Lighting A choir for Live TV brodcast

[Andries]

Hi I am ligthing a chior 100 + foi Live TV brodcast and using

 

8 Mac 600

8 Mac 300

8 Mac 250

 

!2 LED PAR Cans

18 PAR 64

18 I colours

8 2Kw Fresnels

8 Theater spots

10 Sours 4

 

16 LED Fluds

 

Wat EFX do you think I must go for ?

[David Lee]

Normal Choir lighting is very simple. As it is for TV your priorty is to get enough light evenly on the choir for the cameras. Not blinding them so they can see the choir master (conductor). If it is more upbeat gospel then think about effects like gobos on walls and simple backlight.

 

If you are the LD on the show then you it is your job to be supplying the design part and come up with suggestions for the show based on the content. If you are just the supplier , my experience of TV (in the UK) is that the production company will supply a designer/ lighting camera man who will call the shots.

 

So, a bit more detail will help to narrow down what would suit the show.

 

hth

[paulears]

One thing to check is sound! The movers on your list are not the quietest in the world! Where will they be located? If the audio people can hear the fans, they could be a problem.

 

Didn't the TV people give you a brief? They usually do - what it looks like is part of the director's vision - so maybe he doesn't want movement or moving swooshes - maybe he wants lots of colour and breakups - it's best to check.

[LXbydesign]

well as a quick oversight , id use the 2k F's to give a bright even wash light on the choir,

 

use a couple of S4's to pick up the choir leader and any other specials that u might need,

 

the PARS as a nice backlight, but use fairly light colour

 

and then use the LEDS for dressing the walls or highlighting scenic elements

 

and the MACs for gobo wash and more saturated colour fill.

 

 

But as said, with out knowing the brief, its a bit hard to guess!!

[son of lx dad]

use a couple of S4's to pick up the choir leader and any other specials that u might need,

 

 

In my opinion it would not be wise to do this.

You are shooting for camera. What you should be aiming to achieve is a balanced picture, making the conductor brighter may well be fine for live but constant racking will not make you a liked chap in the truck. Keep the light on all people at a constant level. Make sure you have a TV Gel kit available and take it in preference to some wobbly crap if you have to choose. Does the place you are shooting have windows? Are they in shot? what time of day are you shooting, ie where is the sun?

 

And to answer your original question -

 

Non

[Joe Bleasdale]

I would replace your movers, something quieter (Alphas are very popular in TV for this reason) and make sure they have electronic ballasts in them as in most Mac fixtures they are optional. I am surprised you have been asked to light this if you have no experience in TV...

 

Thanks,

[dbuckley]

Also... if the choir are reading music they need to be able to see it!

[Andries]

The movers is 25 m up on trus so sound will not be a problim

 

The brief was do wat u want ?!? (Beems ans slow movment)

[Andries]

I would replace your movers, something quieter (Alphas are very popular in TV for this reason) and make sure they have electronic ballasts in them as in most Mac fixtures they are optional. I am surprised you have been asked to light this if you have no experience in TV...

 

Thanks,

 

 

I have experience in TV but not in black choirs

[son of lx dad]

25m is a very very long way up for most shows and especially for a recording. Most of your generics will be pretty useless from that height and a Mac300 not much better. I would start by trying to find a way to get your lights a bit lower.