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ETC Deals a Good Hand
The hit game show Deal or No Deal has proved to be very popular around the world and has now made its way onto South African television. Lighting plays an important part in setting the ambience for the show, and the production team used ETC equipment to create many of the signature effects.
Unlike the UK show, which features 22 contestants opening the sealed boxes, the South African production has 26 boxes opened by hostesses. Lighting designer Angus Clarke uses approximately 60 moving lights of various types plus 26 ETC Source Four 19º luminaires as profile spots for the hostesses on stage, as well as some Source Four 10º around the perimeter of the stage to create a ‘light curtain’ in conjunction with some haze machines.
“I am a big fan of ETC’s Source Fours,” continues Angus. “They have a good quality of light and their power-to-light output is excellent. Their efficiency, as far as lamp life goes, is also amazing. The whole Source Four range is amazing – I certainly would not swap mine.”
Clarke also uses ETC systems to handle the lighting control on Deal, including the compact SmartFade desk for supplemental control, such as triggering the spots on the suitcase models. “The ETC SmartFade control system is a winner. They are incredibly easy to teach and to learn, and so simple to operate,” explains Angus.
7th December 2007
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