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S+H supports ‘Children in Need’ telethon

S+H Technical supplied around 350 square metres of its LED Animation cloth and 450 square metres of standard RGB starcloth drape for the BBC’s 2018 ‘Children in Need’ telethon, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from Elstree’s Studio D, Hertfordshire, UK.

The telethon production design was created by Alex Craig - working on his tenth ‘Children in Need’ - and this new look for 2018 featured some threads from the previous design to keep a strand of continuity, together with some new elements including lots of LED and an upstage LED wall, 14 metres wide by 5 metres high, which split in the middle and opened for performer entrances and exits.

The stage was all on one level, punctuated with curves and spheres which defined its general shape, complete with the long multi-layered curved LED screen set piece upstage, finished in gold shimmer disc material and outlined with LED strips.

This was flanked by two smaller semi-circle curved screens, also edged with several lines of LED -   like a geometric spirograph design - and clad in chrome shimmery material. Four flown skeletal globes, which also twinkled, finished the look offstage left and right.

The S+H Animation cloth was used as a 180 degree wrap around the studio and behind the set forming the cyc. The product has individually controlled LED pixels that can create low-to-medium images, video loops and flash animations, and on this occasion, it was under the control of lighting director Gurdip Mahal and run via one of the show’s lighting consoles. Due to this positioning at the back of the set and around the studio walls, the RGBA Animation cloth also created some depth to all the camera shots.

The RGB Starcloth assisted in providing a contrasting - but related - aesthetic behind the audience, again providing ‘TV twinkling’ effects, enhancing the depth of the wide audience looks and closer in-audience action shots, ensuring there were never any back-of-shot ‘black holes’ on camera.

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