Vince Foster was the lighting designer for N-E-R-D featuring Justin Timberlake, working with MTV director Russell Thomas, Solo's Mark Ward and MTV Europe production manager Andy Derbyshire. It was the first time Foster had worked with Siyan. They supplied the rig to his spec, and he was extremely pl
"During the ongoing development of the Frog range we had lots of feedback from users wanting the intuitive philosophy and ease of use of the Frogs, but in a simpler and smaller package," explains Zero's Graham Eales. "The Diablo is a powerful little desk, which will bring sophisticated moving light control to a host
The patent, developed by inventor Richard Belliveau, provides for broad coverage in its claims for patent in the use of networked, centrally-controlled, addressable colour changing lighting systems incorporating pulse width modulation and variable digital control circuitry which can vary the intensity of individual lamp elements to generate unlimited colours.
Color Kinetics was notified by the patent owner on several occasions in the past that the owner believed that C
The Australian Pink Floyd Show is among the best known and most successful tribute bands in the world. David Gilmour, Pink Floyd's guitarist, is a fan of the band and has seen the show three times. In November, he joined thousands of Pink Floyd fans at the Royal Albert Hall for a show described as "Truly embracing the Floyd legacy".
This year the band step up their live performance schedule and stature with new lighting and sound production. Lighting designer Dave Hill was brought in to work with long-standing LD Steve Ellerington, and to come up with a new visual picture for the bigger venues. The new lighting rig
With backgrounds in manufacturing and production, managing partners Gary Mass and Nick Freed will head efforts to solve the many man-hours spent sourcing equipment for production purposes. Working in tune with an extensive worldwide vendor base and an easy-to-use web design for locating the most cost-effective, and logistically suitable rental equipment, Rental-Source promises to ease the ever-growing process of completing a production.
"Over the past 10 years or so, we've noticed an incredible incline in the need for product
In recent years, MA Lighting has developed a complete grandMA product family, with more than 1,200 of these lighting systems currently in use worldwide. The product range also includes the grandMA light, the grandMA ultra-light and the grandMA replay unit, as well as the additional software tools grandMA offline, grandMA remote control and grandMA 3D. The grandMA family is a flexible, open system that offers a new control philosophy for lighting designers and operators, say MA Lighting.
Using Ethernet networking technology, the
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Dave Marks, the media minister, LD, technical director and set designer, says the ColorCommands are a big asset to the 4,400 capacity venue. "We have 300 dimmers, but mostly I use the 12 ColorCommands. They are awesome. I absolutely can't imagine doing what we do without them," Marks says.
It's "divine intervention," Marks claims, that plays a role in their successfully executed set designs, which vary each week to enforce the message from the minister. The four-person production team making it happen includes Marks and a carpenter, audio director and video director. "The ColorCommands save a hug
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Free to all theatre technicians and lighting designers, around 30 industry professionals attended each of the workshops. In total, six workshops were held in venues across the UK, from RADA in London to the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, taking in the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, the Contact Theatre, Manchester and the Gilmore Centre at Glasgow University. &
In re-designing the show for the Cambridge Theatre, lighting designer Rick Fisher was looking for a moving spotlight that packed a considerable degree of punch and could be used to create a wide range of effects. With its 1200W HMI lamp, 10-60° zoom range, colour mixing and three wheels of rotating and indexing gobos, the VL3000 Spot luminaire proved ideal. Vari-Lite were able to get the 17 units to The Moving Light Company in time for the production; Fisher's design also called for 14 VL2000 Wash fixtures, three VL1000TS luminaires and three VL5 units which The Moving Light Company were ab
Arts director Anthony Cartlidge explained: "We really wanted to make the viewers realize that although they were tuning in to the same channel and the same time slot, OK!TV is very different from This Morning. We have a 'bar' area where presenters and guests can sit and chat casually, a soft seating area, a performance space and a fashion runway which is built using LiteStructures ChromaDeck."
ChromaDeck combines the strength of LiteDeck
Engle has 17 years experience in the professional entertainment lighting industry, dealing with lighting designers, architects, specifiers and consultants. Blaine joins James Thomas after two years as U.S. and Canadian sales manager at Hubbell Entertainment.
