STRATTON, VT — Capron Lighting & Sound Co. used a Robert Juliat 4000W HTI Lancelot to project a Burton logo at the 27th annual U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships. Burton is a leading manufacturer of snowboards and the founder of the event. “I needed a fixture that would project a sharp image at a distance of 500 feet,” said David Gruber of Capron, project lighting manager for the event. “My research indicated that a Robert Juliat Lancelot 4,000 watt HTI followspot would be the best choice, and that proved to be the right choice.
“For the TV shoot, the logo was projected onto the Quarter Pipe landing zone, but during setup the night before the event I was able to project a clear bright gobo onto the lodge 1,200 feet away. On the day of the event I was able to read the gobo starting at 6 p.m., despite the sun being directly behind the spot position.
“Everyone on the mountain was talking about the Lancelot, or, as the snow cat driver called it, the B.F.L.,” Gruber added. “I knew it was a success when Jake Burton went out after the event to have his picture taken in the projected gobo.”
Robert Juliat’s Lancelot once again proved it can be used as a long-throw gobo projector, and not just as a followspot.
“If you have a stadium show or other long throw application, this is the light you want,” Gruber said. “It has a regular framed color boomerang, a full color mixing option which uses gel colors, can handle up to 10 gobos with its two drop-in gobo rotators, and is just as smooth as butter to run.”
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