Arab Idol Lebanon

photo of the first live show of 2015 — Arab Idol Lebanon

project summary

Arab Idol Lebanon

2012-2015

Pivot / LedGo / MBC

Set Design Associate / Supervision

Intro

Local crew safety training, learning to fly the helicopter and last-minute design changes...

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The Bigger Picture

project pictures

photo of my office at MBC studios Lebanon

here's to all the crew!

photo of Ghodr, local crew dusting the light fixtures

photo of local crew painting setparts by hand

photo of the Dutch crew installing cyberhoist system

photo of local and Dutch crew, looking up in awe

photo of Nserat, a local crew mamber, being taught about climbing and safety

photo of Hans, driving one of our remote controlled helicopters

photo of a remote controlled helicopter following one of the local crew

photo of Nserat, happily cutting away in the set

photo of the local setbuilder's crew manually c&c-ing the stage

photo of the local and Dutch crew having fun

photo of the center mark for the audience position

start from scratch

photo of the empty studio at MBC Lebanon

photo of the lighting system being installed

photo of the cyberhoist system being installed

photo of the cyberhoist system being programmed

learning to fly..

photo of 32mm videoscreens messaging for a coffee break

photo of the high resolution videodoors being installed

photo of the videoscreens seen from the back

project story

Article

At MBC studios, Beirut, Lebanon we did three tours of Arab Idol. It usually takes just a few days of preparing and several weeks of on-site supervision before a deliverable set can be produced. This is primarily due to the availability of materials, and subsequently, the inevitable on-site design changes. Then there's the mere fact that for the most part, these sets are being custom made, meaning there's little or no preparation at the factory, most of it will be built from the ground up at the studio. At times this will make construction a challenge, to say the least, but at the same time, most of the fun happens when things go haywire...