"We want to make the wildest Eurovision Song Contest ever", says Ola Melzig. One of the things that separates this year's scene from previous years is that production is done deliberately to create depth. The scene is built up in several layers and is also located further out in the arena than before. "Scene edge is approximately at the blue line. It would have never worked if we were not at an early stage have chosen to have standing audiences." Another important difference is the video screens in the background. They are both set very far back and also the techincal quality is far superior to be able to also show details in better quality on screen. The stage will be built in five days. In Moscow that took three weeks to cobble together. The stage will be assembled in the stadium's far end and then rolled into place. It is extremely short time for such a sophisticated stage set building. The Tait Technologies, responsable for construction have been doing stages since 1978 and have built them for example to the Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna and Lady Gaga. Everything is built from components that already exist. Scene's maple doors come from late Michael Jackson's main scene for the shows ment to be in London that never happened. "It is difficult to invent something new when it comes to technology,
now we need to find a way to use something that already exists, but put
it together in a way that is not been done before", says Ola Melzig. During the next six weeks six people will be working on programming the lighting and video. "We want to reach a visual wow", says Ola. And he should know. He is something of a veteran in the Eurovision. He was techical officer already at the Eurovision Song Contest in the Globen in 2000. Since then, it has been another eleven shows. The spectacle now going to Malmö is a little extra special for him. "I grew up in Limhamn but has never done a gig in Malmö. It will be really cool!"
ESC 2013 stage in figures: 210 speakers, 800 computer controlled lamps, 1243 headlights, 200 ton rig equipment in the ceiling, 40 km power cable, 24 km signal cable, 12 lightbox which 6 acts as a backup table. About 200 people with televisions, lighting, sound and video working while live broadcast.
(Source: Expressen)
(Source: Expressen)
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