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Los Angeles, February 7,
2008
There’s a grandMA behind the scenes as NBC revives
“American Gladiators” for a new generation of TV
viewers.
The grandMA is controlling almost 200 VARI*LITE VL2500 moving lights
and some 1500 LEDs for the strength and endurance competition. The
show, which originally premiered in 1989, made its midseason debut in
January 2008 with Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali hosting. A.C.T Lighting is
the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America.
“For the new version of the show the producers wanted a
spectacular, immense arena feel,” notes lighting director
William
McLachlan. “Scenically the space is so large, it covers a
huge
footprint. So we needed a substantial rig just to cover the area let
alone create a signature look.”
In crafting the signature look, McLachlan and lighting designer Oscar
Dominguez wanted to “use video as a way to move, breathe
color
and bring intensity across rig. We wanted to use the rig to explore and
design the space and treat the light plot like a canvas. So the grandMA
was a natural choice to turn the changes in the rig into colors on a
canvas and create a really different feel of movement and
color.”
McLachlan and Dominguez worked hard give each event in the competition
its own environment. “Scenically they were all so
different,” McLachlan observes. “We really had an
opportunity to carve out a large surrounding look, animate it and bring
it to life.” The producers asked us to use lighting to
accentuate
the participants’ wins and losses.
MA Lighting is
exclusively distributed by A.C.T Lighting.
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Lighting, Inc. strives to identify future trends and cutting-edge
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