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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, owned and organised by the Natural History Museum, provides a showcase for the world's very best nature photography. One of the most prestigious photographic competitions of its kind, it attracts thousands of entries from nearly 100 countries.

Celebrating its 52nd year in 2016, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year series includes a major exhibition at the museum and a worldwide tour of more than 60 cities in the UK and across the world.

Blitz|GES was appointed to deliver a full suite of event production services including set design and build, lighting, video, sound and on-screen graphics.

Alice Beer, filming and events manager at The Natural History Museum said, "We're really p

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A collaboration between Theatre Projects, architect Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, and acoustician Jaffe Holden, the $6.7 million renovation of Talbot Hall addressed not only upgrades and modernization of the Danos Theater, but also improvements to the campus TV studio, radio station, several classrooms, and other communications department facilities located in the hall.

Improvements to the Danos Theater

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The business is run by Justin Hemmes, who takes a very personal and hands-on interest in the audio; thus when The Newport was added to the portfolio this year, he and Merivale's AV Manager, Glenn Rayner were only likely to specify the best - and this included Martin Audio's new CDD (Coaxial Differential Dispersion) series and MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array).

Formerly known as the Newport Arms, the venue is a large shore-line pub with an al fresco garden area that looks out over the water.

Setting out the sound design rationale, Glenn Rayner explained, "We looked at the existing audio at The Newport and quickly established that the only way we'd get the sort of clarity and coverage we required was to ha

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A Usd 550m project, the Dubai Water Canal comprises one shopping centre, four hotels, 450 restaurants, luxury housing, walkways and cycle paths. The Canal is 2.9 Km long, starting from Business Bay down to the Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah. The width ranges from 80mto 120m. The navigable canal is crossed by 12m high bridges.

One of the main visual attractions of the complex is the giant 160 m water feature of the Sheikh Zayed Dubai, a technical marvel that at night turns the bridge into a waterfall shining with the eye-catching magic of dynamic colour lighting.

For a project of this scale and complexity, the choice of the technical partner could only fall on Magical Water Fountains company, specializing in top level water feature projects realized all

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"This is an important year for PLASA and for the Scottish live events sector," says PLASA's events director, Chris Toulmin, "we hope our continued investment in the Scottish market, through our Focus events and its seminar programme will reflect and support the Scottish government and VisitScotland's recently unveiled ten-year strategy to grow this sector."

Taking place across both days of the show, highlights on day one will include: Panel sessions led by audio journalist Phil Ward, who presents Is Point Source Fighting Back? an exploration of the varied applications of p

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"Our strategy is focused on providing superior customer solutions and driving growth in each of our market segments," states Chris Simpson, president and CEO of Wenger Corporation. "The addition of SECOA builds on the momentum we are driving with the J.R. Clancy and Wenger brands to offer the most comprehensive integrated project solutions in the performing arts market.

"This acquisition further complements our integrating manufacturing model by bringing on board some of the key talent who have executed a similar model very s

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14 December 2016

Spotlight approached German distributor, ETHA, who specified a Digital Projection Titan Super Quad 20,000 lumens 3-chip DLP projection system, as well as two Digital Projection E-Vision Laser 8500 lumen projectors to meet the company's imaging requirements.

Deployed immediately, the Titan Super Quad projected imagery and words onto the main curtain for the musical world premiere of Der Medicus. Staged in Fulda, the town celebrated as the leading centre for German musical productions, Der Medicus is the German adaptation of Noah Gordon's international best seller, The Physician.

The two Digital Projection E-Vision Laser

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The show sees Davina McCall interview people who want to change their lives. Whether that be by losing weight, going on dates or in one case getting control over a debilitating speech impediment. After the interview, the person steps through the 'This Time' door only to step out of the 'Next Year' door immediately having completed their journey. Despite appearances, they haven't taken a trip through the time vortex but the show has simply filmed the pre-transformation interview one year ago to allow them time to meet their goal

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The event was promoted by the European Cultural Centre (Sector), who once again enlisted Temple Media, the PR Lighting distributors, to provide the technical infrastructure.

The imaginative lighting plot was conceived by Sergiu Ardelean, lighting designer and director of photography at Romanian Television, working with Temple Media. The company provided 20 of PR Lighting's XR 440 BWS, which integrates three features (Spot, Wash and Beam) in a single unit. Using PR patented technology, it combines advanced 440W lamp technology with a superb optical system.

This all-purpose light, which has gained huge worldwide popularity since its launch, is part

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ShowLED Hybrid Pixels cover a full fa

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Southern California-based Kinetic Lighting supplied the new LED wash light for the shows along with Elation's award-winning Platinum FLX hybrid moving head, Colour Chorus Series LED batten, and Elation's Platinum Beam 5R and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving head beam lights.

The concert series, presented by AT&T Audience Network and filmed at Red Studios in Hollywood, California, was shot over two weeks in mid-September and featured live performances in a club and recording studio setting. Over a dozen artists across all genres of music including Good Charlotte, Bebe Rexha, The Band Perry, AW

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Jack James, creative director at Really Creative Media described the company's innovative approach to designing the content.

