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Along the edges of the stage we used 56 Clay Paky K10 B-Eyes with 30 SGM P2s and 24 Robe Pointes
to create some interesting effects there and to wash along the stages for the performances.”
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 the athletes seating area. Sixteen 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.
Tim Jacobs, managing director of KTS Global/HQ Worldwide, commented on the ceremony: “With
the determination shown by the competing athletes fuelling the production team to deliver the opening ceremony in an extremely short time frame and within very tight budgetary limits, Protec, Al Laith
and VK furniture delivered one of the most rewarding projects to date.”
Florian Hoss, senior video technician at Protec, described the event’s video solutions. “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 two display machines, one main and one backup. The WATCHOUT main, backup and the incoming camera signal was then switched by
a Barco S3-4K to screen.
“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 certain challenges faced due to the heavy wind and the heat, according to Hoss. The projection tower was shaking a lot and the metal changed over the hot temperatures of the day to the cold of the evening meaning the team had to make realignment adjustments every night.
Travis concluded: “Our client – HQ worldwide – pulled off an excellent show with a limited budget. Great show to be a part of. Were there challenges? Yes there were. Was it worth it – absolutely!” .