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  • Ohio University Students Are Running The Show With HES Gear

Ohio University Students Are Running The Show With HES Gear

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<p>Students of lighting and production at Ohio University are offered a  truly rare opportunity in this business - to design and operate professional  touring shows that pass through the Baker University Center in Athens, Ohio.  Associate Director of Operations and Production Jeremy Schaffer not only lets  his students get their hands dirty, they receive a real world education in the  next generation of entertainment lighting tools. The university has invested in  a wide range of automated lighting and control products from High End Systems,  which the students put through its paces during a recent concert by X  Ambassadors.</p>
<p>Schaffer comments, During initial discussions with the X Ambassadors  management, we indicated that we have a full High End Systems moving light and  control package consisting of SolaSpot Pro 1500s, SolaSpot Pro CMYs, SolaWash  37s and 19s, UNOs, and SHAPESHIFTERs C1s and C2s powered by a Roadhog 4 with  Playback wing.&nbsp;They immediately felt comfortable using our house lighting  rig, and ultimately allowed us to design and operate the entire show.&rdquo;&nbsp; </p>
<p>Once he learns they are responsible for designing, programming and  operating a show of this caliber, Schaffer first finds students that are  available for some design discussions as well as the full show day.&nbsp;He  also uses this as an opportunity to demonstrate various ways of configuring the  HOG console to best provide flexible functionality and busking capabilities. &ldquo;I  try to identify certain songs that we know the artist will perform, so the  students can work on specific cues and looks for those.&nbsp;Once we&rsquo;ve come up  with a plot and had it approved by the tour, we either get the plot hung a few  days in advance or set up a Light Converse visualization session in our  training room which has a dedicated Roadhog 4 and two Nano consoles.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;On the day of the show, we set up shop at the console and run through  some of the looks we&rsquo;ve come up with.&nbsp;Once the band begins their sound  check, the students are at the helm for the rest of the night.&nbsp;I try to  instill in the students the importance of using minimal numbers of fixtures and  colors to create greater impact, rather than have every light on constantly  with a rainbow occurring during every song.&rdquo;</p>
<p>For X Ambassadors, Schaffer and his student team used a combination of  four SHAPESHIFTER C2s and six C1s stacked on various HES cases at different  heights. In addition to their signature eye candy, the SHAPESHIFTERs provided  saturated color washes and backlight for the band.&nbsp; Schaffer points out  that &ldquo;the macros are great for huge and intense aerial effects as well as  giving a great tool to use with static washes to create looks to the beat.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The UNOs were placed in groups of four on both downstage edges on top  of road cases, and were primarily employed for fanned ACL looks as well as some  &lsquo;zippy fanned tilt and circle&rsquo; effects.&nbsp;Student Brant Hysell comments,  &ldquo;The UNOs turned out to be a great way to add a whole new element to a rig  consisting of large wash and profile fixtures. Our favorite look was the UNOs  fanned in the audience, running an offset can can effect, and we liked leaving  them with no color mostly.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Four SolaSpot Pro CMY&rsquo;s became the workhorse spot fixtures during the  show. Student Samantha Davis explains, &ldquo;The Spot Pro CMY&rsquo;s were hung&nbsp;on  our 2nd electric, and were pretty close to midstage. I liked doing a lot of no  color cross looks, throwing gobos in an audience position, and bumping with  parts of songs in that same position.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The final pieces of the lighting puzzle were OU&rsquo;s SolaWash 19s and  37s. Student Brant Hysell says, &ldquo;We hung four SolaWash 19's on our downstage  truss as front light, only used as front light for the opener. Six SolaWash  37's were hung on our 2nd and 3rd electrics, and served mostly as color washes  on stage, in a few different cross positions. A cool pulse effect was achieved  with odd and even fixtures by programming&nbsp;a cue to flash them on, then a  wait cue of 0s with about a half second fade. Doing this in an audience  position looked far out! I feel extremely fortunate to have access to such a  rig; I'm sure this isn't a standard thing for students at most universities.  Access to such equipment at Event Services has prepared me well for whatever is  coming next in my career.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Schaffer helped configure the Hog console while teaching the students  many of the tricks and techniques he&rsquo;d learned since his Hog 2 days in New York  City.&nbsp;He says his potent High End Systems automated lighting rig gives his  students a distinct advantage, and for many, a propulsive head start towards  their professional careers. &ldquo;Learning how things work in real world scenarios  and working with seasoned professionals on a one-off show are difficult to  teach in a classroom.&nbsp;In addition,&nbsp;we find that many students in  other areas of study become fascinated by the amazing possibilities that they  see once working in one of our venues as a student employee.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;In recent years we&rsquo;ve had artists such as DAYA, Scotty McCreery,  Mavis Staples, Lyle Lovett, Third Eye Blind, Cole Swindell,, and Capital Cities  use our in-house lighting system.&nbsp;In addition to the great educational  opportunities that our High End Systems lighting rig provides, it also gives  this somewhat remote part of the state opportunities to get some amazing  artists to perform in our auditorium.&rdquo;</p>
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