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Blinding Light shows Finesse for Nissan - 15/06/2008

Lighting design and rental company Blinding Light pulled out all the stops at short notice to supply lighting, AV and sound production for an event showcasing the high spec Nissan Finesse range. This was staged at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, at the UK's National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

The Reading based company was contacted by the German office of production company George P Johnson, after they received a call from Nissan.

Blinding Light's Paddy Stacy took an outline brief late on Wednesday afternoon which was to create a car showroom environment in the Hotel's Kings Suite for a series of presentations the following Monday and Tuesday.

He prepared the quote, designed and drew the lighting plot and kit list and sent these to George P Johnson for approval.

They loaded in at 2 a.m. on the Monday to be ready for the first show at 10 a.m.

Blinding Light supplied over 200 metres of trussing that was laid out on the floor, and then lifted and rigged into the roof using 20 chain blocks.

The 4 cars were lit with a combination of discharge and tungsten lightsources to reproduce a basic showroom ambience.

The various banners and branding around the showcase areas was lit with a selection of standard generic lightsources like ETC Source Four Zooms and Strand fresnels with half CTB colour correction to make everything blue.

The sharkstooth backdrop supplied by Nissan was illuminated and jazzed up with 14 Martin Professional MAC 700 moving lights and Studio Due CityColors.

"The get in and rigging went exceptionally smoothly" reports Stacey, adding that the Blinding Light crew worked closely with the German crew to get the show on and maximise their extremely tight time slot.

All lighting was controlled from an Avolites Pearl, loaded with a sequence of pre-programmed cues and babysat by a Blinding Light technician for the duration.

Blinding Light also organised and co-ordinated an AV company to come in and deal with sound, plasma screens, etc, providing just one point of contact for their clients at George P Johnson GmbH.