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SCHOOL ROCKS… WITH ROBE ROBOSPOTS

By Louise Stickland Jan 24, 2023 5:18am
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Sydney Catholic Schools presented four special performances of “School of Rock -
The Musical” in an arena spectacular based on the original Broadway show and
staged at the 16,000-capacity Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Lighting designer Mark Hammer created a stunning lighting design and found an
ingenious Robe RoboSpot solution for his extensive follow spotting needs. Mark
worked under the direction of Great Big Events, who produced the show on behalf
of Sydney Catholic Schools.







The stage was designed with a 270-degree viewing angle, complete with a full
choir at the back for some sections of the show, and a prominent ‘B’ stage in
the middle of the arena floor for ‘rock out’ moments, so Mark needed multiple
follow spots.















He thought it was a perfect time and scenario to specify four Robe RoboSpot
systems to run 12 x BMFL FollowSpot moving lights.



The 12 x BMFL FollowSpots were paired with four RoboSpot BaseStations each
running three fixtures, all supplied by Sydney based lighting vendors, Chameleon
Touring Systems, and Mark was delighted with the results.







He often uses Robe products on his shows, but this was the first time he had
spec’d the remote follow system, although he admits to being impressed with it
since one of the early Australian demo sessions presented by distributor Jands
back in 2018.

“Follow spotting was vital to this show and with a 19 / 20 meter trim height I
needed really bright units – and lots of them – so this was a ‘must-have’ on the
lighting plot,” he explained.

Using RoboSpots was not only “significantly easier” for Mark operationally than
calling 12 individual manually operated follow spots, but it was also hugely
quicker and more practical for the Chameleon crew to rig the 12 x BMFL fixtures
and set up the four base stations which were backstage to the rear of one of the
arena’s vomitory entrances.

The BMFLs were all front spots, positioned on the ends and at the center of the
advanced truss which was above the audience just in front of the downstage edge
of the main stage.



This allowed Mark to track the principals from multiple angles wherever they
were as they moved around the stage and out in the arena to the B-stage. Having
three spots on each person eliminated facial shadows and brought a palpable
depth and precision to the lighting that made the actor’s pop out beautifully
from all the background action, glowing and resonating in the high quality BMFL
light output.

Mark retained overall intensity and color control from the main lighting console
with the RoboSpot operators taking care of the pan, tilt, zoom and iris
parameters from their BaseStations.

While the operators were all initially unfamiliar with using the RoboSpot
system, they were all experienced analogue follow spot operators who picked up
the RoboSpotting quickly and easily.

“RoboSpot met my expectations and in fact went way beyond,” noted Mark with a
large grin, “Many creative things are unlocked by using this system that simply
aren’t possible when dealing with one flat beam of light.”

He appreciated multiple other advantages like the BMFLs’ good range of CT
whites, which were mostly running at the warm end of the spectrum, and also the
smooth movement.

The main challenge with lighting the show – which follows the fortunes of
wannabe rock star Dewey Finn posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious
prep school … and transforming a class of straight-A students into a badass rock
band – was the tight timeframe for getting the show lit and programmed.

The fact that setting up and running 12 follow spots was made so straightforward
by utilizing the RoboSpot system greatly assisted in this, leaving Mark with
more time to concentrate on being creative, getting cues into the desk and other
more time-consuming elements of a very pressurized tech period.

“It’s hassle-free to cue the system and I’ll definitely be using it again!” he
concluded, adding a big THANK YOU to the “amazing” Chameleon crew, who were
chiefed by Anthony Carlon.

Photos: Courtesy Great Big Events





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