During August 2017, religious group the Assemblies of God, summoned youth from across the US to its National Youth Convention and Fine Arts Festival in Anaheim, California, lit by Elation Professional Lighting fixtures.
Illuminate Production Services provided a large Elation lighting and video rig for the 5-day gathering, with IPS’s Caleb Franke tasked with handling lighting design duties. ISP, headed by Caleb’s father Rick Franke, worked on the project with Jerry Dahlberg of DC Productions and used a wide variety of Elation gear on the event.
“I like to keep the shows interesting programming wise. I’ll go from beam looks to very wide gobo looks with prism effects. I also like to use a lot of saturation with color in my designs, which fills in the stage well,” said 18-year-old ISP Lighting Director and Programmer, Caleb Franke.
16 DW Fresnel fixtures were used to light the stage. “We’re using the DW Fresnel for the first time and really loving it. On this show an even stage wash was really important for the IMAG element and we’re really happy with them. The video crew we are working with is used to working with really high-end Fresnel fixtures. Let’s just say they had their doubts when they first saw the DW Fresnels but were blown away and very impressed by them. The zoom range is really nice and it has great optics,” Rick explained.
Elation’s new Artiste DaVinci theatrical-grade LED moving head spot was also included. “Those are definitely one of the highlights of this rig. The optics are amazing, it’s really bright, has a great zoom, good gobos, and is fast. I’m learning more and more about the Artiste DaVinci and what you can do with those. The Fuze Wash Z350 has a nice zoom and excellent colours and you can get both a really nice warm white and cold white out of them. We have some SixBars in the rig as well, which are great. The UV/Amber/White in them is always awesome,” Caleb enthused.
A large backdrop LED video screen formed the stage’s dominant visual element; along with several portrait-LED screens stage right and left. Additional LED screens in varying sizes lined the downstage truss. The backdrop LED video screen was made up of Elation 6.7mm pixel pitch EPT6IP high-resolution LED display panels. Measuring approximately 50 feet wide by 12 feet high, the upstage wall was used to create static looks during the message. The portrait screens, as well as the ancillary downstage screens of varying sizes, were made up of Elation 20mm EVLED LED video panels and used for live IMAG, graphics, messaging and eye candy.
The rig included Elation Platinum Profile 35 Pro moving heads used as front wash, high-powered Protron 3K LED strobes, Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving head beam lights, and Rayzor Q12 Zoom LED wash lights. Rick concluded: “The rig was great. We’ve learned that when you have the right crew and the right gear together we can create some really great shows. More than as a proud dad, I see him as a professional who is really standing out well in the industry.”