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TPi AWARDS 2009: The Production
Below: A packed Great Room; house band Trio Valore get in the groove.
This came from a suggestion directly tabled by Hippotizer Stage server was also on duty in this Room where two of the world’s largest plasmas,
PSCo. area to feed a graphics loop to the long plasma the 103” from Panasonic, were positioned on
The anti-reﬂective surface of the screens — strip. either side of the stage to relay the action more
which displayed a continuous loop of branded The set building for the entrance corridor effectively around the room.
graphics — ensured they performed excellently was handled with ﬂair throughout the day by These were simply positioned by the PSCo
in such ambient light conditions. Increased Firecracker Works, led by Graham Bell. They team, using their specially designed Screenlifter,
brightness and contrast from the latest range were aided by members of the Local Crew team which meant that these huge 230kg screens
also made them a striking addition. who totalled eight on the day. Local Crew’s could be wheeled into position in a ﬂight case
At the end of the corridor was a giant, duties also included follow spot operation, which was then simply removed and the screens
stage construction, lifted into position at the touch of a button.
cable maintenance Very impressive!
“Del Roll at EST saved the day. He had already and general gear
donated one artic that was doing the pick-up
humping. VIDEO
As Cobb Although video has always been an essential
rounds over the whole weekend, and at very short
explained: ingredient of the TPi Awards, its importance has
notice he extended this to two for the Tuesday
“Firecracker Works increased dramatically since 2006 — the year of
morning load-out. He was an absolute gent!”
were recommended the infamous (and inﬂuential) ‘picture-in-picture’
by JD at Local Crew. widescreen projections. Whilst this year’s
James Cobb
They were new to pairing of video content and hardware may not
me but I’d certainly have been our most innovative to date, it was
work with them again arguably the most powerful.
unmissable TPi magazine logo constructed because they were outstanding in the way they Our regular team of video director Richard
from 51 PixelPars, organised by PixelRange took control of the reception area. Shipman and content creators Richard Bagshaw
with ﬁxtures coming direct from Richard Martin “From scratch, they built the temporary and Kate Perring of Digital Insanity once again
Lighting. This was an idea that evolved from a reception walls, covered them with fabric, and excelled.
discussion I had at PLASA08 with PixelRange’s built the support structures for the plasma Using the ‘splat’ graphic from our in-
Ashley Lewis and the company’s PR, Jane Monk. strips, as well as CNC-cutting the front timber house designer Dan Seaton’s 2009 Awards
Green Hippo provided a Hippo Critter media fascia for the PixelPars.” visuals as their running theme, and harnessing
server to drive the PixelPars, controlling colour A TPi Awards provider for three consecutive the power of After Effects software, Digital
changes, patterns and image pixelmapping. A years, PSCo’s support extended into The Great Insanity created the nominations/winner reveal
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