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A Big Show for a Big Car with a Big Console
Production Technology LLC, better known in Dubai as Protec, recently provided full lighting production services to their Dubai based client, Al Nabooda Automobiles, for the Middle East’s biggest ever car launch. The event took place in the iconic Sheikh Rashid Hall of Dubai’s International Convention Centre, within the United Arab Emirates. One grandMA full-size, one grandMA ultra-light and two NSPs controlled the vast variety of lights during the show.
Al Nabooda, the leading Audi distributor in the Middle East, launched the latest top of the range SUV from Audi: the Q7. The event was attended by over 1000 invited guests, including several local VIPs.
The set consisted of, among others, eight hydraulic scissor lifts, four of which lifted two cars through the stage, with the other four featuring UK-based pyrotechnic performers from Phoenix Productions. Eight cars were flown in from the roof of the venue, as part of the reveal, via state-of-the-art motor control systems.
Lighting designer Paul Smith, a freelancer based in Dubai, specified his preferred lighting instruments: 30 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 575Ws, 46 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 575Ws, 28 Clay Paky Stage Colour 1200Ws, 22 Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200Ws, 20 3k Strobes, 96 ParCans and 90 2500W City Colors, which were used to light up the 100 metre wide satin back drapes.
Protec once again delivered another highly successful turnkey event in the region, thanks to its vast stocks of lighting, audio, video and rigging equipment and highly experienced team, led by Stephen Lakin.
22nd August 2006
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