GrandMA2 powers Miss South Africa
Published: MEA
SOUTH AFRICA: Set and lighting designer, Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier, used a GrandMA2 full-size, and an MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) as well as a grandMA2 onPC for back-up for the recent Miss South Africa production. Gavin Wratten from Sic Entertainment was the producer and director of the show which took place at Sun City’s Superbowl.
‘The show concept came about as Gavin talked me through his ideas,’ commented Mr Cutts. ‘He wanted to go back to a fashion show production. The main stage, with two wide staircases on either side, tapered into a long ramp which extended into the centre of the Superbowl. Miss South Africa is usually a banquet affair, but this year Gavin felt the audience should be seated around the ramp, without any distracting tables. Gavin has a great TV mind and understands what the viewers need to see and feel.’
The staircases were lined with LED strips and walls of the corridor between the stairs were lined with mirrors on the left and right. ‘We placed a video wall at the back of the corridor to have multiple images of girls and footage,’ said Mr Cutts. ‘It was very clean, very simple and classy.’
The set itself was built by Dream Sets with Eben Peltz as project manager. Berenice Baai served as the vision controller for the show which was broadcast on MNET and Mzanzi. MA Lighting is distributed in South Africa by DWR Distribution.