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Product Stories Published: 27 May
2005 The eventful and high profile evening is now in its 10th year. It was broadcast live on ITV, was produced by Indigo Television and featured a fabulous, elegant set designed by Bill Lazlett and lighting design by Mike “Sooty” Sutcliffe. It was presented by Sir Trevor McDonald and the production manager was Ruth Tester-Brown. As well as it being the 10th event to celebrate the very best of the UK’s TV talent, it was also the 10th time that Entec has lit the Awards. Entec’s Adam Stevenson working on his 10th NTA co-ordinated and project managed the event for them. Entec supplied Simon Tutchener as crew Chief and a team of 12, split into two shifts of 6, and boosted by 6 additional crew for the overnight shift. To meet the tight scheduling, they worked non-stop from the get in at 2 a.m. on Monday before the Tuesday night show; through to the end of the load out at 4 a.m., Wednesday morning after the show. The majority of lighting fixtures were flown off two high trimmed trusses – at 50 ft above the stage. The rear one was also over 100 ft wide and curved to match the lines of the set. It was constructed from MaxiBeam., and also used for anchoring various set elements in position, while the other lighting truss was 9 metre diameter circle rigged over-stage. All trussing and rigging was supplied by Outback. Additional lighting fixtures were dotted discreetly on the stage floor, ensconced into the set, or positioned in the house galleries. Stairway
To The Stars A further thin strip of 12 Pixellines ‘underlined’ the set wall from the edge of stage right to the start of the staircase on stage left. Lighting
All of this was programmed, operated and controlled by Svend Pedersen using a WholeHog II and PixelDrive for running the Pixellines. Pedersen has worked with Sutcliffe and Entec on many past National TV Awards shows. Sutcliffe had control over some of the house conventional fixtures via a Jands Event 416, allowing him to tweak levels to match the stage lighting and camera requirements, and the famous RAH ‘mushroom’ sound baffles up in the ceiling were lit with the house Stage Zooms. Entec also supplied three Pani follow spots, one on the rear truss and two in FOH boxes, and utilised three house Robert Juliat followspots in the gallery. The show also made use of Entec’s own distro racks and Avolites Art 2000 dimmers. Crew Chief Simon Tutchener explains that he, his team and Entec’s warehouse staff all worked exhaustively to ensure the prep was as thorough and meticulous as possible, so when they actually came into the venue, everything ran like clockwork. “It was the only way to achieve an ambitious project like this in the given timescale” he says, “That, and the continuous rigging shifts”. He adds “I’ve found it a real joy to work with Entec and their crew - it’s a really pleasant, friendly and efficient environment”. Highlights of the evening included Ant & Dec winning the Most Popular Entertainment Show category for the third year running, and also picking up the gong for the Most Popular Entertainment Presenter; 11 year old Sam Aston winning the Most Popular Newcomer category, and a streaker dashing onstage as Sharon and Ozzy Ozborne were about to present the award for Most Popular Entertainment Presenter!
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