"The content creation approach was driven massively by the band and their vision for the new show. We also took guidance from the show designer extraordinaire, Rob Sinclair, which allowed us to use some really creative visual techniques.

"One trick, for example, saw us using video synthesizers that produce colourful oscilloscope-style patterns, which respond to the flow of the mus

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14 December 2016

DynaMix Media is a company recognized in India for their remarkable contribution to events and entertainment, having introduced the 270 degrees projection format to corporate presentations, and the first 300' wide projection to the local market.

The company has a growing number of immersive projection and projection mapping jobs under their belt. DynaMix Media was founded in 2005 and is led by Mr. Suresh Madan. The company brings to PRG Alliance its vast understanding of video playback and networking systems, and its one-stop rental shop and services across India - offering complete services in video, audio, lighting, trussing, project manag

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To celebrate the launch of the resort's new rollercoaster fully dedicated to virtual reality, Galactica, the intergalactic show featured an interstellar fireworks display, striking visual effects and lasers that lit up the universe's sky - set to space themed music and the backdrop of the towers.

Alton Towers Resort specified the Jands Vista system to provide lighting and media control for the event, for the fifth consecutive year.

The resort's technical team are experienced Jands Vista users, with a fleet of consoles employed throughout the park for various attractions and venues.

As in previous years, the team

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Farr's event rig, which consisted of 16 Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidals and 24 WELL Fit uplighting fixtures from Chauvet Professional, as well a collection of pin spots, was more than ready to light the legendary comic.

"We created a nice look by using a lot of blues when Jay Leno appeared," said Farr, the owner of John Farr Lighting Design. "The Ovation ellipsoidals create some deep rich blues, which gave the area an intimate feeling to draw everyone in closer to the surprise guest on the small stage."

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Twin Designs has worked with the artist for two years, although this was the first full production design they had essentially created specifically for Pitbull, as the previous tour had been a co-headliner with Enrique Iglesias.

Their brief included creating all the playback video content as well as designing the lighting and video systems and the set. Having control over all these visual elements enabled them to create a streamlined and harmonious show which Michael operated and directed on the road.

Having worked with Pitbull for two years, they had a good idea of the style and aesthetics he and his team

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With this in mind, the team has invested in a new grandMA2 Light console and an MA Command Wing control console, which were purchased from Ambersphere Solutions.

Tom Chennells, director of production for Yes Events, explains why they chose the MA kit: "The Command Wing and grandMA2 Light are our first investments in MA Lighting control. Both were chosen after a rigorous selection process, informed both by our knowled

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In recognition of its efforts, the festival has won the Groenevent Award 2015 for greenest festival in Flanders and the Groene Pluim award of Ieper.

This year, lighting designer Alexander Coppenolle continued the festival's tradition of blending punchy hardcore looks with planet-friendly green thinking by specifying Chauvet Professional Mavericks and Rogues for its indoor and outdoor stages.

"When it comes to lighting the Ieper Hardcore Fest, we're faced with a pretty impossible task each year," commented Coppenolle, who has b

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For the occasion, lighting designer Eyal Tavory chose a large Robe orientated rig - including 35 x BMFL spots to give the impact that everyone was anticipating at a recent show at the Rishon Lezion Amphitheatre

The two artists played a major tour last summer for which the demand for tickets was so overwhelming they decided to add a series of extra shows this summer. The Robe reporting team caught up with Eyal and the team and asked a few leading questions.

Eyal has been working on Yehuda Polker's lightshow for 30 years which is a remarkable achievement in its own right. He started off as the lighting operator and became the stage and lighting designer two yea

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The tour started earlier in the year and included a festival run, with this leg being the first full on production design tour carrying a full lighting rig for which west London based Colour Sound made some new investments.

The design process started with Tom - who actively contributes ideas - requesting some frames onstage to give a basic form, so three - outlined with Martin Sceptrons - were the starting point of the design. The largest one in the centre is covered in gauze enabling the cheetah head from the album artwork to be projected - ach

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Each show, long time lighting designer Paul Hoffman faces the daunting task of creating different looks for a band whose set list is famously decided at the last minute, while still putting out recognizable looks that jive with the music and theme of the show.

"I really do it pulling from a decade of experience lighting them - knowing the music beat-by-beat and note-by-note," Hoffman said. "I can use the equipment to compliment the mood of the music, being it hard and heavy or smooth a

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Wet's fall Don't You tour confirmed their increasing popularity with enthusiastic crowds and a string of sold out shows. Lighting design for the tour was by Erich Meitzner and James Bailey, who used the ACL 360 Bars to stunning effect by creating dense, seemingly impenetrable walls of light that fully complemented the band's special sound.

Their first outing with the band, Meitzner and Bailey, creat

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Anolis is the architectural lighting division of Robe lighting and has offices in Australia, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Russia, Singapore, Uruguay and the USA. Its UK operations are currently based in Northampton, with expansion plans set to incorporate a new site in London.

LTP Integration will provide design, integration, sales and support for interior and exterior architectural lighting schemes across the UK and Europe. The company now has access to the entire Anolis and Robe product range, offering distribution services into various core markets.

Anolis UK is exhibiting within the Lightspace Arena at Lux Live 2016 which takes place at ExCeL, London 23-24 November.

(Jim Evans)