A squad of Clay Paky
Sharpys proved the must-have gadgets for lighting designer Nick Gray at the
latest Bond film premiere party at London’s iconic Tate Modern.
Gray, of London-based lighting
creator Renegade, specified 24 pure-beam Sharpys to create a high impact
welcome for 1600 A-list guests at the Turbine Hall party to celebrate the
release of Sam Mendes’s James Bond film Skyfall.
The Sharpys were positioned pointing directly toward to
entrance, shooting piercing shafts of light down The Bridge at arriving guests,
taking advantage of Sharpys unprecedented brightness usually achievable only
with far greater wattages than its 189W rating, and the fixture’s ability to
produce a perfectly parallel, laser-like beam with an incredible output of
59,760 lx at 20m.
“I’ve been a long term user
of Clay Paky luminaires for these sort of shows as well as for all my Kasabian
concerts,” says Gray. “The Sharpys have taken lighting to
another level with their vivid, dynamic beam which stays so
continuous at long distances and gives such a great effect.”
Gray specified a further 14 Sharpys to liven up the
far end of the Turbine Hall, which worked alongside 14 Clay Paky Alpha Wash
1500s. To dazzle the exterior of the main building, Gray rigged six Alpha Beam
1500s – the most powerful luminaire belonging to the special category of fully
automated ACL fixtures, generating a solid, super-concentrated parallel beam
for very long-throw projections. Alpha Beam 1500 can also become as a spotlight
for long distance focused projections and perform as a good narrow-angle
washlight.
\”The Turbine Hall was an amazing environment to
work in and already highly atmospheric, so the real challenge was to add
requisite 007 qualities like mystery, action and intrigue to the setting, and
to further wow those who had already been blown away by experiencing the movie
premiere,” continues Gray.
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Penelope Cruz, and Dame
Judi Dench were just a handful of the stars living it up at the party on
London’s South Bank.
