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Durham Marenghi selects Claypaky fixtures for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Opening Ceremony

UK-based Lighting Designer Durham Marenghi recently lit the Opening Ceremony for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which featured large complements of Claypaky Sharpy X Frame, Tambora Linear 100, Xtylos and Sharpy fixtures throughout the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar.

Since the Opening Ceremony took place in a projected world devised by Creative Director Anghela Alo and the content artists at Luke Halls Studio, Marenghi and his team were challenged to light the performers for broadcast without damaging the “screen” environment in which they lived.

“We were operating at a light intensity of around 400 Lux and sports lighting for the games was around 2000 lux, so a very careful approach was required to create the magic to entertain billions of fans around the globe”, says Marenghi. He selected an array of Claypaky fixtures.

“For this event the key factor was weight on the roof and very high truss heights of more than fifty meters to keep the equipment above the technical and camera systems required by the soccer authorities”, Marenghi points out. “Every source deployed had to have a very high light output and very tight beam angle. We usually have lights all around the field of play, but this was not possible with the first game of the competition scheduled only one hour after the opening ceremony.”

He mounted 60 Sharpy X Frames, 40 Xtylos and 80 Sharpys on 20 roof trusses; 16 more Sharpy X Frames on goal posts across two west projection positions; and 18 Tambora Linear 100s plus Neutral Density filters on the side stages and nine more on the center stage. An additional 52 Sharpys were also deployed. Balich Wonder Studio was the Production Company.

(Photos: Balich Wonder Studio)

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