BELARUS – LD Ilya Piatrouski and his team from Blackout Studio are embarking on a new season for the show, Pride of The Nation, broadcast by Belarus’ Second National TV channel. Piatrouski says when it’s time for a new design, he turns to the PR Lighting catalog, distributed in Belarus by FE-Belimlight, to fulfill his lighting needs.
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Broadcast by Belarus’ Second National TV channel, Pride of the Nation is one of a number of programs, shot in outside locations with a studio audience, which are lit by Ilya Piatrouski and his team from Blackout Studio.
“For programs where scenic and show lighting are required, we are brought in to create the design,” Piatrouski says. “Blackout has a good reputation with TV stations as we are able to provide a good design solution at a fair price.”
To meet these criteria, Piatrouski frequently turns to the PR Lighting catalog, distributed in Belarus by FE-Belimlight, to fulfill all his design requirements.
“The reason I choose PR Lighting is because of their excellent gobos and high brightness, with the opportunity to have a large number of fixtures on my rig.” He says that they also run quietly.
As for Pride of the Nation, this is a program in which a guest tells his story about forging success from humble backgrounds before a discussion on the subject, conducted between a panel of experts and the audience.
Recorded at Minsk Sports Palace, Piatrouski used 44 PR lighting XL 1500 spots, seven PR lighting XL 700 spots, 14 PR Lighting XL 700 wash, along with some LED pixel battens.
“We created an eye-catching backlight with 36 of the XL1500s projecting artistic gobos, with the remainder of the fixtures used as decoration and to light the audience.”
There are three main phases to the show: introduction, discussion and final conclusion. Each requires its own dedicated color scene. The goal was to create a good-looking static view during the discussion element, Piatrouski says.
The PR Lighting fixtures performed flawlessly, he adds. “The Wholehog 3 desk, from which we ran the show, has good and precise libraries for all PR Lighting XL series fixtures, and it’s a pleasure to work with that desk and fixture combination.”
Because of the show’s good ratings, Piatrouski and his team continue on with the show’s new season starting in January.
