LD for TV Shows in Australia Using Clay Paky Sharpy, Alpha Spot 1500 Fixtures

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rohan Thornton, head of lighting for GTV 9, has been specifying the Clay Paky Sharpy and the Alpha Spot 1500 fixtures — when they’re available, that is. “On all productions I now instantly specify 16 of each model — I would ask for more but that’s all there is available for hire,” he said, noting that “they are becoming so popular I can’t get hold of them.”

Rohan has used the Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500 on such projects as The Footy Show Grand Final Special, Carols By Candlelight, This Is Your Life, TV Week Logie Awards and Million Dollar Drop.

He credited the Alpha Spot HPE 1500 as “a great light,” combining brightness with “sensational” optics, zoom range and consistent color. “The CTO wheel is particularly good and manages to remove the ‘green’ spike.”

Rohan recently used the Clay Paky Sharpy on Million Dollar Drop. Sixteen of the units were supplied through lighting rental company Resolution X. In addition to their brightness and sharp beam, Rohan credited the fixtures’ colors, gobos and speed. “They are unbelievably fast. They have a ‘mirror-like’ speed combined with the organic elements of a moving head.”

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