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Blackout on TV with Endemol UK Productions
Drapes and rigging specialist Blackout has recently worked with Endemol UK Productions, providing a variety of set design solutions for the live sets of ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Shattered’.
Blackout’s MD, Steve Tuck, collaborated with one of the artistic directors for Big Brother and Shattered, Paul Drake and production manager, Janine Terry, on both productions to supply a variety of drapes used for practical and aesthetic set augmentation.
Drake commissioned Blackout to design and supply a host of acoustic black-serge drapes, which were deployed on the new series of Channel 4’s blockbuster, ‘Big Brother’ –one of the highest ratings programme in the broadcaster’s 20 year history.
Paul Drake says: “The time-scale to supply the acoustic drapes was extremely tight. Blackout were great to work with and provided the perfect practical solution, softening the acoustics of a highly reverberant set into a functional live broadcast environment.
‘Shattered’ was the show investigating the effects of sleep deprivation on contestants living in a purpose-built studio. Here Blackout transformed the old warehouse location at London’s Tobacco Dock into a live studio environment.
A range of bespoke black wool serge drapes were designed, supplied and rigged to create the blacked-out studio environment where the contestants were filmed. Additionally, Blackout masked the building’s exterior using black PUFC waterproof drapes, disguising masses of cables and creating more aesthetically attractive camera views.
They also supplied a host of gauze drapes to minimise reflections through the windows. The location-based “white” room, used by the fleet of medics, sleep scientists and psychologists was fabricated from white filled cloth, also designed and installed by Blackout.
Recognised for their can-do approach and creative insight, Blackout have also supplied a variety of drapes, Kabuki systems and LED starcloths to LWT, BBC, Carlton, Sky and Granada on shows as diverse as Top of The Pops and Casualty.
24th June 2004
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