Matt Webb, a partner in New York’s UVLD, has been the lighting designer for Prestonwood Church's holiday spectacular, The Gift Of Christmas, for the past six years and has served as the production designer for the past two. The annual holiday tradition runs for 13 performances over two weekends in the church’s 7,000-seat worship center. It has grown steadily since its inception and has become a highlight of the Christmas season for tens of thousands of Dallas-area residents. This year, Prestonwood decided to reimagine the show and turned to Webb and the UVLD team to create and execute an all-new production design. Check out the lighting plot and gear list for the 2015 production below.
GEAR
- 46 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Spot
- 10 Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot
- 8 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash
- 42 Harman Martin Professional Viper DX Wash
- 40 Harman Martin Professional Viper Profile
- 10 Harman Martin Professional Mac Aura
- 2 Harman Martin Professional Viper Performance
- 40 Elation Professional ELED Strip
- 32 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R Extreme
- 12 Elation Professional Platinum Beam SBX
- 40 Chauvet Professional COLORado Batten 72 Tour Strip
- 18 Chauvet Professional 4×4 Nexus Tile
- 8 Clay Paky Sharpy Wash
- 90 ETC Source Four ERS
- 300 Meters of LED Tape
- 2 MA Lighting grandMA2
- 4 coolux Pandoras Box Quad Server Pro
- 2 coolux Pandoras Box Dual Player Pro
- 3 Christie Boxer 4K30 Projector
- 2 Absen 6mm LED Walls
- 6 Pixled F-11 LED Wall
- 1 Radiant MC-7 LED Wall
- 30 Total Axis of Automation
- 1500' Automated Traveler Track
PRODUCTION TEAM
- Creative Director: Andy Pearson
- Technical Director: Greg Norgeot
- Production Management: Cyndi Nine, Alex Perry
- Production/Lighting Designer: Matt Webb
- Additional Production Design: David Sumner
- Visual Media Developer: Cameron Yeary
- Video Content Creation: Jordan Monk
- Lighting: Nick Deel, James Maddux, David Sietz
- Audio: Bob Bell, Charlton Combs, Christopher Do, Armando Escobedo, Jon Jensen, Stephen Harms, Alex Mooney, Ryan Sartell, Chris Schutz
- Media Server Programmer: Branden Roth
- Projectionist: Georges Tourtellotte
- Production Rigger: Clay Carter
- Production Carpenter: Dan Kirsch
- Lighting & Rigging Gear: Gemini Stage Lighting
VENDORS
- LED Gear: PRG XL Video
- Projectors: Media Solutions
- Flying Effects & Scenic Automation: ZFX Flying Effects
- Scenic: Communilux Productions
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