Novatech Spends Aus Day in the Arena
11/02/2021
The first large scale indoor live music event in South Australia since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aus Day In The Arena ran two shows at The Adelaide Entertainment Centre on January 26. Assisted by the Australian Government through the National Australia Day Council and supported by the Government of South Australia, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the massive free event was headlined by Birds of Tokyo and saw 5,000 book in for each 2 hour extravaganza, with performances at 12:30 and 6:30 pm. Novatech Creative Event Technology delivered a one-stop-solution for staging, video, projection, lighting, audio, and comms, all while streaming the event live.
Acknowledging the Australia Day Council's theme Reflect. Respect. Celebrate.', artistic director Sam Wark put together a programme in-the-round hosted by radio personality Ali Clarke that started with a spectacular Welcome to Country, before showcasing the Iwiri Choir, SA First Nations Dance Collective, and Port Augusta's Indigenous dance troupe Dusty Feet Mob. After a parade of cultural and community groups and recognition of frontline workers, Birds of Tokyo took the stage for a blistering set. The show was brought to a huge conclusion with an intercultural orchestra backing the Australian Girl's Choir and the Tutti Ensemble.
To facilitate the delivery of such a complicated programme to 5,000 guests seated in a COVID-safe checkerboard' pattern around the arena, Novatech created a 12 metre by 12 metre central square stage. The stage itself was designed as a projection surface, supplementing the high-speed Wahlberg roll-down screens hung in portrait orientation around the arena. The Wahlberg screens were controlled by the video and lighting system, and rolled down a semi transparent 7.9 metre long by 4.5 metre wide gauze for projections, while allowing those seated behind the screens to still see the stage.
disguise 4x4 pro media servers and a grandMA 2 light console were used to control the show and deliver content to six Barco UDX 32k 4K projectors that covered the Wahlberg screens and stage, with additional video run through the Centre's in-house LED cube. Video content was developed with artistic director Sam Wark and Novatech's content partner, Campfire Content. Lightware UBEX fiber transmitter and receiver units were used to distribute uncompressed 4K video signal around the arena. A six HD camera flyaway rig provided capture for IMAG, with video switching through a Barco E2 system. The live stream was handled by VMix software running on main and backup computers.
A grandMA3 full-size lighting console backed up by a grandMA3 light controlled the lighting rig, which featured Varilite VL4000 Spots, Martin Mac Quantum Washes, GLP Impression X4s, Clay Paky Sharpies, and Clay Paky Scenius Unicos.
The PA was the in-house L-Acoustics Kudo system, supplemented with subs and infills from Novatech. A DiGiCo SD10 mixing desk handled the bulk of the show for Novatech, taking in 30 channels of Shure UHF-R radio mics, and outputting to 16 channels of Shure PSM1000 in-ear-monitors, plus wedges and fills. Birds of Tokyo's FOH engineer Tony Bryan had his own dedicated AVID S6L provided by Novatech, which proved instrumental in handling the complex logistics of the gig.
Birds of Tokyo and their crew were very understanding and flexible, relates Novatech's Managing Director Leko Novakovic. Tony was only due to fly in on show day, so the day before, we got the band onstage, line checked, loaded Tony's show file into the S6L, and ran it through the PA. On the day, Tony got in just before doors, ran his Virtual Soundcheck off of his laptop, and was good to go.
Before each show, we had to get the band on stage, wire them up, line check, and then completely pack them away, including the drum kit, continues Leko. The changeover happened during the parade, and we had 10 minutes to get everything back out and then line-check through headphones. It went incredibly smoothly, and was a case of the technology in the AVID S6L helping us to achieve something otherwise almost impossible.
Crew and Credits
Client & Event Producer - Scott Ireland, Australia Day Council of SA
First Nations Producer - Gina Rings
Artist Director - Sam Wark, Campfire Content
Show Call - Dominic Marafioti
Stage Manager - Travis Renshaw
Asst Stage Manager - Nicholas Filsell
Project Manager - Nell Kirsten
Technical Director - Leko Novakovic
Audio Operator - Matthew Ruggerio
Audio Systems - John McCartney
Audio Stage - Denis Ardalic
RF Stage Tech - Pete Sierros
Disguise Operator - David Murdoch
Camera Director - Caleb Restall
CCU and Remotes - Andrew Page
Streaming Tech - Adam Merritt
Lighting Operator - Michael Blundell
Lighting Systems - Andrew Krenske
About Novatech Creative Event Technology:
Novatech Creative Event Technology is one of Australias leading and most respected audio visual production companies and celebrates 20 years of business in 2021. Driven by a passion and commitment to staging exceptional events, we have the expertise, technology and resources to produce and stage truly unique conferences, gala dinners, product launches, road shows and concerts that surpass our client's expectations. Our world-class team, cutting edge technology and in-depth experience across a wide range of venues provides you with the confidence and peace of mind when staging your next event.
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