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Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen chooses Robe

Danish lighting designer Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen counts himself lucky to have had a busy autumn, engaged in working on several different television productions, all of them using Robe moving lights.

This has included music show “Here’s Your Hit” for DR2 (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) and two TV Awards shows, one for radio station P3 Guld at the Aalborg Musikkens Hus and the Crown Prince Couples Awards staged at the Værket Randers.

“Here’s Your Hit”

This format was directed by Dean Strange and staged in the Tunnel Fabrikkerne in Copenhagen’s north harbour. For the series, various visiting bands and artists get in-depth with the full process of recording and producing a hit song, accompanied by advice and commentary from industry experts. The band then played their song live in the studio to wrap up each show.

Series creator and scenographer Betina Leth imagined the industrial style pop-up studio setting of the venue, complete with shipping containers and lots of bare metal structural elements. Lydiksen chose 16 x Robe T1 Profiles for the key lighting, all rigged on large trussing towers with an 11-metre throw to the central studio space where everyone sat and gave their comments and opinions on the music being produced. It was the first time he’d used T1s without haze.

To light the huge industrial hall in the background and around the sides, Lydiksen used 30 x Robe Spiider LED wash beams. All the lighting equipment for the 8-show series was supplied by Nordic Rentals.

P3 Guld Awards

Working for production company Monday Media and broadcaster DR, it was the second time that Lydiksen has designed the stage and lighting for this Awards show, which ran like a standard broadcast TV show but with limited guests this year instead of a full live audience, due to the pandemic.

The show’s styling followed a classic Awards show aesthetic with several large video screens - some on an automation system - flown over the stage forming the core scenography. Lydiksen’s moving lights were 26 x Robe BMFL WashBeams, 38 x MegaPointes and eight T1 profiles, with the BMFLs utilised as the main key, front, and back lights while the MegaPointes provided the effects and razzamatazz.

The T1 profiles were part of the venue’s house rig and were used for side lighting on stage, especially for the live entertainment segments. Lydiksen also had another 400 or so lights on this show, all supplied by Creative Technology and controlled from a GrandMA3 console. Jonas Vangsø was the technical light project manager, Erik Blomdahl looked after the automation and the producer was Ask Greiffenberg.

Crown Prince Couple’s Awards (Kronprinspaarets Priser)

This is a set of culture and social prizes awarded annually by Crown Prince Fredrik and Princess Mary, first established in 2004. The 2020 version was also staged with limited audience and broadcast on DR, with Lydiksen returning to design set and lighting for the fourth year.

On his rig were 36 x Robe MegaPointes and two BMFL Follow Spots running on two remote control RoboSpot BaseStations. All the lighting kit was supplied by Nordic Rentals, project managed for them by Tue Knudsen. The lighting project manager on site was Jonas Vangsø.

(Photos: Robe/Jonas Vangsøe)

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