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Dan Ivanovski, Protec’s lighting engineer, added: “Under the grandstand roof and front of house towers, we used Varilite Spots. 24 Varilite Washes and
24 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200 illuminated grandstands and athletes seating area. 16 Clay Paky Scenius Profile rigged around the arena picked up the performance on stage as well as some key positions for speeches.”
The set-up took three days, followed by four days of rehearsals in preparation for the two-hour ceremony on the opening night.
Florian Hoss, senior video technician at Protec, said: “We used three Watchout Servers for content playback that involved the opening video, lower thirds for name-slides, timecode for other departments and audio tracks, whereas one production machine was controlling
The screen was powered by a quadruple stack of our 30K Barco HDF-W30 FLEX Projectors. We used two main and two backups with a seamless failover switch over Widget Designer.”
There were challenges faced due to the heavy wind and the heat, according to Hoss. The projection tower was shaking a lot and the metal changed from the hot temperatures of the day to the cold of the evening, meaning realignment adjustments had to be made every night. Nevertheless, the projection looked sharp overall, and the cameras were well directed.
Protec’s audio department handled the large space by using 24 L-Acoustic’s K2 loudspeakers, 12 hung either side covering the area with consistent coverage front to back. These were supported by eight SB28 Subwoofers taking care of the low end all powered by the LA8 amplifiers. The system was controlled by a Digico SD5 desk. The company used its new Shure Axient handheld radio systems and along with that used Sennheiser in-ear monitors for the MCs. Communications were taken care of with Clearcom Freespeak and Helixnet, allowing the crew to wirelessly communicate effectively over the entire venue while the stage management team, Protec technicians and the client used Motorola radios.