Company Update

Problem? No Problem!

May 2013

It’s sounds like a fairly straightforward challenge, a conference for 400 delegates in a central London venue.

Client - “Let’s get creative and have a large central screen, say 7mts wide, and we could do picture in picture”

CAV - “Great and why not have a couple of 4mt high portrait screens either side to show animations and presenters”

Client - “Sounds great but we have 6 different sponsors”

CAV - “Well, we could fly 6 screens down the sides of the room to show all the sponsor mateirial”

Client - “Brilliant, but we also need a seperate stage set downstairs for a breakfast meeting, along with exhibition stands for each sponsor”

Client - “AND I think we should also have a bespoke registration desk with built in screens to display the agenda”

CAV - “We can do all of that , this is going to be amazing!“

Clients - “Only one problem, YOU only have 4 hours to get this ready for rehearsals!!”............

The key to making this event successful was organisation.

Firstly Convergence designed the stage sets in such a way that we could pre-build them in our warehouse, not only to ensure that everything went together perfectly and permit us to pre-program the show, but also to facilitate full technical rehearsals several days in advance of the event.

Due to the complicated switching requirements we utilised our Vista Spyder X20 to control the show, enabling us to manage the content going to each of the 9 screens with just one compact piece of equipment.

Having completed the rehearsals everything was carefully labled, packed and loaded onto the trucks ready to be delivered to the venue.

The rig schedule was broken down into elements - main set, breakfast set and exhibition, portrait screens, left-hand flying screens, right-hand flying screens, main projection and control, portrait projection, left- hand projection, right-hand projection, lighting, audio, breakfast and exhibition A/V; each element being assigned a team of Technicians with a Team Leader.

Each team, having been thoroughly briefed before arriving at the venue, hit the floor running.

Our meticulous attention to detail in the planning stages and impressive application (as ever) from our teams, resulted not only in all elements being ready for rehearsals on the day of the event, but they were ready with time to spare!
 

“Thanks for the best yet, a great show – thank you to everyone involved”

The Warp Factor

April 2013

‘Fitting very large images into tiny spaces’

We were recently tasked with having to project images 4m tall by 1.5m wide with only a 2.7m projection distance.  Normally, with the widest angle lens available, you would need 3.2m behind the screen for projection, plus the projectors’ size, in order to project a viewable image. However, undeterred by the physical restraints imposed by the venue we employed the use of our Calibre PVPro HD Image Warp.  Utilising an xp100 projector ‘at a ridiculous angle’ and to one end of the screen, at a distance of 2.3m the full vertical length of 4m was covered perfectly, in focus and without image distortion.

We are now looking to employ the Calibre PVPro on several forthcoming jobs in the not too distant future, but in entirely different ways, depending on the specific requirements for each individual event.  WATCH THIS SPACE!


Preparing For The Digital Switchover

July 2012

By the end of 2012, channel 69 will no longer be available for radio mics as part of the Ofcom overall digital switchover programme. Wireless mics will be able to operate on channel 38 or on channel 70, however with more potential users of this waveband there is a greater risk of interference. Read more...

January 2012

Over the years Convergence has worked on many events in North Africa but never in the South, then all of a sudden, just like the proverbial London bus, two come along at once within a week of each other. Read more...

American Gismo Makes Life Easier

Editorial in 'South East Business' November 2011 edition

For audio-visual experts Convergence AV, making the customer’s life easier is a mixture of experience, skill, technical know how - and investment. Read more...



Impressive Pyrotechnics

Editorial in 'South East Business' August 2011 edition

It’s good to let your hair down occasionally, and for Epsom-based Convergence AV that means moving out of the standard hotel or conference venue and into a high-tech theatre – or even the park. Read more...



Bringing Everyone Together

Editorial in 'South East Business' June 2011 edition

Anyone who has tried to bring even a handful of staff together for an office meeting will know how tricky it is to find a time and a day when all their diaries are clear. Imagine how much more difficult it gets when a multi-national wants the top people from Hong Kong, Paris and New York to address a 500-strong workforce at a London venue and it’s clear that companies sometimes need a different approach to the problem. Read more...



System Installed Overnight

Editorial in 'South East Business' May 2011 edition

One month out from staging a sophisticated conference for 500 delegates including a gala dinner, our client, Marketing in Partnership, decided that they wanted to use an automated registration system. Read more...



Firm Treats Clients Like Partners

Editorial in 'South East Business' April 2011 edition

Over the years Convergence has worked on many events in North Africa but never in the South, then all of a sudden, just like the proverbial London bus, two come along at once within a week of each other. Read more...



Conferencing Cuts Costs

Editorial in 'South East Business' February 2011 edition

Recently Convergence has been partnering a major multi-national company to facilitate a global Utilising the latest HD Videoconferencing Technology the objective has been to deliver a realistic telepresence experience to a truly multi-national delegation. Read more...



Convergence Goes Commando

Editorial in 'South East Business' January 2011 edition

Audio-visual experts Convergence AV took two paces forward when a new army charity wanted volunteers to help with a major fund-raising effort. Read more...