QINGDAO, China – The Studio 6 TV Station, which broadcasts six regional channels throughout the Shangdong area, has upgraded its lighting rig with new fixtures from Robe. The new fixtures were specified by Studio 6's lighting designer Liu Zheng Mao and his team, and supplied via Robe's Chinese distributor, Leafun (formally known as Leifull). The 10 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 10 ColorWash 1200E ATs and 4 ColorWash 575 ATs were chosen for their functionality and reliability for the multi-purpose studio, which hosts a wide variety of shows from documentaries to music shows. Two examples include Go, a lifestyle, tourism, fashion, entertainment and current affairs series which also includes interviews and panels of commentators, and Poker Hero.
The studio had originally invested in Robe back in 2005 when they bought some ColorSpots. They're still in use, and by withstanding the test of time, they helped influence the latest purchase of Robe gear.
Zheng Mao is also the main lighting programmer and occasional set designer for the 400 square-meter studio, which features up to 11 meters of headroom. The Robes are rigged on the studio's overhead bars, which cover the whole roof space and can be moved and deployed to wherever they are needed.
Robe's ColorSpot and Wash 1200 Series is one of the most popular workhorses of its moving light range, and has been used extensively for all applications across most sectors of the industry over the years.
Zheng Mao likes the gobo selection, the zoom range and the general versatility of the 1200 units.
"With this rig I can now light every scenario I need to in the studio. It opens up many more possibilities and makes the task of lighting a show so much faster and easier," he said, crediting the fixtures for doing the job of a greater number of fixtures that would have been required in the past.
Other lighting in the studio includes a full set of white lights and numerous LED fixtures, all of which, together with the Robes, are controlled by an Avolites Pearl 2008 console.
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