Creative lighting, video and visual design specialist Painting with Light brought their
imagination and flair to six special live recordings of popular Belgian comedy /
impressionist TV show “Tegen de Sterren Op’, designing the set, lighting and visuals
for producers Studio 100 and DEDS IT. To be broadcast on VTM, the action took
place over three days at the 6000 capacity Lotto Arena in Antwerp.
The Painting with Light team was led by Luc Peumans, who has also designed set
and lighting for the most recent series of Tegen de Sterren Op studio based shows.
Wanting to replicate key visual elements from the TV show, but enlarged to capture
the scale of the arena sized production, the design featured a striking LED screen
portal / pros arch measuring 8 metres high by 16 metres wide.
Upstage was a 9 metre high by 18 metre wide LED screen made up of two sections
which tracked apart, and two band risers stage left and right were also clad on two
sides with the same 10 mm LED screen product, all supplied by Pixel Screen.
A “virtual’ curtain replicated the lush red velvet drape familiar to viewers of the
studio produced show … and this opened and closed just like a material one would
have done.
The screens were fed with content created especially for the show by Painting with
Light’s Michael Al Far. Each scene either had completely new visuals or new re-
edited material from the TV production.
The Coolux Pandora’s Box media servers storing all the content were supplied by
Painting with Light, programmed and run for the shows by Katleen Selleslagh.
Two side screens were also fed with content from the Pandora’s Box, including sub-
titles, logos, graphics and song lyrics for the karaoke moments.
The lighting scheme was created by Luc and programmed and operated by Niels
Huybrechts using a grandMA2 full size console, via a combination of manual and
MIDI triggered cues.
The equipment, supplied by PRG featured a mix of 48 x Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20
LED wash lights, 19 x Vari*Lite V*L3500Qs used for key lighting, together with 34 x
V*L3000 Spots which provided the main effects, the basic rear lighting and assorted
gobo looks.
There were also 24 x Robe LEDWash 800s and 20 x 4-Lite Moles on the rig, all of
these were spread out on three over-stage trusses and on boom arms in the 1
metre space between the two LED surfaces, giving additional side lighting positions.
To add some visual enhancement when the screen opened, low hangers were rigged
upstage of it containing K20 B-EYEs on drop arms which were particularly effective
for entrances and exits.
