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With over three kilometres of canal side to cover, the provision of equipment was huge, as Protec’s project manager for this event Simon Travis explains. “Prodea is an Italian company, they brought a clear creative vision for the event. The brief they gave us was to support their vision; to create something spectacular with lighting, audio and video, with an element of automation for the aerial artists on the main stage. As such, the project engaged almost all the skillsets within Protec. With such a large waterfront to cover we broke the job down into manageable chunks for all departments: Pre-function VIP arrival area; inside of the VIP tent; Main Stage presentation; the Canal itself and the Legacy Zone.”
Fit up commenced on October 18 and had to be rehearsal ready on November 6 for the show on the 9th. There was a big commitment of equipment from all departments; audio was led by Dan Dignan who ran the Digico SD10 for the opening ceremony where a stage presentation played to a temporary grandstand seating many hundreds of dignitaries and guests. It was here that Protec provided a Kinesys automation system for the three aerialists that performed upon the main stage. The audio system was L’Acoustics K2. For all the other areas Protec callrd upon L’Acoustics xt range (virtually all models) and Kara. The Legacy zone show ran off Qlab; time code here and elsewhere providing cues for lasers, pyro and some lighting. That gives just some indication of the complexity involved.
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