Leading
lighting designer Björn Hermann has called on GLP impression X4 S
and X4 L to help boost a giant matrix at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne for the
second Video Days. This was another opportunity for
15,000 YouTube fans to see the stars of this genre not only on a canvas, but
also live on stage at the massive Lanxess Arena.
Hermann
was not only responsible for the lighting design and studio colour space, but
also provided the set and stage design for Tobias Kühnel and his company, Showplan GmbH. The particular challenge was that
with just a single day set up, the complete show and camera lighting had to be
set up for all 25 bands, fully programmed and implemented.
The
lighting designer decided to solve this challenge by selecting GLP’s new impression X4 S; 50 of these compact and flexible
moving heads, each containing 7 x 15W RGBW LEDs and a 7°-50° zoom range, found
their place onto the set — with the lighting inventory supplied by PRG.
The key
elements of the show were two faces comprising a total of 50 white plates, set
right and left of a giant matrix LED wall. Integrated respectively in the small
spaces in between, Hermann and his team placed the 50 compact X4 S heads.
Another
15 of the larger impression X4 L were also deployed and provided
enormous brightness, rich colours, fast response and pixel mapping for an
impressive light show.
The
initiative began five years ago with a spontaneous idea — for around 500 fans
from the YouTube community to meet at the Gamescom trade fair in Cologne to
celebrate their network’s stars. It was a complete success, because in the
following year more than 2,000 broadcasters met. The result was the first Video
Days.
The
appearance of network stars including like Y-Titty, ApeCrime, Daaruum, LeFloid ensured
that for the second year running the Arena would be sold out in a raucous and
thrilling spectacle for the millions using the network.
Photo
credit: Detlev Klockow (PRG)
