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Clay Paky at the Casino Theatre in Sanremo
During the recent 2006 edition of the Sanremo Song Festival, RAI broadcasted some special episodes of Domenica IN and Affari Tuoi from the Casino Theatre in Sanremo.
For the event, a high quality scenic and technical lighting set-up was used, aimed at recalling the iconography of the renowned Sanremo event, and at the same time in order to show the two RAI programmes with a different stage appeal than is usual.
Photography director Fausto Carboni opted for a Clay Paky lighting system, which included eight Alpha Spot HPE 1200s, 12 Alpha Spot HPE 575s, 12 Alpha Wash Halos, four Stage Profile Plus SVs and 30 CP Color MHs.
“I had to realize a lighting effect that could be adapted to both programmes, which both required completely different lighting setups,” explains Fausto Carboni. “The choice of the motorised projectors and the layout was carefully studied before installation, because we were aware that, once installed, they would not be touched again for the whole week, which did not apply to the scenography that changed each time.”
Carboni has been using Clay Paky luminaires for many years now, and he explains why he made the choice: “I just had to use the new HPE 1200, both for the extraordinary lighting, and for the wide range of graphic effects that it provides. In particular, some gobos on this projector were wonderfully suited to the scenography of ‘Domenica In’, that recalled the floral element which is so typical of the city of Sanremo.”
The Alpha Spot HPE 1200s were in fact used to large extent for the graphics of the walls on the stage and the large gallery area, whilst the Alpha Spot HPE 575s were used for ground graphics. The Alpha Wash Halo had an important role in ‘Affari Tuoi’, Carboni explained. “Unlike for ‘Domenica In’, I needed a halogen light to highlight the scenic elements, for example the many coloured tubs of flowers that encircled the stage. The Alpha Wash Halo not only was able to enhance the colours of the scenery, but it was also used on many occasions on the players instead of classical white lights. The use of the colour of the wash, and the spotlight effects, on the other hand were important during breaks and during certain situations in the programme.”
The lighting system was completed with 30 CP Color 400 MHs to colour the backdrops, and with some Stage Profile Plus SV profile spotlights that Carboni has been using continually for four years in all his productions. He considers it in fact a product “with unique characteristics, capable of producing extremely interesting and useful effects”. At the Casino Theatre they were mainly used to achieve effects on the proscenium and the stage in general.
The lighting setup was finalised with the significant collaboration of control operator Enrico Cairoli – working on both productions – and very well known in the field for his great passion.
In addition to these programmes broadcast by RAI from the Casino Theatre during the Sanremo Festival, Clay Paky is also used in a series of other RAI productions. To mention just a few: L’Eredità, La Domenica Sportiva, Quelli che il Calcio, L’Italia sul due, Amadeus, Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro.
2nd June 2006
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