Openworks elite dinner at the Painted Hall

1. THE BRIEF

Openwork held an awards evening in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College. They celebrated their top sellers of financial service products. Perception was to provide lighting services for a dinner and awards setting. We were also asked to provide audio services which would work with the venues in house system. This was to play musical stings to create an atmosphere in the room.

2. THE PREFACE

We brought truss totems, sound desks, and the musical stings. Our sound technician prepared the musical strings before the event.

Our team spent the day before prepping the lighting equipment. This included pre-programming the desk and addressing lights to their correct channel. We also prebuilt truss lengths for totems.

3. THE EVENT

We provided our usual ORNC awards package involving us bringing in our six truss totems. We rigged on each totem two Source 4 Profiles to light up the stage area and pick out key elements on the ceiling. A bank of 4 pinspots provided some dinning light on the tables. A source 4 Par added to the ambient light within the room.

We provided a sound desk to patch into their in-house system. Through this we played musical strings as the guests came up to collect their awards.

The entertainment was a small orchestra and harp. We did not have any involvement with amplifying them.

4. THE FEEDBACK

It was clear that the audience enjoyed their night and the event looked amazing. The client was happy with the level of services we provided.

Our client asked us to recommend solutions for the sound levels of the orchestra. The feeling was that the music got lost within the room. As we are familiar with the venue and acoustics, we recommended that they use a microphone package. We would put the instruments through our desk and in that way, we can control the quality of sound.