Springtree Media Blog

Springtree Media Group has recently completed the design and installation of lighting, sound and automation for the new DreamWorks Meet and Greets at The Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.  These included Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda.  We used 100% energy efficient LED lighting which allowed us to achieve different looks for the different segments throughout the day.  It was important to light the displays and accentuate the colors and details without making the fixtures part of the display. 

For Kung Fu Panda, powerful Springtree Multipar36 TRI LED fixtures were mounted high on the support structures across the walkway and linked using the Springtree WD-LCD Wireless DMX.  RGB9 LED fixtures were imbedded within the structure creating a dramatic up and down lighting effect on the façade.

JBL Control 25 Speakers were installed behind some ornamental windows where we removed the solid material and replaced it with a fabric that maintained the ascetics yet allowed the sound through.  Multiple lighting scenes were created for each location and recorded on the Elation AR32 DMX Recorder.  All music and automation is handled by Control4 and triggered by preprogrammed pushbuttons making “showtime” as simple as a one button push.

 
Madagascar presented a greater challenge for lighting and sound since there was so much to light but few places to hide the fixtures and speakers.  To accomplish the inner light of the bamboo hut we used over a dozen of the Springtree RGB9 LED fixtures, painted to blend in with the bamboo and affixed to the rim.  These fixtures are powered remotely through CAT5 cables allowing the wires to be run through the bamboo. 

Two additional RGB9’s were embedded into the Tikki standing guard giving it a dramatic look.

  
An American DJ Mega Bar RGB up lights the backdrop and several Springtree Flat12 TRI’s and Multipar36 Tri LED from adjacent hotel structures provide the general wash.
 

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For Shrek we used the Springtree Flat12 TRI to achieve the dramatic multi-color look with some RGB9’s to light the trunk and sign on grassy knoll. 
As in Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda,  JBL Control 25 speakers were used with the JBL Control SB210 Subwoofer hidden within the structure and Control4 providing the audio and lighting controls.

Above Springtree President and Napoleon Bissaillon (Special Events at Gaylord Opryland)

“It was a labor of love”  says owner and lighting designer Peter Vaque.  “The staff at the Opryland Hotel is exceptional-  courteous and very friendly and what a beautiful place be in.  If you have to work, I can’t think of a better place”

Northside Baptist Church recently made the switch from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio. Springtree removed the existing screen and placed the new screen back a few feet to eliminate some additional televisions that were used for side view.

Visit Northside Baptist Church (Murfreesboro, TN) at http://www.northside-baptist.net/

Clearview Baptist Church – Franklin, Tn

Several years ago when Springtree Media Group was hired to provide audio video and lighting for the new chapel, we also designed and implemented a unique children’s worship facility. I was recently called in to run sound and was delighted to see that several years later the room was functioning flawlessly. The room was designed with the black box theater concept in mind; everything modular and capable of implementing change thus keeping the room fresh and relevant. Rather than building new sets for every teaching series all actors perform in front of a widescreen projected image that can place them on an island one week and on a mountain top the next.

The room is lit 100% with the use of LED lighting; From the Mega Panels on the ceiling to the Tri-LEDs for the stage, multiple effects and colors are available with the push of a button. The control center, dubbed the starship enterprise by those who run it, is set up for ease of use and functionality.

It is the greatest complement to learn from the children’s Pastor Shane Pass that dozens of children’s Pastors have traveled from all over the country to learn from Clearview’s facility.