oversaw lighting on the On
An Island tour, including the Royal Albert
Hall shows.
We recently posed the following questions to
get his take on lighting and ensuring accurate
reproduction on a High Definition format.
Pink Floyd shows were always a highly collaborative
undertaking with many talented and creative
people involved.
David's solo tour was exactly that, solo.
David was very involved in the overall visual
and audio feeling that he wanted to project.
As the master of many instruments, and
adding in the songwriting collaboration with
Polly [Samson], the solo tour was a triumph
in its artistry.
Those decisions were mostly made by David Mallet and
his team, who looked at every detail as to how
to capture the live show.
It was not an easy undertaking considering we
were not going to change the lighting or feeling
of the show.
The capturing of any show is critical when
you have that many cameras trained at the stage
with so many different angles.
The lighting is constant for the audience, whereas
the cameras are seeing everything differently.
No additional lighting, except for audience lighting,
was added.
Not really. Once a show is up and running the
great challenge is for the director and the
post-production team as to how to "keep
it real".
