054 REPORT
Photo: Puy du Fou®
PUY DU FOU
Company: Martin Professional Location: Les Epesses, France
French theme park Puy du Fou’s Cinéscénie is a visually stunning night time spectacle: a show with effects worthy of Las Vegas but located in the heart of the Vendée region in Western France. As in years past, from June to September, the 14,000-capacity open-air amphitheatre was sold out for each and every show this year. Cinéscénie is an incredible feat of engineering, featuring a 23-hectare stage, 1,200 actors, 8,000 costumes and millions of spectators over the years, not to mention unforgettable special effects. Once again, the park’s production team decided to use Martin Professional lighting products to light up the Cinéscénie show and installed six MAC III Performance fixtures (complete with framing module) at the edge of the set. The fixtures were supplied by lighting services provider MES, based in Vertou. Providing a powerful yet subtle contribution to the various scenes which unfold during the one hour and 40 minute show, the MAC III brings new projection op- tions thanks to an interleaved framing system with full crossover of each blade and continuous rotation mechanism. The MAC III units were installed with the specific purpose of illuminating metallic scenery panels located on the set, which represent six metres wide by four metres high bayonets. All from 90 metres away. Each panel had to be lit precisely without polluting the rest of the set. The six fixtures are distributed among three lighting towers, two per tower, with the highest positioned 33 metres above ground. “At this distance it was important that the cables were concealed as much as possible so as not to affect the public’s view,” emphasised Steven Barthélemy, Lighting Techni- cian at the park. As the person responsible for encoding and installing the system used at Cinéscénie, Barthélemy explained his choices: “The MAC III is still the only pro- jector with a 1,500W HTI bulb which produces enough light to cover significant distances (sometimes more than 120 metres), together with a decent zoom range and above all a blade module which is essential for lighting our sets discreetly and effectively.” The MAC III Performance allows virtually unlimited projection and fram- ing effects and is available as a complete standalone fixture or as a module which
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can be installed in minutes on any MAC III Profile. The outcome was everything the lighting production system’s operator had hoped for. Barthélemy shared his thoughts on the end result: “The MAC III has enabled us to refine the show’s overall lighting and to enhance certain sets. Using a fully auto- matic projector like this allows us to harmonise seamlessly with the colours used in traditional lighting. It’s a true delight.” Alain Nail, Business Manager for MES, also speaks highly of the fixture which enabled “high quality lighting and gobo image projection from significant distances, as, on occasion, we were more than 300 metres away. I am keen to emphasise the work of the Lighting Designer and the Puy du Fou lighting team for Cinéscénie, who knew exactly how to use and optimise the performance of the MAC III. We are totally satisfied with the result and are looking forward to working on this show again with these moving head projectors.” The collaboration between MES and Puy du Fou dates back to 2006 when MES first supplied lights for Cinéscénie. Ever since, MES, in collaboration with Puy du Fou’s technical management and lighting technicians, has continued to regularly test different Martin lighting products at the park itself, particularly the new high performance LED projectors. Alain Nail explained why MAC 700 fixtures were chosen for the lighting rig at the Grand Carrousel, a 6,000 sq metre theatre: “The MAC 700 was chosen following tests carried out with other moving head projectors. It was a case of gradually re- placing the park’s old fixtures, for which we were incurring significant maintenance costs. The MAC 700’s have enhanced the lighting quality and gobo projection over the entire set with a variety of effects.” Currently, twenty MAC 700 Profile and Wash fixtures are installed in this monumental show space. Alain Nail of MES concluded: “This collaborative project between MES, Martin and Puy du Fou has led to an active exchange geared towards optimising existing equipment and has paved the way for new possibilities in light sources for attrac- tions and public comfort.”
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