Two days earlier Spiderman 2 was premiered across the Square at The Odeon with McFly performing on the balcony of the cinema. The after show party, at Billingsgate Old Market, hosted seven areas - the Spider Web Dance Floor and the City Scape being the largest. The curved trussing from two Orbit stages were used to provide 'spiders legs' coming down from the roof - lined with Pixeline. On both these eve
The automated lighting rig consists of 23 VL3000 Spot luminaires, 12 VL1000TS ellipsoidal reflector spotlight units and 14 VL5 fixtures. All of the Vari*Lites were provided by
Features of the new ColorWash 1200E AT include a CMY colour mixing system, variable CTO, two colour wheels and a combined dimmer/shutter. The 1200E AT zoom has a range of 10 - 87° depending on the lens type used. The electronic ballast enables features like flicker-free operation, extended lamp life and power-saving mode.
The ColorWash 1200E AT is suitable for a wide range of applications including theatre, tv and live production, together with all types of installations, from multi-purpose venues to large clubs. Low noise output also makes it suitable for studio use.
(Barry Howse)
The D5 Live User Manual DVD gives users their very own DiGiCo workshop, always at hand in a format that is less bulky than a traditional printed manual. The information is divided into seven logically defined sections that are fully navigable, allowing instant access to any chapter. There is also an offline version of the DiGiCo website, so if the DVD is played on a PC or Mac, information about other products is available, or access to a pd
Their last regular UK gigs were two shows at Brixton Academy - for which Gaskell designed a lightshow that could also be taken in to various festival situations - including a headline slot on Glastonbury's Other Stage - for the band's final UK appearances. These were undertaken prior to a farewell European festival tour that's currently underway.
Gaskell wanted to ensure the band ended their groundbreaking career in a blaze of visual glory. The use of 53 James Thomas Pixelline LED battens was integral to his design. He framed the upstage area with 12 r
Medvitz's corporate client list is extensive, with companies such as Chrysler, Hummer, Jeep, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nissan, Samsung and Toyota making use of his talents. His theatrical credits include various productions for the Newport Theater Arts Center, Long Beach Playhouse, Theaterfaire for Children, Irvine Barclay Theater and Opera Pacific.
Recently Medvitz has broadened into creative and visual direction, designing product launc
The display, which was free to anyone within sight of the Cathedral on the Sunday night, broke new technological grounds with the live broadcast of the specially-composed soundtrack by Liverpool City Council's local radio media partner, 96.7 FM Radio City. This meant the show was enjoyed not just by a traditionally placed audience close to site, but by anyone tuning in to the radio and able to see the Cathedral - with the sonic advantages of no time delays! The innovative staging idea opened the ev
32 of the three-second Line Rockets from Le Maitre's Prostage II range of professional pyrotechnics were used, running on 190ft lines across the front of the Empire. Line Rockets travel at high speed along a wire, emitting a loud whistling sound and creating a tail of brightly-coloured sparks. They were fired in volleys of eight and four, at 10-minute intervals. The doors of the première opened at 1.00pm and the guests were inside for 2.00p
USA - Rusty Brutsché, vice-chairman and chief technology officer of Production Resource Group, has announced that PRG supported five out of the six 2004 Emmy award nominees for Lighting Direction. "The television and film industry is one of PRG's most important markets," Brutsché stated. "We're absolutely thrilled to have participated in our clients' success."
Nominees supported by PRG included The 76th Annual Academy Awards (ABC); produced by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lighting designer Robert A. Dickinson. Lighting directors: Robert Barnhart and Andy O'Reilly.
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS); Produced by Cossette Productions. Lighting designer Robert Dickinson. Lighting Directors: Robert Barnhart, Andy O'Reilly, and Matthew Firestone.
The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS). Produced by Worldwide Pants Inc. Lighting design
The new edition has an improved presentation, an index to the Code for Lighting section and a new section to the Schedule reinstating most of the information which was included in the earlier 1994 Code for Interior Lighting but not covered by the European Standard on lighting of indoor workspaces. The Code is packed with tables showing the recommended illuminances in virtually every type of working location and room type: hospitals, hotels, restaurants, libraries, offices, schools and many more.
The CD-ROM also includes a new edition of Lighting Guide 7: Office lighting and a Guide t
Designed along the theme of 'Latin Quarter', the events took place in and around a series of marquee structures spanning over 100m x 50m and capable of housing up to 1,500 seated guests. White Light Events' lighting designer Jason Larcombe specified a dynamic system that lit both the exterior and interior of the marquees. A sophisticated nightclub lighting installation formed the central focus of the venue, designed to support both live bands and DJs and work alongside a complex audio-visual system. Larcombe dressed the rest of the venue with projections across the floor and ceilings, achieving a hot and vibrant atmosphere.
