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Over 200 Robe moving lights on Indochine’s tour rig

Lighting designer Thomas Dechandon of the 4eleven collective created a show for French pop-rock band Indochine’s recent tour, including over 200 Robe moving lights on the rig - with MegaPointes, Spiiders, LEDBeam 150s - plus a 6-way RoboSpot remote follow spotting system that was run by three operators.

These were part of a kit list supplied by French rental specialist Dushow, and it was the greatest number of RoboSpots to date on a French tour. Each RoboSpot operator positioned behind the stage controlled two BMFL WashBeam moving lights running in conjunction with two RoboSpot MotionCameras. The compact moving head cameras were rigged in front of the BMFLs on a ‘magic arm’.

Three BMFL WashBeams being used as follow spots were positioned on the front truss and the other three on the central ring of a large circular video ceiling installed over the audience. The RoboSpots were instrumental in the scenography of the show. The 34 metre diameter video structure flown above the audience made it impossible to set up traditional follow spot positions at the back of the arenas.

Dushow’s team which had just purchased six RoboSpot BaseStations and MotionCameras, suggested this solution. Kevin Migeon from Robe France arranged RoboSpot demonstrations and tests for Thomas Dechandon to ensure that everything he wanted to do was viable. Throughout the tour he also communicated the operators’ feedback to Robe’s R & D team in the Czech Republic, who are constantly monitoring and developing the system software in response to the user requests.

The lighting design took Nicola Sirkis’ set - complete with wide stage, long runway into the audience and circular central projection screen flanked by four asymmetric curved screen segments - as a starting point. 48 x MegaPointes were positioned around the screens, 24 around the upstage surface and 24 on the audience circle. One hundred and twenty LEDBeam150s were positioned in and around the MegaPointes to bring extra volume to the stage.

The 40 x Spiiders were positioned in three places. Eleven upstage in the background reinforced the depth of the set, five were on the rear truss to light the stage and band. The remaining 24 were all rigged on the circular audience ceiling. Also on the circular ceiling were 12 x BMFL Blades to complete the Robe count.

Thomas Dechandon and his assistant Jean Christophe Aubrée controlled the show via two GrandMA 2 lights. Joining them on the lighting team were crew chief Patrice Giono and technicians Christophe Fosse, Florian Colin, Stéphane Duclocher and Cyrano Mougin - the latter three were also RoboSpot operators.

(Photos: Jonathan Grimaux)

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