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Pixeon Flies High with X-Factor, MTV Awards and Bjorn Again
Lighting designer Al Gurdon has used a total of 50 metres of the 55mm diameter tube on the current series of Thames TV's The X Factor (see separate Production News story) at Fountain Studios, and used a further 24 x 1metre lengths for the European MTV Music Awards in Rome - all supplied by PRG Europe, who stock Pixeon in their rental fleet.
Said PRG account manager, James Barnfather: "With the latest version of Pixeon you can create more effects and colour mixes than before."
In addition to The X Factor, PRG also have Pixeon out on the set of The Good Food Show.
The latest mains-powered version of Pixeon - an LED tube, containing a dense array of RGB LEDs arranged in individual pixels - offers a more flexible controller, opening up its application into other production environments. However, its attraction to creative designers like Al Gurdon is that reads well to television and is priced at a fraction of that of its competitors.
Each pixel in the Pixeon display is controlled separately to produce both a range of colours and dynamic movement along the length of the tube; placed end-to-end patterns flow seamlessly through the system.
Another leading lighting production company who have sensed its architectural potential is Entec Sound & Light, who have incorporated 23 of their 24 three-metre lengths into Andrew Keightley's imaginative lighting design for the current Bjorn Again tour.
The Pixeon chases around the outside of a house façade, which forms the framework of the stage set, with the designer praising Pixeon's colour saturation and chasing ability. Meanwhile, Entec have written some personality software, ensuring that the entire show - including the Pixeon - can be triggered from Keightley's Hog 2 desk.
"As a result," said Entec director Noreen O'Riordan, "Pixeon is now becoming very tourable."
In picture: Pixeon at work on the set of The X Factor and on the ’Bjorn Again’ stage set in Sheffield.
22nd November 2004
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