Blaine explained: "James Thomas Engineering has a great reputation for manufacturing quality, affordable products and exceptional customer service. I am very excited to be part of the JTE team, and look forward to working with everyone in servicing the growing entertainment and architectural LED markets. The Pixel
Speakers at the event included Mark Jonathan, well-known lighting designer and manager, who represented members of The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) - an organization Northen founded with Joe Davis and later became chairman and then president of in 1995. Also speaking was Robert Camac - Michael Northen's long-term partner whom he was with from1948 until his death in 2001, and Giles
Scissor Sisters are tipped for greatness in 2004, and Ross caught their eye with his work for Royksopp and by his impressive dance music CV. Wanting to capitalize on Scissor Sisters' onstage energy, and having to contend with limited stage room, no additional crew and a difficult get-in, he chose 10 James Thomas Pixelline fixtures and a PixelDrive PC-based control system as the core of the rig.
Entec supplied this, plus six Martin MAC 250s, a Wholehog II lighting console and two mirror balls - the latter specified by the band. The system - apart from the mirror
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Lighting designer Stan Crocker went for a highly flexible mix of powerful fixtures and short moving trusses. "I gave up lighting instruments to get the ChainMaster Vario-Lift motors in the budget," recalls Crocker, "and I don't regret it!" His rig consists of four Coemar SuperCycs, 33 Martin MAC 2000 Profiles, 32 MAC 2000 Wash fixtures and 11 MAC 300s - all run from a Martin Maxxyz console, programmed and operated by l
The Centaur is a multi-purpose indoor venue, and ranks as one of the most modern and flexible entertainment centres in the South West of England. The response to initial marketing of the arena has been quite remarkable, and the bookings diary is already looking extremely busy for the next 24 months.
This purpose-built auditorium can accommodate 2,200 people seated and 4,000 standing. The state-of-the-art LiteDeck staging system from LiteStructures forms the basis for a variety of function layouts, ranging from sporting events and concerts, to conferences and exhibitions.
Peter Allison, technical manager for
Premiering at Hammersmith Riverside, Age-Sex-Location is aimed at a young audience who might not necessarily be attracted to conventional theatre productions. Writer Marcus Markou decided he always wanted projection to be a fundamental element of the production; it seemed an obvious theatrical mechanism for a story set in cyberspace.
Video and lighting designer, Sven Ortel and video co-designer Dick Straker (both of Mesmer Productions) came onboard via director Pip Pickering, and all worked closely with Markou to define the design of the performance space. Straker and Ortel asked XL Video to supply the video kit, with hardware co-ordination handled by XL proje
Although normally a concert platform, with no proscenium arch or flying grid, the RFH does host traditional theatre, including recent productions of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake by Russia's Stanislavski Ballet. Typically, rigging contractors are brought in to transform the hall into a working proscenium arch theatre, with a flying grid and track system for moving scenery and lighting during performances.
However, ELP's MD Ronan Willson, AutoCAD specialist Tim Williamson and project manager Toby Dare came up with a unique approach which eliminated most of the problems encountered by previous systems.
A Supertruss structure, interlaced with a series of aluminium 'I' beams, increased the he
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The hugely experienced Derrick Zieba was brought in again by MJK to design and co-ordinate the sound system. Also returning to the fray, Britannia Row Productions provided the sound and co-designed the system with Zieba, this year fielding an EV X-line speaker system. Zieba has been an enthusiastic user of Yamaha mixing desks for many years and was one of the first designers to make the transiti
His jobs have included collaborations with: MTV Italia 'Supersonic'- (a live program which has hosted important international artists such as REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mana, Alanis Morrissette and The Cranberries) and numerous other festivals.
His work has mainly involved mixing sound both on stage and FOH and as backline/ stage technician although he also has experience as a production elect
"While we have always been lead by the sign makers requirements, our research indicates that the advantages of LEDs, with 80 percent energy saving over neon, reduced installation and maintenance expenses will undoubtedly win over sign specifiers and retail
"The fact that we share office is not to be interpreted as a merger between Seelite and DPA SoundCo. We remain two independent companies merely sharing office, skills and resources", says Sten Adlet Jensen, managing director of DPA SoundCo. He adds: "We have chosen e
