Coemar Infinity M Series on Minute To Win It London-based lighting supplier White Light -- the UK distributor for the Italian lighting manufacturer Coemar -- recently teamed up television lighting supplier Richard Martin Lighting to let lighting director Will Charles sample Coemar's Infinity range of products - Spot, Wash, and ACL - while lighting the UK version of Minute To Win It, a new TV challenge show based on a US show of the same name. Produced by Shine TV for ITV2, the show was shot at BBC TV Centre's TC6 studio. Part of the challenge faced by set designer Simon Kimmell and Charles was the production's desire to feel like it was hosted in a sports stadium rather than a 6,458-sq.-ft. studio. To help with this, Charles deployed the Coemar fixtures, making use of Infinity Spot Ms, Infinity Wash Ms, and Infinity ACL Ms. "I used the Infinity Spots as ultra-wide backlights for the team entrances, the Infinity Washes as colored audience front washes, and the Infinity ACL for creating 'fingers' of light framing the downstage screens," he says. "The lights certainly helped us fulfill the brief; the producers at Shine seemed happy that we had produced a look as good, if not better, than the productions already on air in the US, Germany, and Australia. There are usually many things I would change in hindsight, but, for this show, I believe my team of David Bishop on moving lights and Catalyst, Oliver Lifely on generics along with the excellent lamp techs from Martin and the BBC racks engineers and sparks crew created something to be proud of. I'd certainly recommend these lights -- and would be happy using them again." . 
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