26th Jul 2006 - Zero 88 visits the British Motor Show.

Zero 88’s Frog 2 took control as Lotus Cars unveiled their latest models at The British Motor Show last week.

The rig, designed by Mark Powell of Bandit Lites, was the biggest moving light rig at the motor show. 40 Martin moving heads, comprising a mix of Mac 600’s, Mac 2000 Profiles & Mac 2000 Washes where used to provide both ambient lighting, logo projection and car specials.

The fixtures were all controlled from the Frog 2 using real-time triggers for cues. This allowed for turning on of the rig each morning, running the show throughout the day and dowsing the lamps at the end of the day. The timecode triggers enabled stand staff to simply power up the stand each morning with the Frog 2 then taking control.

Lotus launched two new models at the show; the Europa S and the Elise S. The Frog 2 was programmed using multiple cue stacks. Different stacks were used to control different areas of the stand. One stack was also dedicated to operating a range of indexing custom gobos for each of the new models.

Mark explains, “Programming of the rig was done in only 3 hours making extensive use of the Frog 2’s powerful effects engine and macro capabilities. The use of time triggered cues meant the stand ran faultlessly for 2 weeks with no need for the presence of lighting personnel”