Gold Sharpys From Clay Paky Shine at Academy AwardsGold was everywhere at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony last month in Hollywood: Gold glitzed from the red carpet, gold Oscars were handed out to lucky winners, and gold Sharpy lighting fixtures from Clay Paky helped illuminate the telecast for millions of viewers around the world. A.C.T Lighting is the North American distributor for Clay Paky. Lighting designer Bob Dickinson specified 12 Clay Paky Sharpys to add pop to the show. The newly available gold housing blended seamlessly with the décor and set design of the auditorium. Sharpy is a 189W moving head with an unprecedented brightness. Tipping the scales at just 16kg, Sharpy produces a parallel beam with an incredible output of 5,100 footcandles at 65'. The beam is sharply defined and free of any halo or discoloration around the edges. It offers an interchangeable color wheel with 14 fixed colors and an interchangeable gobo wheel with 17 fixed gobos, allowing users to change the shape of the beam and create an array of spectacular mid-air effects. The complement of gold Sharpys for the ceremony was supplied by VER. A.C.T Lighting president and CEO Bob Gordon, commented, "Having Bob Dickinson specify these fixtures is an honor. He is such a consummate professional that his choice of the Sharpy says so much about the fixture. Susan Tesh at VER was integral in this process and we certainly owe her our gratitude." Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky area manager for North and Latin America, added, "We're thrilled to see our new gold Sharpys at such high profile event. They really helped make the awards ceremony shine." 
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