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Lighting designer and project manager Ebony Madry shares her thoughts, gear list, and lighting plots for MKTG, a Bladerunner 2049 themed event.
"Guests entered through a ruined path lined with fluorescent tubes on hedge into a truss tunnel lined with Martin VDO sceptron and CO2 cannons. Once in the party space, kinetic beams of light cut through the space to support the themed décor. The space was separated into six zones consisting of a plethora of LED games, race drones, a Neo-Tokyo inspired futuristic sports bar airing the NBA play-offs, and a lounge under a 26′ diameter projection sphere 15′ in the air. Throughout the space, scaffold structures with Sceptron tubes chased in black and white content. The headliner was then revealed when a 120′ long projection/kabuki drop fell to reveal a live performance by Janelle Monae and Snoop Dog as DJ.
The pre-production process for this event took place over eight weeks. During the eight-week span, I was the production drafter and lighting designer. I worked directly with the producers, Tom Bercu to create the space layout of décor placement, guest flow, and food/beverage locations. As the LD, I determined truss placement and fixtures selections. I also managed the lighting drafting and paperwork. Once on site, I would bounce between the different zones of the space working with two programmers, as we only had one day to program the space."
Date: May 2018
Location: The Los Angeles Convention Center
Production Team
- Producer: Tom Bercu Presents
- Production Company: Brite Ideas Complete Technical Solutions
- CEO of Brite Ideas: Greg Christy
- Overall Project Manager: Eric Wenzel
- Zones Project Manager: Scott LeGrand
- Concert Project Manager: John Vasquez
- Lighting Designer/Overall Production Drafter: Ebony ‘Eb’ Madry
- ME: Jay Hathaway, Austin Strain, Ponzer Berkman, Andy Garcia, Casey Kimble
- Lead Rigger: Kris Richardson
- Programmers: Ric Zimmerman & Jenna Pletcher
- Spectron Media Programmer: Ariel Mouzo
- Video Lead: Guy Conger
Gear List
- Zones
- 56 MartinVDO Sceptron 10 320mm
- 334 MartinVDO Sceptron 10 1000mm
- 35 Martin Mac Aura XB
- 29 GLP Impression X4
- 22 Martin Rush MH3 Beam
- 15 Robe MegaPointe
- 24 Martin Mac Axiom Hybrid
- 33 Martin Mac Encore Performance CLD
- 8 Martin Mac Encore Performance CLD
- 8 CO2 Cannon Plus CO2 Jet
- 7 RGB LED Airstars
- 4 Base Hazers
- Concert:
- Exterior
- 50 2FT Kino Flo Fluorescent Lamps w/Color Filters
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