CHAUVET Professional at London's Mickey 17 Premiere

	Each screen along the red-carpet walkway wall measured 2.5m wide by 4m high.

Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho's latest film Mickey 17, a futuristic dystopian tale, enjoyed its premiere in London's Leicester Square. Stars Robert Pattinson and Naomi Ackie were joined by a parade of "drones" from the film marching down the red carpet, abetted by video clips shown on a 32m-long structure featuring 160 active CHAUVET Professional REM 3IP LED panels.

Created by Limited Edition Event Design, the gala evening immersed fans in a celebratory atmosphere, conveying an engaging sense of the film itself. Milton Keynes-based IPS supplied and installed the premiere's video panels and lighting gear, which included 14 Color STRIKE M fixtures, positioned in pairs at the bottom of each of the seven light towers that interspliced the video wall. Each screen along the red-carpet walkway wall measured 2.5m wide by 4m high. The custom content they displayed was played back via a media server.

Lighting designer Richard Godin ran the lighting and video on his ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M Stadium console, his well-timed strobes and color effects matching the film's imagery.

As is the case with any event in Leicester Square, the premiere had its share of challenges. Load-in and teardown schedules had to be arranged carefully to meet time and space restrictions. And the structure for the video panels had to be constructed to account for the sloping surface of the area. Project manager James Mason and LED technician Dan Ainsley from IPS met the challenges; leading a dedicated team of colleagues, they helped the premiere come off without a hitch.