Jamtastic3 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Just a quick question...Does anyone know what lighting they use behind the big 'diamond' shaped ice set on 'Dancing On Ice'? There is a nice effect of random strobing and flicker effects that I've never really seen produced before, for each dance and when the judges are on. p.s. I do think though there is too much lighting involved in that show - especially with the mac 500's(?) around the ice rink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allsounds Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 after just watching Dancing on Ice for the first time I was just about to post the same thing. I am going to have to disagree with you on the strobing / flickering effect - I found it really distracting when they were talking to the judges, it looked like a flourescent tube when the starter is playing up and it starts to flicker. Once I had noticed this thats all I ended up looking at the flickering light (maybe im just sad, ** laughs out loud **) Apart from that it looked pretty good. my 2p worth Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Does anyone know what lighting they use behind the big 'diamond' shaped ice set on 'Dancing On Ice'?I was actually going to ask if anyone has an idea what they use to project onto the ice?There are some pretty cool (not to mention large sized) colourful images. My guess would be some powerful projectors, rather than effects luminaires, as the images tend not to be static, but very mobile. Anyone? TD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeggie Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 looks to be led screens under the ice - there's no visible shadow cut into it when they skate over it. just an idea? andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickwoolley Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Yep I thought the same about the screens under the ice. I've never seen any shadows. Also - are the 500s only on the opposite side that the cameras are on, it might just be me, but I am sure I have never seen angles from the other side? If not - that's a lot of 500s not doing a great deal. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody74 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I had to just watch the clips on the website, since I'm far away, but it looks like hi-res glass patterns, shot from straight overhead (thus eliminating shadows (although how can one tell with those followspots washing out the ice)). The LED under the ice is a cool idea (no pun intended), but I didn't see any joints/seams between screens if they were there. And since it's television, the cameras could be "opened up" so that the lighting doesn't have to be all that bright, so the projections could just be normal moving lights and not high-powered. What's the conversion rate for my two cents? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I had to just watch the clips on the website, since I'm far away, but it looks like hi-res glass patterns, shot from straight overhead (thus eliminating shadows (although how can one tell with those followspots washing out the ice)). The LED under the ice is a cool idea (no pun intended), but I didn't see any joints/seams between screens if they were there. And since it's television, the cameras could be "opened up" so that the lighting doesn't have to be all that bright, so the projections could just be normal moving lights and not high-powered. What's the conversion rate for my two cents? ;)I don't reckon they're from standard movers - the images are too big, too clear and balanced and colours too saturated.The LED under the ice also seems unlikely as again the images seemed too crisp.I'm still thinking high-powered projections.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Could well be a few DL2s or DL1s with Catalyst/hippotiser/what-have-you.They are fairly bright so long as they aren't directly competing with anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac500 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 On the diamonds I think its Pixelpars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwright15 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Currently touring with a ice show, I can quite clearly rule out the use of led under the ice, it really wouldnt be possible due to the pipe system required to keep the ice chilled. and although LEDs only give out minimal heat, trust me, even an alteration of 0.5 of a Centigrade will affect the ice and how the skaters preform on it. crazy I know, but the skaters I work with are a number of world champions, guess they know what they like with ice. straight down DL1s or 2s is the most likly answer. although thats a large budget for quite a few of them units.... maybe there is another possibility. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Evans Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Could well be a few DL2s or DL1s with Catalyst/hippotiser/what-have-you.They are fairly bright so long as they aren't directly competing with anything else.I don't think DL-2s could be used in a TV studio, they are not very bright at all. When used properly they are a lovely light, but that involves making the environment very dim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamtastic3 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 it looked like a flourescent tube when the starter is playing up and it starts to flicker. Once I had noticed this thats all I ended up looking at the flickering light Ha when you put into that context then yeah I'll agree with you - that's all I looked at when the judges were on!(once again) Nice random flickering, flashy, washy effects through the set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxdad Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 To me it looked like a load of Thomas Pixelines with a DMX fault (poorly terminated?). Not a good look at all. LXD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomJ Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Adding to this query - does anyone know what they use in the corners (bit like some sort of powerful moonstar effect) at first I thought it was one of the numorus Mac 500's but the beam angle seems to wide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamtastic3 Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 mmm well when I first seen them I instantly thought a moonflower type space cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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