Robe illuminates ‘Brigada Tech’, an itinerant RTVE program

Manuel Ricoy, director of photography of the new format of RTVE 'Brigada Tech', has traveled the peninsular geography with a lighting team dominated by solutions from Robe, distributed by Earpro&EES and supplied by the Valladolid rental company Use Sound.

Tech Brigade, directed to prime time The 1, is presented as a dissemination space of digital knowledge and skills that has digital mentors and popular influencers who help people with limited access to the information superhighway to face all types of digital challenges in order to make better use of the digital environment in their daily lives. Each program has been filmed in different points of Spanish geography, among them Avilés (Asturias), Laguna de Duero (Valladolid), Tudela (Navarra), Canas de Morrazo (Galicia), Altea (Alicante), Torrelavega (Cantabria) and Puertollano (Castilla la Mancha), in which a traveling set in which Manuel Ricoy He has served as director of photography and lighting.

Ricoy has opted for a selection of moving heads from Robe, specifically, 12 Strong, 8 MegaPointe, 12 Pointe, 16 LEDBeam 150 and 12 LEDBeam 350. These moving lights have helped create the modern aesthetic with avant-garde touches that everyone was looking for within the production. Ricoy has combined the lighting techniques and disciplines of concert tours and television to create a spectacular montage in the different filming locations, usually theaters and cultural centers. In fact, it has been a “study on tour” project.

The director of photography has worked closely with the set designer Joaquin Lopez, whose design has contributed to shaping the set's lighting. When setting up the set in the various locations, 80% of the spotlights have been hung using available poles, along with additional trusses from the production, either flown or on totems, mounted on the stage to complete the design.

Robe teams on the ephemeral sets of Tech Brigade

Seven of the twelve Forte They have been mounted on the available poles to cover the entrances and exits of the stage, the sofa areas (in particular, for the cameras located at the foot of the stage) and in front of the audience area. The remaining five have been placed on additional truss mounted in front of the set and have been used as fill light for the central area of ​​the sofas, to complete the general lighting and create presets lighting when the presenter and guests are standing.

Los MegaPointe have been placed on the first rod, and the Pointe on vertical truss sections on each side of the stage. The Pointe and MegaPointe have completed the camera planes with their beams, adding depth to the space. They have also been used to create “motion presets” to accentuate introductions, guest entrances and exits, and the final minutes of the show. On the other hand, the LEDBeam 150 They have been placed on the different poles on the stage to add touches of color to the set and effects that have enhanced its three-dimensionality. These effects have made it possible to highlight and make the set look more futuristic with the push of a button, very much in line with the content and concept of Brigada Tech.

According to Rich, who has been working with Robe products for several years, "after comparing them with other luminaires and brands, Robe offers more quality bulbs than any other. I have always preferred Robe for my designs because the results are consistently good and reliable." While Rich has focused on lighting Tech Brigade for the cameras and the direction of photography, have assisted him in the production Oscar Marchena Herrero, console technician and gaffer, and Jesus Esteban Pelayo, table technician.