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Electric avenue

Published Monday 24 November 2008 at 16:00

Lighting designer Bryan Leitch used 16 i-Pix BB7 LED wash lights and 20 BB4s for the recent 2008 BBC Electric Proms, a co-production between the BBC and Metropolis Music, staged at The Roundhouse in Camden.

Leitch came up with an original design concept developed with Nick Whitehouse, who produced the technical drawings and programmed the show together with Leitch. The creative goal was to provide a multi-layered visual backdrop for the various artists appearing over five days, which included headline acts Oasis, Burt Bacharach and The Streets.

The BB7s were primarily placed around the top tier of lighting behind the orchestra and choir, facing forwards and used for highly visible rear effects lighting. They also took the opportunity of getting additional variety from the BB7s by changing their position on the rig. Eighteen of the BB4s were rigged vertically to the six steel house pillars running parallel around the stage area, pulling the superstructure into the overall design and highlighting their form. All lighting for the Electric Proms event was supplied by High Wycombe-based Siyan, for the third consecutive year.

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