South Africa - Fan Base is a hi-energy new TV game show series being recorded in South Africa for SABC 1, where the public get to compete with a variety of celebrities by engaging in assorted games.
The show is being recorded in Q-Studios, Kew, Johannesburg and lighting includes a number of Robe moving lights which have been supplied by Centurion-based Blond Productions - one of SA's leading rental companies.
Blond's key lighting designer Peter Reick and director Christiaan Ballot created the show's production lighting design, which is operated and directed on site by Hein Stroh.
Fan Base replaces the very well established Jam Alley show, which ran for 18 years, so the pressure was on to create something equally as unique and special with a big emphasis on having the right production values on-board.
The look is based around a colourful set designed by Wayne Sproule from Pendragon, and embraces the vibrant, up-tempo pace of the 30 minute show which is targeted at youth audiences with a Kwaito/Hip Hop/Afro Pop slant.
Only minimal flying is possible in the studios, so lights are also rigged on six vertical trussing towers surrounding the circular shaped set and on the floor. Each tower features two Robe Scan 575 XTs and an LED flood.
On the floor are four Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs positioned around the sphere at the back of stage, with another two ColorSpot 700E ATs on the two wedge shaped sections either side.
Other lighting includes PARs, 2K fresnels and some small moving lights, which, together with the Robes are all controlled via a grandMA full size console.
