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Chimera Covered Wagon with Frame

Chimera Covered Wagon with Frame


Chimera’s new Covered Wagon with Frame utilizes four corner receivers that take Chimera arc poles to create a clean half dome, wrapped in Chimera Cloth or the diffusion of your choice.

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It was designed by gaffer Charlie Schneider, who came up with the idea during prep with Mike Ambrose and Dion Beebe for the Michael Jackson movie. The talk of conventional covered wagons came up early on, and with so many interior scenes, both daylight and tungsten balanced, he knew they would need more versatility than going tungsten only. With how fast they needed to light, Charlie knew batteries and wireless control were a must. The production had been really happy with DMG Dashes, so the first iteration was nicknamed the ‘Dash Wagon.’ But after a few years of improving and tweaking, he came to realize this Covered Wagon 2.0 could be a powerful vehicle for so many more lights.