latest news headlines
Model Performance for Franz Ferdinand and Specialz
Franz Ferdinand, headliners at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, produced a model performance with the help of eight synchronised dancing mannequins provided by Specialz*.
The ‘dancing girls’ were commissioned by the band as a special surprise to festival-goers. Hidden behind several backdrops the girls saved their star performance until later in the show and proved to be a real crowd pleaser. When revealed they were dressed in stunning red costumes and had VL5 Arc lights for heads. Specialz also provided the dramatic 10ft high ‘Franz’ sign.
The whole show was excellently lit by Cormac Jackson who commented: “A lot of the time you are tying to create a design that doesn’t exist, but my client had a very clear idea of what they wanted. Specialz were able to bring those very obscure ideas to life and now that’s why we have 10ft high female mannequins that move, have legs that kick, are dressed in bespoke costumes and have a moving light as a head. The wealth of experience and knowledge that Specialz bring to any project is always a bonus. That’s what you get - be it electrical, mechanical, electronic, stage design, stage lighting - and more importantly, common sense. Specialz do what it says on the tin.”
Photo: Robin Wain
2nd October 2006
HEADLINES
news archive
search stories
FOOTNOTE: Select the news type you require in the red band above; this will enable you to see the current news stories from that section
© 1999 - 2012 Entertainment Technology Press Limited News Stories
