Royal Albert Hall
Pottering About at the RAH - July
2003
Building on critically acclaimed projects for Placebo
and Simply Red, special projects and set wiring company
Specialz have just successfully completed their first job
for Clear Channel. The unusual brief was to install various
effects into the Harry Potter car, (a 1960's Ford Anglia),
which would then be used as a set piece for an event to
support the release of the latest Harry Potter book at the
Royal Albert Hall in London. The effects included: remote
controlled moving headlamps running at 250W, hazard warning
lights and a DMX smoke machine connected to the exhaust with
its own PAR36 key light. Because the car was suspended above
the stage, all equipment had to be self-contained and
controllable from the ground.
Solutions were found for all of the requirements and the
overall effect gave the powder blue 1968 Ford Anglia a sense
of life and personality, contributing to the 'ah factor'
much in evidence when the legion of fans turned up to attend
the show. Other work was also carried out to the stage
lighting, installing architectural tungsten softlighting to
highlight various elements of the Hogwarts set.
(Image courtesy
Glyn Larcom - Splash Studios)
