Aktuelle News & Schlagzeilen

Entec celebrates 45 Years of Prog Rock ’n’ Roll with Brian Pern at Wembley

West London based Entec Sound & Light supplied lighting, sound equipment, and crew for a Wembley Arena gig shot by the BBC for the third series of ‘Brian Pern: A Life In Rock’. It’s the second time that Entec has supplied kit to the venue for a Brian Pern gig shoot. Lighting designer Simon Tutchener was asked back to create the lighting scheme. Audio comprised primarily of a playback system for director Rhys Thomas - as it was recorded in an empty room - which was co-ordinated by Entec’s James ‘Kedge’ Kerridge.

For ‘financial reasons’ the rig was ground supported on the standard Wembley stage, and comprised a 40 x 30 ft ground support, on four legs with a 32 ft cyc upstage. This was loaded with 20 x Martin MAC 700 moving spot and wash lights and a bunch of 2K fresnels used for front and rear key lighting, which were also helpful for fill light, with a few floor PARs for additional effects lighting. All of this was programmed and controlled from a GrandMA1 console.

Tutchener worked with the production’s DOP John Record on crafting the look and feel of the lighting that the production wanted to replicate, together with the moving light cues required for the one day shoot. The band played two different musical numbers that will feature as a gig scene within an episode of the new series.

Whilst the Entec crew were setting up for the gig onstage, the film crew were recording other scenes backstage and in the dressing rooms. Everything was completed in a day. For sound, a standard playback rig comprised D&B J8 speakers and J-Subs for the director and camera crew, together with a fold-back system for the actors comprising 7 x D&B M4 wedges.

A Midas Verona sound console was installed and operated by Kerridge, running left and right playback channels and one live vocal mic. The instruments were also all mic’d up just as they would be at an authentic gig.

(Photos: BBC)

www.entec-soundandlight.com

© 1999 - 2024 Entertainment Technology Press Limited News Stories