The red carpet moments at the MTV EMA Awards have grown into an occasion in their own right, demanding the kind of production values usually discovered once inside the show itself. This year’s event at Glasgow took the red carpet celebrations to yet another level.
Lighting specialists for the film, television and entertainment sectors, Panalux, chose to invest in the brand new MagicBlade-R fixtures from Ayrton especially for this event. Panalux gaffer for the MTV event was Mark Gardiner who said he was made aware of the MagicBlade-R when he was sent a web-link to a stunningly programmed video clip of them in action on the Ayrton web site. “The effects were fantastic, very original and really unique. I then saw them a few days later exhibited at PLASA London and wasn’t disappointed, so we placed an order.’
For lighting designer Stuart Pring, this was his first encounter with the MagicBlade-R fixtures. He opted to use 36 units, increasing the original order of 25 units from Ayrton’s new UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions.
Once rigged at the Glasgow venue, it was up to Pring to put them through their paces. “I was really excited about using the MagicBlade units for the first time. I had been so impressed with them at PLASA; to my mind they were the most exciting product at the entire show. When it came to using them at an actual event, they surpassed my most optimistic expectations. They are bright and versatile; the continuous rotation facility means the pan and tilt have no limits; the effects they produce are truly original and dynamic; for me they represent the next step in LED development.
