COVENTRY, CT — Vibrant Design LD Christopher Landy used a grandMA console with a grandMA Lite on hand for backup for the lighting that turned a high school auditorium into a hip hop performance space for MTV’s Made series finale.
“It’s fun to go to a location that’s not designed for television and overwhelm them with what it takes to make great TV,” Landy said.
The finale, Made: Head to Head Hip Hop Challenge, featured a competition among three Coventry High School students. The teens were paired with professional choreographers and taught to be hip hop dancers. Sean Kingston , Tina Landon and Fonzworth Bentley were judges and Andrienne Bailen was the host.
Landy seven of his crew loaded in the lighting package at the high school the day before the shoot. The rig included two DL.3s from High End Systems, 15 Vari*Lite VL2500 washes and 18 VL2500 spots, eight VL3000 washes, 18 Coemar LED PARs; eight Color Kinetics’ Colorblast 12s and nine 72-inch Colorblazes.
Conventionals included 30 Source Four 750W Lekos, 20 each Source Four PARs NSP 750W and MFL 750W; five Ministrips; and a pair of Robert Juliat Topaze followspots.
Stephanie Morrissey served as MTV’s line producer for the show.
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