Quite literally MGG Productions have done it again! Thanks to the success of a sci-fi concept they came up for a corporate conference held last year, MGG were asked by their client Eventworx to recreate the entire look for the same event hosted earlier this year.
MGG’s newly appointed General Manager, Denzil Smith, who joined the company in December, took the production to a new level. With a team of professionals at his side including Lighting Designer from MGG, Kevin Rieck, and the assistance of the impeccable system technician, Thomas Peters, the event was technically flawless.
This was no mean feat as the event, which ran off a grandMA2 full size, included close to 150 Robe fixtures, 48 ClayPaky Sharpies (24 more Sharpies than last year) and some 400m of Prolyte Trussing besides a list of other fixtures.
“It ran so well,” said a clearly pleased Denzil Smith. He has a tranquil nature and stressing is just not part of his make-up. He sticks to a formula of keeping cables and set up neat at all times, and always having a back-up plan, which he usually doesn’t have to use anyway.
Commented Kevin Rieck, “It was the same event, but it was bigger, we had a lot more trussing, and I added about 100 more lighting fixtures. This year we were also more prepared, I worked Time Code properly and it was nice to set up, press play and actually see the show run.”
The show had a tight three day load -in, and that was probably the only challenge.
MGG supplied the full technical for the main conference in the Pavillion Room and for the Ballroom, which was transformed to an eating area. For every meal, the room was transformed to look like a different venue and themes included sports, a township environment with dancers, a beach and outside look and even a home improvement vibe.
MGG also supplied the full technical for two gala dinner evenings, which included an Awards night followed the next day by an entertainment type show.
“I love all the toys,” said Smith. “I like putting jobs together when you can use a lot of technical. It’s the technical challenge I enjoy, and I enjoy trying and doing something new every time.”
Conference Equipment
- Audio was in the round using JBL Vertec mixed with a Soundcraft Supervista Consol.
- Video included 6 x Christie 20K Projecters and 8 x Christie 14K Projectors controlled by Watchout 5:0 and a X20 Spider switcher.
Lighting
4 8 x ClayPaky Sharpies
38 x Robe Robin 600 LED Wash
12 x Robe 1200 LEDWash
48 x Robin 100LEDBeams
40 x Robe CitySkape 48s
26 x Robe 700 Wash
8 x Robe 700 Beam
32 x RObe LedForce 18s
8 x ADB 2Ks Fresnels
10 x Philips Selecon SPX Profiles
Control
grandMA2 full size
grandMA2 on PC
grandMA NPU
grandMA NSP
grandMA VPU Plus
Avolites 48 Rack
Gala / Dinner evenings
12 x Robe Pointes
14 x Robe 1200s
12 x Mac 700s
12 x Mac 600s
24 x 2K Fresnels
22 x Martin LC Panels
1 x grandMA2 Light
1 x grandMA2 on PC
1 x grandMA2 VPU
2 x Avolites Power Qube
4 x Christie Roadster 10k projectors with Screenpro 2
Audio: JBL VRX mixed on a Yamaha CL5.