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CPL provides lighting and video for TEDxBristol

CPL provides lighting and video for TEDxBristol
CPL provides lighting and video for TEDxBristol

CPL provided lighting and video equipment for the TEDxBristol event, UK, one of the ongoing series of locally organised TEDx (Technology, Entertainment Design) global conferences underpinned by the not-for-profit Sapling Foundation. TEDxBristol’s day of action was staged in Colston Hall, pulling a sold-out live audience of 1,800 and reaching an estimated 2.7 million following online on the day.

 

Production manager Nick Diacre approached CPL to supply key technical elements of the event, together with set and scenic builders Flat Earth who are also locally based. The TV styled set and production design - a combination of ideas from Diacre, Flat Earth and the TEDxBristol organizing committee - was designed to be practical to get-in and set up quickly. Two days included the get-in, rigging, tech and full rehearsals fitted into the first one, followed by the full TEDxBristol event day including eight hours of speeches.

 

Lighting, specified by Nick Diacre, was a hybrid package to deal with the demands of both broadcast and live event. The stage was lit with four Clay Paky Mythos - used for effects like some gobo work - and nine Martin MAC Auras for general stage washing and adding colour and illumination to the audience.

 

Sixteen Arri fresnels also washed the set and stage and additional key lighting for speakers was provided by eight ETC Source Fours Profiles on a front truss, all run off an Avolites Quartz console operated by Luke Watley.

 

For video projection, two of CPL’s 20K Panasonic projectors were rigged on the front of the balcony, beaming onto a 20 ft wide upstage screen. Video sources included a selection of laptops running PowerPoint, Keynote and Playback Pro for the VTs, selected via a standard conference switching system.

 

The video TX - including camera feeds - was also fed to a small LED wall in the reception area, and content was also routed to a series of monitors dotted around the venue. The house PA system was utilised, with an additional mics-and-stands package from CPL together with a wireless talk-back comms systems for the technical team.

 

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