To achie
Reflecting on his time at Martin Professional, Loader commented: "When I began, the RoboScan 1220 was our top product and DMX was just starting to be offered in our products. Martin was a strong player back then but certainly not a market leader. Then we went into expansion mode with changes in leadership, an expanding product line, reorganizations, lawsuit
Lighting designer Frank M. Kasch attaches importance to the fact that the lighting design does not develop any direct momentum, but instead acts to support scenes and images and reflects the internal attitude of the participants. As structuring elements, Kasch employs side and backlighting, deep cross-lighting and only a small amount of front lighting.
In total, Kasch deploys jus
Austin's relationship with Entec as an equipment supplier goes back several years: "I really like the independence and great atmosphere at Entec. Your project gets the best service and attention at all times, you can speak directly to the people who are handling the account and nothing's too much trouble," he says, adding that Entec also offers good value. His lighting brief for PJ was challenging - almost the antithesis of what you'd expect from a rock 'n' roll artist - no flashing lights, no smoke, no visible moving lights, no foll
DMX controllable, the Cyclo 04 DMX Wallwasher feature extended color control and excellent white and colored light quality and represents a breakthrough for its ability to successfully compress color-changing technology into an architectural fitting, say the company.A full range of white and colored light is achieved by combining four dimmable T5 fluorescent lamps, the primary colors red, green and blue in a process known as additive color mixing, and an additional neutral white tube of 4000K. When installed at a setback of 1/3 the height of the wall, colored light is distributed extremely evenly and smoothly. Colour distrib
The Halle Orchestra's performance was hugely powerful and the effects thrilled a packed Royal Albert Hall. Haddon used the Pyrodigital system for the absolutely precise timing necessary, and Mark Elder was reported to be exceptionally pleased with the combination of the pyro with the music, and its accuracy.
(Lee Baldock)
Because Air Zoo is a 'living' museum, lighting the hybrid facility was a challenge for lighting designer Bill Hunter of Hunter-Leet & Associates, a Kalamazoo- based lighting design, consulting and contracting firm. With displays that were often moving - only the carnival rides have permanent homes in the museum - Hunter needed a lighting system that was flexible and moveable as well. He couldn't be tied down with a traditional rack-mounted dimming system. Instead, he used 48 six-pack IPS dimmer boxes from Entertainment Technolo
OptiLED, which combines high-precision optics with advanced LED electronics, will work with the CLTC to identify emerging applications for LEDs and develop them to be utilized in residential and commercial settings. "Our objective at the CLTC is to help accelerate the development
iColor Module FX incorporates nine or 36 tri-colour LED nodes, mounted on a printed circuit board, and driven by Color Kinetics' custom Chromasic microchip. Each LED node within iColor Module FX is individually controllable, whether applied across one unit or a large-scale, multi-unit installation. It offers designers a flexible, extensible medium with which to bring complex lighting designs to life, including scrolling text and images, video and animations, say the company.
iColor Module FX features versatile mounting options - whether the units are positioned apart or conjoined to form grids and
Using a DMX controller, operators can now individually control the speed and rotation of the Waterfall 250's two textured glass wheels. Additionally, separate controls determine each wheel's direction of rotation, so users also have the option to independently spin the wheels clockwise or counter-clockwise.
With all of these improvements, the company say that the Waterfall 250 is no
"It's been great to work on this high profile project as part of the new PRG", said Susan Tesh, general manager of PRG's Los Angeles office. "We were able to pull together all of our resources on time to provide the volume and variety of equipment that our client needed."
PRG's lighting package included a Virtuoso VX control system, 171 VL5 and 194 VL5Arc wash luminaries, 30 VL6C, 38 VL7and 90 VL3000 spot luminaries. Also included were 181 Martin Professional MAC 2000 wash lights, 116 Par Bars, 58 Source Four 19°, 48 Dome Strobes,
(Lee Baldock)
Studio Due offers some of the highest quality architectural lights available, which have been used for many high profile projects such as Hong Kong's ongoing Symphony of Lights, l
The show finale revealed the engine itself, mounted on a revolve. There were no spare slip rings available, so getting data to the equipment on the revolve was tricky. As the show was repeated up to 20 times, manual cable management was out of the question - so Avolites' eDMX was an obvious choice. The radio DMX link controlled a mixture of James Thomas Pixelline battens (run in 54-channel mode), Martin MAC 250s and Atomic 3000 Strobes, with the balance of the rig controlled via a conventional, wired, sys
