two trusses - front and back - flown above the stage. Three further trusses, positioned along the back wall, picked up the main LED screens.
Robe CycFX8 LED Batons were employed to up and down-light the voile lined walls. Ten units were rigged on each of the three video trusses, six were positioned on the floor to cover the caterer's access and the remainder were spread around the perimeter of the room to up-light the voile drops.
The diminutive LEDBeam 100s were used primarily to illuminate the tables throughout the two rooms. The two real challenges being the lack of trim height in some of the areas, and keeping the LEDBeams - normally used for their piercingly bright beams - at the right intensity to maintain the overall ambience whilst lighting the dining areas sufficiently for the guests to see their food.
The big overall challenge was keeping the lighting interesting, exciting and fluid but most importantly complimentary to the awards ceremony itself. Twenty-seven categories of winners plus videologues meant the careful blending of lighting with video content was no mean feat.
On the Robe fixtures, Siyan's Nick Valdez commented, "Whilst we're all familiar with these Robe fixtures in a stage environment, I was keen to show how they can be utilised on an event like this. The Pointes and the MMX spots worked well together with the LED fixtures to provide a subtle and effective treatment of the room."
A total of nineteen universes, driven by a grandMA2 light console, were output via a mix of NPUs and ArtNet boxes.
LD James Scott worked with a Siyan crew of six - Crew Chief Karl Lawton, Matt Morris on dimmers and technicians Anna Mac, Dan Everitt, Jo Zilm and Dan Terry plus Siyan Project Manager, Tom Grant.
In addition to providing the event's lighting, Robe sponsored the award for 'Favourite Lighting Rental Company of the Year', which was presented by Bob Schacherl, CEO of Robe lighting Inc and won by Neg Earth.
The event production manager was Liz Madden of the No Nonsense Group and Amy Wright was the event manager.
(Jim Evans)
