Vancouver BC Canada
Jerrod Tiffen, rigging gaffer for the Warner Bros. film “Watchmen”, first called me last year to get information on our Mac Tech Tungsten line and I agreed to send him up some sample lights for testing.
After testing the Mac Tech Tungsten’s, Jerrod called me back with some very powerfull feedback and told me to expect a call from Paramount Production Services’ Eleanor O’Connor with a list of lights they wished to rent for the production. I was shocked when I got the list. It was for 36 Mac Tech 6 Space lights, 10 Mac Tech 9 Maxi’s and wow, 42 Mac Tech 12 Mini Dino’s! We had to build 20 more Mac Tech Tungsten 12’s for this movie because at the time we only had 22 in our rental department.
I decided to take a trip up to Vancouver to see the set and how they would be used. Jerrod introduced me to gaffer Dennis Brock whose list of credits and reputation I was well familiar with and you can see for yourself here.
As we toured the amazing set, constructed on an old lumber yard, I began to get the picture. They had built a two city block set complete with store fronts, movie theater, sidewalks, working traffic lights and even steam coming out of the manhole covers. At the end of each street were massive 60′ x 60′ green screens, illuminated by Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Mini Dino’s. It was very impressive. Weighing only 60 pounds each you can load 4 Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Mini Dino’s side by side in the condor basket with a 200 lb. electrician and you now have a 48 light dino that draws only 288 amps, all individually controlled through soccopex cable.
Thank you to Jerrod Tiffin for putting his faith in our Mac Tech Tungsten lights and for his great suggestions for ways we could make our Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space light a more effective set lighting tool.
More on that later!