CARDIFF, U.K. – For the Welsh National Opera production of Die Fledermaus, LD Howard Harrison is using eight Chroma-Q Color Force 72 LED battens as part of the broader lighting rig provided by White Light. The U.K. tour of the production followed an initial run at the Wales Millennium Centre. For Die Fledermaus, the Color Force 72s are being used to illuminate a white cyc at the back of the stage. They are positioned on the floor pointing at a bounce cloth and then back onto the cyc – a method often employed by Harrison to optimize coverage.
Harrison first used Color Force battens on the West End musical Flashdance last year. He credits them for improving on the brightness, homogenization, and range of color available with cyc lighting alternatives.
"It's a very good product. I have previously used other LED lightsources for this type of task, but these are brighter and have smoother dimming; they are well engineered, robust and therefore ideal for touring," Harrison said. "They have been a huge success on the production and allowed us to create pictures that we could never have done without them."
The Color Force LED batten range has a lens system designed for smooth and even coverage across large areas with no hot spots, and can wash up to 8 meters of surface with colored light. The fixtures feature ColorSure color and control management, a CRI of 92 and theatrical grade dimming.
The LED products also provide advantages over non-LED lightsources, including reduced power consumption, cost savings, long operating life and low maintenance requirements.
White Light has substantial stock of all three Color Force models – the 1.8m and 1.2m battens (Color Force 48) and the new 30cm wide multi-purpose fixture (Color Force 12). "We are very pleased with the Color Force," noted White Light hire & technical director Dave Isherwood. "It's proving to be popular with our customers, and we've increased our stocks to meet demand."
For more information, please visit www.chroma-q.com.
Photos by Clive Barda
