Robe for the 2024 Metro FM Awards
2024 was the second year that South African lighting designer Renaldo van den Berg has lit the prestigious Metro FM Awards, which is a leading celebration of African musical talent and creativity. Renaldo specified over 200 Robe moving lights to ensure that the high-energy-high-profile live broadcast on SABC was enjoyed by a massive TV audience as well as several thousand excited music fans catching the action in Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. Johannesburg- based MGG Productions supplied a full technical, structural and set solution and Renaldo collaborated closely with MGG’s technical stylist and project manager, Tamsyn Strydom, to imagine an epic production design for their client, the agency Dzinge Productions. When it came to lighting, Renaldo has always been a big fan of Robe products and like many in South Africa, he’s grown up with the brand which has had a strong presence thanks to the proactivity and hard work of distributor, DWR Distribution. “We needed bright fixtures to punch through the numerous LED screens, and feature-rich lights with multiple options to keep the energy pumping and ensure that all the segments looked different and distinctive,” he explained. While Robe moving lights were the main fixtures, the rig which also had some strobes, moles and other linear LED battens, adding up to a total of 40 DMX universes running via a grandMA full-size console. On site, the lighting team was co-ordinated by MGG crew chief Lefeti Kambile who did a fantastic job of ensuring that the build process was efficient and well organised.
Photo © Siphiwe Mhlambi
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