Professional Lighting & Production - Spring 2020 | Page 20

of each section of double truss below the eight Axioms, to
provide a curtain of soft light,” Herkimer explains, “which
provided a full-bodied palette for the Axioms to punch
through. Also, once we had the risers and ramps in place,
the JDC1s being hung low provided a great opportunity to
punch them up through all the grated blow-through decking
to create a gobo-like effect.”
GEAR
AT A GLANCE
Trivium’s 2019 Festival Package,
supplied by TDA GmbH
32 x
10 x
16 x
12 x
4 x
2 x
Martin MAC Axiom Hybrids
TMB ProCan 4-Lite Blinders
GLP JDC1 Hybrid Strobes
Martin MAC Quantum Washes
Martin MAC Aura XB Washes
MDG ATMe High-Output Haze
Generators
2 x MA Lighting grandMA2 Consoles
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The idea behind the design, he continues, was to create
an environment where the band’s lighting director and oper-
ator, Boris Zunderwork, wouldn’t need to turn lights off and
on all the time to create excitement. “The variety of looks
that a hybrid fixture such as the Axiom is capable of creating
provides many places for an LD to go, and the large quantity
of them we had played into this as well. Zoom effects, gobo
changes, colour chases, and even focus changes are all very
effective in creating drama with large quantities of fixtures
placed together so tightly like this.”
Generally speaking, the mix of hybrid fixtures, particularly
when deployed in a relatively lean, ground-stacked configu-
ration, provided Zunderwork with a slew of options for tight
beams, lush wash fields, and via the dual-purpose JDC1s, a
combination of strobe and wash effects.
As for the lighting console of choice, the grandMA2,
Herkimer calls that one an easy choice. “No matter what I’m
working on, when it comes to choosing a control surface, it’s
a no-brainer. The flexibility and capability of the [grandMA
series] is unparalleled, in my opinion. Luckily, Boris felt the
same, so I was able to deliver him an MA3D file and he could
start programming from home with ease.”
That was key, particularly since Herkimer would not be im-
plementing the design. Instead, for this job, he worked entirely
remotely, with Bybee acting as an intermediary. “That degree
of separation isn’t always the best thing, but in this case, it
worked really well because Charlie has a great relationship with
the artist and he quarterbacked the hell out of this.”
The lighting package was provided and built by Germany-
based company TDA GmbH, a firm with which both Bybee
and Herkimer have a close relationship. Herkimer first came
into contact with the company roughly four years ago in
Germany while touring Europe with Billy Talent, and has since
used TDA as a supplier for lighting, audio, and video on
multiple Rise Against tours.