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African ‘Family Feud’ editions lit with Robe

The first South Africa and Ghana editions of the TV game show ‘Family Feud’ brought to SA and produced by Rapid Blue were recorded in December 2019 and January 2020 at the Urban Brew Studios in Johannesburg, with lighting designed by Joshua Cutts and supplied by Midrand-based Blond Productions - including 12 x Robe Esprite LED profiles newly purchased by Blond, making their African TV production debut.

Josh Cutts worked with Mauritz Neethling as his associate LD and collaborated on a joint pitch with scenic specialist Dream Sets and set designer Michael Gill to present a full technical/creative package to Rapid Blue. Lighting was programmed and operated by Ryan Lombard, who also designed the lighting system.

The two series were shot over a four-week period with up to three episodes recorded per day. A Prolyte trussing structure was set up in the studio to ground support the set elements which were geometric and ordered, with a network of trusses flown in the roof to provide lighting positions. The Esprites were used for all the front light.

The set architecture defined the space and included multiple inbuilt LED elements - 6 mm and 2.9 LED and plasma screen surfaces - plus some LED pixel fixtures integrated onto the set together with multiple LED battens. The high gloss black floor was very reflective, and placement of light sources was crucial to make this work on camera.

In addition to the Esprites, there were 72 other Robe luminaires on the rig. Forty-eight LEDBeam 100s were utilised for rear up-lighting of columns and other set pieces and for back-lighting the audience; 24 x LEDWash 300s provided general front and back light; 24 x CycFX 4s were positioned for back light onto the contestants.

The recording was shot with a colour temperature of 48K and with no tungsten sources on the rig. Ryan Lombard operated all the lighting using a GrandMA2 light console which also fed the set video and graphics via a VPU into a Disguise P3 media server. The technical director was Rudi Boetha, and the Executive Producer was Kee-Leen Irvine. Blond also supplied an L-Acoustics sound system to the series which is currently airing on E.TV on Sunday Evenings in South Africa.

(Photos: Louise Stickland)

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