Avolites Hire has supplied ART dimmers to Lee Lighting for a recent film shoot at Pinewood Studios for the new Meg Ryan movie, Proof of Life.

The Avo ART 2000 and 4000 dimmers - four systems of each totalling 8 racks - were supplied via Avo's Garry Lodge to main lighting contractor Lee Lighting. Lee's Mark Ackers then co-ordinated all relevant lighting equipment for the film's gaffer John Higgins.

Ackers explains that they chose Avo dimmers because of their 100% duty cycle - a function that was vital to the production. The virtual silence of the dimmers was also an important factor. Mark has used Avolites dimmers before, but it was the first time he had specified the fully digital Avolites ART range for this type of application. He found the experience wholly positive!

The Avo dimmers were controlling all the conventional fixtures on the shoot. This totalled over 500 DMX channels and a mixture of luminaires including practicals, 2Ks, 5Ks and softlights. It was fundamental that the dimmers were capable of allowing them to turn all the lights on full, and leave them running for 14 hours - without flinching. They were, without a doubt, tought to be the starts of the show!

"The Avo's worked perfectly" states Ackers, "I'm delighted with them, Garry said they could do the job and they have - what more can you ask for! The Avo dimmers enabled us the complete freedom of control".

The shoot lasted 2 months during which time all the interior scenes of the house in the movie were shot. The exterior scenes and footage had previously been shot on location in Ecuador.