Lighting designer for the series was Kasper Steen-Lange, who coloured the set using Martin's Stagebar 54 LED luminaire and rig of Martin Professional MAC moving heads that included MAC TW1 tungsten wash lights, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 250 Washes as well as Atomic 3000 strobes. Other automateds and an LED video display were also used. Supply of the Martin gear was by rental company Litecom A/S of Copenhagen.
"We needed to find a small color changing fixture that would fit inside the set," stated Kasper Steen-Lange. "We were looking for a small fixture that would not get warm like other fixtures because heat was an issue and the Stagebar was the solution." In order to ensure the best possible lumen performance, on-demand fans on board the Stagebar monitor and regulate cooling. This smart heat management extends the lifespan of diodes, while maintaining low acoustic levels.
Some 112 Stagebar 54Ls were built into the set along a pair of central horizontal lines that ran the length of the space. The Stagebar, which functions as a wash luminaire for floodlighting surfaces but can also be used as a pixel bar for displaying imagery, washed the space in an even layer of colour. With five coloured diodes (Red, Green, Blue, Amber and White), instead of the usual three, the Stagebar offers a broader and finer range of colours.
Because the Stagebars were located inside the set construction, setup problems and any subsequent issues were to be kept to a minimum. "We were a bit concerned about that because it was very difficult to get to the fixtures once the set was built," Kasper says. "But the setup of the Stagebars was easy. They ran for about 2 ½ months and we had no issues - they are true workhorses."
(Claire Beeson)
