Pixel fixtures used for ‘Love on A Saturday Night’

Lighting director Tom Kinnane used 55 James Thomas PixelPAR 90(A) LED fixtures to light the set of ITV’s popular dating show, ‘Love on A Saturday Night’, presented by Davina McCall.
Kinnane chose the fixtures to front-light the spacey, eye-catching elliptical 3D set designed by Marcus Blee. The off-white, multi-layered set illuminated beautifully, so lighting became the show’s key effect, shifting the colour, mood and feel of the space as the action unfolds.
Kinnane started using Pixelline 1044 battens – of which there are also 10 on this show – at Christmas after seeing them in action on Granada’s ‘Stars In Their Eyes’ in Manchester. He was impressed with the power and punch, and then tested some of the new PixelPAR 90 convection cooled fittings at the first opportunity. They were run in 10-channel mode for the show, ensuring full dimmer intensity control.
The PixelPAR 90’s low profile convection cooled - weatherproof housing makes it highly practical for this type of in-set application. Other advantages include the fixture’s completely flat beam field – when used with the wide-angle lens - which is devoid of hot spots, the incredible intensity and range of colours and their lightening-quick response time.
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