Opening Ceremony of the 15th Asian Games 2006
The 15th Asian Games was held in Doha from December 1 to 15, 2006. Doha is Qatar’s capital city and has about 600.000 inhabitants. The Asian Games involve sports competitions between athletes from different Asian countries. The first Asian sports contests were called Oriental Games and held at the Philippines in 1913. Six Asian countries then participated in the event and let their athletes compete against each other. After the 2nd World War people decided to start organizing sports contests again. This marked the beginning of the Asian Games. Based on the model of the Olympic Games the Asian Games are held every four years starting 1954.
Facts and Figures:
Three-Billion-Dollar budget
10.000 athletes from 45 nations
Three hours lasting Opening Ceremony
Climate conditions: 40°C, dense fog, heavy rain, hail on the day of performance
6.900 actors
10.000 costumes
423 competitions
39 different events
38 reefer containers
100 t airfreight
Equipment (Opening and Closing Ceremony):
400 x MAC 2000 Wash
110x Clay Paky Alphaspots
70 x VL 3000 Spots
12 Lycian 4 kW Follow Spots
45 x Big Lite
4 x grandMA
124 meters wide LED-wall
Equipment (venues):
600 x 1,2 kW daylight Fresnel spot
275 x ARRI Event
800 x 575 W daylight Fresnel spot
250 x LHGL
120 x 2,5 kW daylight Fresnel spot
700 x Arena Vision
60 x 4 kW daylight Fresnel spot
4 km trusses
ca. 330 x Chainmaster motors
over 25 km cabling
Companies involved (lighting):
Bytecraft Entertainment Pty Ltd. (chief supplier) in co-operation with Procon Event Engineering GmbH
Credits:
Producer and Artistic Director: David Atkins from David Atkins Enterprises on behalf of the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) Lighting Designers: Fabrice Kebour, Andrew Doig Associate Lighting Designer: Steve Shipman Lighting Equipment: Bytecraft Entertainment Pty Ltd. (chief supplier) in co-operation with Procon Event Engineering GmbH | Network Manager (lighting): Paul Collison | Production Manager (lighting): Jamie Henson | Lighting Programmers: Jim Beagley, Romain Labat, Roger Ray, Maran Persoons | Project Manager (Bytecraft): Paul Rigby Crew Supervisor (Bytecraft): Mat Burden | Crew Chief (Bytecraft): Gary Senior | Crew Chief (Bytecraft): Andreas Knaak | Data Network Design (Bytecraft): Murray Taylor | Senior Production Electrician: Philby Lewis | Production Electricians: Chris Nicholls, Stu Cochrane, Nigel Holbrough, Nicholas Reeves, Craig Maroun | Scenic Lighting Supervisors: David Brown, Stephen O’Keeffe Scenic Electricians: John Dutton, Craig Knight, Suzanne Brooks, David Lee, Mark Wotton | Field of Play Electricians: Nic Coulson, Bill Paton, Jonathan Young | Senior Lighting Desk Ops: Romain Labat, Maran Persoons, Roger Rey | Followspot Caller: Prem Scholte Albers | Date of Production: 12/01/2006 to 12/15/2006 | Location: Aspire in Doha, Qatar
Source of information: „15th Asian Games“. By Sonja Graminski and Ralph Larmann. In: Production Partner 4/2007. Pp. 44-53.
Further details: http://www.doha-2006.com/
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