Equipment will be provided by PRG, including Martin's LC series semi-transparent LED screens which will be James' responsibility. He will also be helping with the lighting rig and roll on should he have any spare time!

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Steven Williams from CSP saw the photos from Paul Hogarth's birthday party and suggested to Unilever that they use the same system. A few design ideas were put forward but they've decided to go for the same layout of 5 columns of video wall, this time in a V shape plan on stage.

The Catalyst system will also be driving projection in the marquee, all geared towards the Hollywood theme. All video and lighting will be controlled using our Jands Vista S3.

James will be installing and operating the system, also creating some custom Hollywood graphics to work on the LED screen and projections. James will also be designing and operating the lighting.

Should be a great event!

Paul and Judith have enlisted Lightech Sound and Light to provide lighting and production management for the event, in a marquee at the family home near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. They wanted something extra special to add to the event, which already has theming from RSVP, catering from With a Twist and photography by Martyn Hicks. Between the clients and Jonathan at Lightech, they decided on 5x columns of LED screen across the stage, spaced in the same fashion as Girls Aloud have used on their arena shows. Jonathan then asked Basic Monkey to provide a technical design and proposal.

James specified Barco iLite 12 from XL Video to produce the effect, supplied in touring frames and with ground stacking hardware. These are driven by Catalyst, supplied by Basic Monkey.

The screens on the main party night were left black and unused until the main DJ started with a grand entrance of dancing girls and pyrotechnics at 11pm to add a surprise to the event. After which a variety content from our huge library along with unique video chases and sound to video were used to make the DJ performance stand out. Since Lightech have asked us to control the lighting aswell, we were able to link the light show and video together to create a real nightclub experience. The videos and chases were matched to the music with constant programming and adjustment throughout the evening. We placed an additional 2x panels under the DJ table to show further videos and sound waveforms generated by Catalyst.

Response from the guests has been incredible, we believe that this is one of the first applications of touring screens on an event of this scale (150 guests).

The screens were used again on Sunday for a BBQ, with more sedate images to begin with, leading once again into flashy vibrant video to bring the party up. We also used live video fed from our Sony Z7 camera to entertain the children.

Catalyst and the lighting were operated using our Jands Vista S3 by James and David.

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Andy Hurst is the lighting designer, who has passed his operating duties to Neil Carson of Enhance Production. HSL will be providing the lighting equiment: 16x James Thomas Pixelline 1044, 8x Martin Atomic strobes with XL Video providing 8x Martin LC panels. Video will be sourced from a MacBook pro provided by Andy running Archaos, cued by a WholeHog 3 triggered using SMTPE streamed from the band. The lighting will be controlled by Neil using a Chamsys MagiQ Pro from front of house.

The kit will be mounted into 4x dollys, each 2m wide and 2m high to accommodate a 2m square LC screen, with 4x Pixellines mounted horizontally above each other behind the screen, spaced with 2x Atmoics. Dollys were chosen for ease of transport and erection, since Pendulum will not be appearing at the top act at all the events and wont be blessed with an overnight rig on most, a fast stage turnaround is a must.

James will be looking after the maintenance of both the video and lighting aspects of the rig, also supervising the 'roll-on' to stage at the beginning of the act. This involves arranging the lift of all 4x dollys onto Litedeck to increase height and visibility of the screen, and then connecting the dolly looms to the control equipment and testing before show start.

The band will be appearing at:

• 53 Degrees, Preston, England
• Pinkpop Festival, Holland
• Isle of Wight Festival, England
• Planet Festival, Czech Republic
• Download Festival, England
• Sonisphere Festival, Holland
• Wolverhampton Civic, England
• Glastonbury Festival, England
• Rock Werchter, Belgium
• Heineken Opener Festival, Poland
• Oxegen Festival, Ireland
• T in the Park, Scotland
• Somerset House, London, England
• Pohoda Festival, Slovakia
• Gurtenfestival, Switzerland
• Global Gathering, England
• Ibiza Rocks Hotel, Spain
• Sziget Festival, Hungary
• Frequency Festival, Austria
• V Festival, Chelmsford, England
• V Festival, Stafford, England