KARLSRUHE, Germany – For ASCENT AG's 20th anniversary party, which took place recently at the Schwarzwaldhalle in Karlsruhe, Christian Moran, head of production for event technology provider, Charly's Checkpoint GmbH, specified 12 new Volkslicht Zoom fixtures and 50 other impression LED fixtures including impression 90 and impression 120 RZs. The venue, a multi-purpose facility built in 1953, features large interior spaces and interesting architectural details. But the building also posed challenges to the production crew, which dealt with lighting, projection and sound.
"On the one hand, we were fighting the difficult acoustic in the hall and on the other, there were few possibilities to install heavy equipment on the aesthetic, gently curved ceiling," said Moran, who opted for a ground-supported technical design. "We also made use of the Schwarzwaldhalle's house truss – but for the necessary front light and PA, we flew additional trussing in front of the stage," he added.
The set design for the event started with the stage background. A curved arc of 120 G-LEC Phantom 30 frames stretched nearly over the entire width of the hall. In the centre of the stage was a protruding LED screen, with further projection screens at stage left and right.
"During the course of this event, many visuals, videos and clips produced in advance were used," Moran said. "In fact right from the start, we intended to create diversity by using different replay media.
"The contrast between the projection, the high-resolution LED screen and the expansive G-LEC background offered a wide scope of creativity as well as many new ideas for the operators," Moran added.
Owner and director Herbert Langendorf, who already has the GLP Volkslicht without the zoom optics in the company's inventory, credited the new zoom version for matching the entire impression range. "Concerning the brightness," he added, "the zoom optic version makes this really perfect."
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