TPi AWARDS 2009: The Production
Below: Step by step, lighting technician Lorenzo Sagrillo and the team from Firecracker Works assemble the TPi magazine logo from 51 PixelPars; one of PSCo’s huge 103” plasma screens.
These interfaced with an deserve a special mention
HME DX200 radio comms are Ben Behan, the technical
base station with four BP200/ manager at Grosvenor House,
HS14 belt packs and four who was consistently helpful
WS200 integrated beltpack/ with our requests, and Steve
headsets. Orbital also Kearney of health & safety
interfaced with XL Video’s consultancy SKC, whose
own RTS system and provided collation of all contractor
24 GP340 walkie talkies. risk assessments enabled
The audio crew also him to produce the event
included Alistair Westell, safety policy, and minimise
Mark Deighton and PA rigger production office headaches.
Paul Szabo. “I’m very pleased
Alex Clayton, who with what we achieved
‘knitted’ the production this year and, in general,
together on the night as very delighted with the
show caller, was particularly performance of our crew and
impressed with Orbital’s suppliers,” commented James
work. “I’d not seen Orbital’s Cobb.
new crew communications “The fact that one or two
system before but it’s easily crises caused the domino
“I’m very pleased with what
the best I have ever come effect of an extreme back-up
we achieved this year and, in
across,” she said. during the daytime build was
“It’s clear, lightweight and particularly annoying at the
general, delighted with the
robust, with excellent volume time, but it’s the end result
performance of our crew capacity and control. I don’t that matters.
and suppliers...”
want to use anything else I’m confident that it was
now!” a thoroughly enjoyable event
James Cobb
Two other people who for everyone who attended.”
58 • TPi MARCH 09
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