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Invoke illuminates red carpet event for “Insecure” with Chauvet

Los Angeles’ Kenneth Hahn State Park, which affords 360-degree views of the city, was chosen as the site for the red carpet event celebrating the final season premiere of HBO’s comedy show “Insecure”.

Barrett Hall of Invoke Entertainment oversaw all creative and technical aspects of the premiere screening and after party. 4Wall Entertainment supplied 382-feet of box truss and some 300 lighting fixtures, more than half of them from Chauvet Professional.

“We had to build everything from the ground up on leveled decking”, says Hall. “This included a 190-foot ‘blue carpet’ step and repeat with a 120-foot press wall, a 100 by 100 foot pre-reception and after party tent area, as well as a fully tiered seat-theatre with a 40-foot wide projection screen to accommodate 400 guests. The project covered 85,000 square feet.”

The various areas that made up the event space were connected by over 500-feet of raised deck pathways. Every audio, projection and lighting position in the space had to be on truss towers or scaffolding with G-block ballasts.

“Given some spatial constraints and heavy equipment logistics, we essentially had to build things a bit backwards starting with the screen at the end of the theatre and working outward to avoid painting ourselves into a corner, all while ensuring that we protected trees and the park itself”, says Hall. “We pretty much lived on-site for about eight solid days to get it done. I can’t emphasize enough how important team work was in this effort. Our LD Ben Green deserves a lot of credit as do Drew DeCorleto and J Wiese of 4Wall.”

With hang positions throughout the event space somewhat limited, Hall and the team had to be meticulous about fixture selection. This led them to specify 90 Rogue R2X Wash fixtures to be positioned throughout the space. “The R2X’s color mixing and zone control allowed us to go from a functional wash light to something more fun when we transitioned into the after party”, says Hall.

Also included in the lighting rig were 72 Well Fit uplights, which lit oversized production stills from each of the five seasons of the series. Arranged in “galleries” that lined each side of the connecting pathways, these images set an immersive tone for guests as they moved from one area of the event to another. “We wanted to create the effect that the large photos were floating in space as guests traveled through the galleries”, says Hall. To enhance the immersive mood inside the tent, the team illuminated its clear top with 21 Colorado 1 Solo washes.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional/Invoke Entertainment/HBO)

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