Al Gurdon's Lighting For Madonna MDNA

Lighting designer Al Gurdon had designed the lighting for several awards shows and events at which Madonna appeared prior to taking on design of the MDNA tour. This year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, however, was the first time he designed exclusively for The Material Girl. "The offer to light the tour came from that," Gurdon says.Gurdon's lighting design for MDNA necessarily develops around very specific needs of the show, especially taking into consideration the extensive choreography, the overall stage (designed by Mark Fisher and built by Tait Technologies), and the show evolution. "However, because the lead in time for this show was a lot shorter than normal, it was necessary for me to second guess a lot of this, as the show was still being developed long after the lighting design needed to be finalized," Gurdon says.
The performer herself, however, is always his starting point. "Everything is evaluated in relation to the requirement to 'look after' the star," the designer says. "Beyond that, her shows are very theatrical, everything being there for a reason, and everything telling a story through costume, choreography, staging, and video material. The lighting treatment needs to be sympathetic to all of these aspects of the show, but underpinning everything is the music.This process is called as photovoltaic effect. This can be a totally atmosphere friendly and totally free of expense idea. But Best Custom Motion Sensor Lights are extremely pricey and it has to be hard to pay for it by everybody. May be your spending budget must not be so considerably that you can purchase this laptop charger. The lighting needs to reflect and underpin the dynamic energy of the music, and sometimes that will trump any other consideration."
Gurdon notes that the production progresses from what he calls "gore-spattered Tarantino movie, through Broadway burlesque, torch-song cabaret, to euphoric anthem," all of which require necessarily distinct lighting. "Our aim was to create an exciting spectacle while always maintaining precision, drama, and glamour," he adds.Gurdon's rig includes 156 Clay Paky Sharpy units--"for their unparalleled efficiency ratio of size to intensity"--arranged in clusters to be used individually or grouped. Ninety-two PRG Best Boy 4000 Spot Luminaires were chosen "for their flat field, dynamic zoom range,Today Lot of Demand of Solar lighting components such as Solar Street Light, LED Light, Home light, Water heater, Lantern, China Lighting Africa Offers, Solar fence and many other solar products is increasing all over the world. Our sun lighting manufacture and largest solar components supplier systems are hugely recognized all around.With solar lamp post lights, you can place them just about anywhere you desire keeping in mind that China Solar Chargers Offers are charged from the sun. Some better quality outdoor solar lights will charge even on cloudy days.Another good choice of outdoor solar lights and that creates a great eye-catching curb appeal would be solar gate lights. flexibility, and fast and precise shuttering system." These are used with 20 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Spots primarily for keylighting. Twenty-eight Robe Robin 1200 LEDWash lights are used in the audience and in limited positions on the stage. "I chose them for their brightness and zoom range," says Gurdon, adding that he felt there were limited opportunities to make use of LED lighting in this particular design. "I like the lighting rig to be functional and non-invasive. Some LED units seem to be a bit too visible as modern lighting fixtures, which isn't always the right look.