Elation lights SMC conference in Oklahoma
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Relevant Audio + Visual has collaborated with SMC the past eight years to create an inspiring audiovisual experience for attendees and this year tapped into their inventory of Elation Professional luminaires to help create the uplifting atmosphere.
The 2020 conference took place 2-5 January at the Cox Convention Centre in downtown Oklahoma City. Relevant Audio + Visual’s challenge was to create an engaging, impactful environment to motivate and encourage attendees to spread the word about Student Mobilization’s Global Impact/Mission and summer discipleship training opportunities.
The Wichita-based AV production house designed a complete 3D visualization to fit SMC’s mission and budget, then provided, programmed and operated all audio, visual, and lighting equipment at the SMC Conference. Lighting design was by Brandon Deibler, Director of Design and Operations at Relevant Audio + Visual.
Relevant Audio + Visual has been investing in Elation gear for the last five years and in that time has acquired an impressive inventory of fixtures that includes Elation’s multi-award-winning Artiste Monet moving heads. “From the initial design standpoint, we knew we wanted to place a very strong fixture at the furthest upstage edge of the stage and utilize it for specific moments of worship,” commented Chris Derstein, CEO and operations director at Relevant Audio + Visual.
“The Artiste Monet ended up being a great fixture for the job. It allowed us to create some very stunning looks with large gobo breakup effects and was a key fixture in the design.”
Derstein and his team ended up utilising 16 Platinum Beam 5R Extremes, 12 Fuze Z350 single source Par moving heads and 24 ACL 360 Bar moving bar effects spread across four trusses raked low to high moving downstage. “The Platinum Beams gave us the punch we were looking for and the Fuze Z350s gave us a strong back/down fill light for the stage. The ACL Bar we have found is a great eye-candy look that gives great punch and also gave us the ability to add nice moving texture to the design,” Derstein said, adding that the raked truss grid allowed them to create a large amount of depth in the lighting design.
In order to widen the look, two ladder trusses were flown on each side of the stage, each incorporating eight Fuze Z120 and four Platinum Spot 5R Pro™ moving head fixtures. Derstein says, “We opted to add 6 Rayzor Q12 fixtures under each side video wall, allowing us to have side light for the stage as well as widening the overall design so that the video screens became a part of the design.” Also in the rig were 12 of Elation’s multi-functional Paladin strobe/wash/blinder LED effect lights.
