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Corona: Robe MegaPointes used for People’s Choice Awards

The 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards (PCAs) was again staged at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, USA, and lit for the third consecutive year by Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design, working for production company Den of Thieves. Sutherland utilized 154 x Robe MegaPointe moving lights - all supplied by Felix Lighting - as part of the lighting package for this year’s live broadcast.

The online-voted awards show that recognizes achievements across multiple fields of entertainment took on a different format this year, with a digital live audience replacing a real one in the venue, all requiring a novel approach by camera director Ryan Polito, creative director Paul Caslin and production designer Florian Wieder.

The set comprised a long, black hi-gloss runway - the central section of which was a video floor - that traversed the Hangar lengthways, with several huge angled sections of LED video wall installed on both sides which had to be ground supported due to the roof weight loadings.

At the end of the runway was another section of stage and an LED screen, and along the same trajectory as the catwalk itself was a long, blow-through screen that dissected the space lengthways. Flown on a Kinesys automation system, this moved in and out at strategic moments throughout the show.

The MegaPointes were rigged in the roof trusses and on the floor, parallel with the runway. Once Tom Sutherland arrived on site, the MegaPointe count on the floor increased to complete the light tunnel look that evolved as they started to block the show, so the Felix Lighting team rapidly dispatched 24 more fixtures.

All the screen graphic content - created by Blink - was based around lines, angled color blocks and bold texturing, so Sutherland complemented this with beamy lighting looks that accented and defined the structural elegance of the space.

Sutherland also highlighted the shape of the venue’s roof with multiple pixel-controlled LED battens using around 400 lights in total on the rig plus approximately 300 LED tubes. He worked alongside an FOH team comprising Joe Holdman and James Coldicott who programmed the GrandMA console. The gaffer was Chris Lopez, the lighting technician was John Cox and his account handler at Felix Lighting was Nicole Barnes.

Two days were spent prepping the lighting kit at Felix’s warehouse, with a week to load the whole production into the venue which included constructing the custom side frames for the LED screens.

(Photos: Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment)

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