Kinesys
at The Brits
Stage
Product Stories Published: 6 April 2007
A Kinesys automation system was used for the fourth year running
on this year’s Brit Awards – to raise and lower
a large video screen on stage left to allow access for between-band
backline and set changeovers .
The high profile event was staged at Earls Court
in London and broadcast live on ITV 1. The screen – measuring
12 metres wide by 7 high, made up from Lighthouse R16 LED panels,
weighing approximately 6 tonnes and supplied by XL Video –
was rigged on 8 Kinesys-adapted 1 tonne CM Lodestar motors.
All rigging was undertaken by Outback, with the
overall operation co-ordinated by head rigger Dave Morrell,
working closely with production manager Mick Kluczynski and
his team from MJK Productions. The Kinesys system – run
by their proprietary Vector software – was operated by
Mylan Lester.
Kinesys’ Dave Weatherhead says, “It’s
a great show and good to be back working with Dave Morrell and
Outback again, especially this year with the extra excitement
of it being live - and vital that everything ran like clockwork!”