satis&fy recently added Elation's multi-functional Platinum FLX hybrid moving head and Emotion moving head digital light to its inventory and Innovation Day will give local rental companies, lighting designers and other interested lighting professionals the chance to demo these two exciting lighting innovations. Innovation Day attendees will also be the first anywhere to get a sneak peek at some of Elation's upcoming Prolight+Sound launch prod
For the tour, Henry McGroggan and Ian Calder contacted PRG XL Video to supply lighting and video, having worked with both teams separately in the past. Both worked with the band's new lighting and video designer, Steven Douglas, to satisfy his design brief.
Steven's design was a multi-layer design which featured a shimmering semi-opaque metallic drape forming the backdrop to an array of Orbis-Fly LED spheres. These were used to great effect throughout the show - starting from a flown position above the stage, and then lowering to create a variety of multi-coloured effects including wave patterns.
"The brief from management was very simple, 'clean and theatrical'," said Steven
The 24 active Square fixtures were central to Ignace's scheme and concept for the shows which were staged at AED Studios in Lint, Belgium, in front of a live audience and a huge TV following who tuned in to watched the five final contestants perform their songs before voting on the winner.
Ignace has an architectural background and is known for his intelligent and thoughtful approach to lighting high profile, blockbuster music television shows. He unties all the drama and emotion of the music and the 'moments' on screen and for the live audienc
They chose three grandMA2 light, four MA Network Switch, four MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), two MA 8Port Nodes and 11 x MA Digital Dimmer 12 x 2,3kVA5 for lighting control.
Nik Evers explained the lighting design he realized together with Timo Martens and Philip Hillers. "One task was to light Andreas Bourani and his band perfectly. Besides this we had other considerations. For example, the musicians shouldn't be disturbed by the lighting, and the lighting had to 'complete' and emphasize the stage design. Each lighting system should stand for itself. It was a
The Maverick Series provides the touring market with a complete and powerful set of design tools at an affordable price. Marketed around a Top Gun flight theme, the new series takes affordable design options to new heights. Indeed, the Chauvet team believes that if light did make a sound, the tour grade fixtures in the series would produce the rolling thunder of jet fighters, letting loose weapons of mass creation like full-spectrum colour mixing, custom optics, wide zoo
Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the event at no cost in a continuous effort to give back to its local community. Bandit founder and chair Michael T. Strickland, himself an alumnus of UT Knoxville, views the mission of the university as a clear path to the success of the country. Consistently ranked as one of the top 50 public universities in the country, the University of Tennessee system includes campuses in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis, where the Knoxville flagship campus alone boasts more than 27,000 students and 300 degree programmes.
Bandit provided LED p
"We continue to believe and embrace that the most imaginative and resourceful lighting artists among us deserve to be recognized and rewarded for their talents," say the companies. "The theme is up to you: The only thing we need to see is your original design.
Contest Information and rules can be found at the following links: https://www.highend.com/news/events/lc-challenge and
First prize is a High End HedgeHog4 X console and LIghtconverse Unlimited; second d and third place winners will receive Lightconverse Trace and Media, the popular choice winner will receive Lightconverse Media.
Closing date for entries is 1 April 2016. The winners will be announced at Prolight+Sound 2016, held from April 5-8, 2016 in Frankfurt.
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The Basic One Day Training will be held on 30 March from 9am to 5pm. Students will be given the fundamentals of Vectorworks, Layouts, Pallets, Basic Tools, Classes and Layers. The cost is R570 inclusive of VAT.
An Intermediate two-day training session takes place on 18 and 19 April, from 9am to 5pm. Topics include Preferences, Workspace, Basic Spotlight, Basic Renderworks and Intermediate Tools. The cost is R1 500.00 Inclusive of VAT.
For Advanced Users, a two-day training session will take place on 3 and 4 May from 9am to 5pm. Francois will focus on Working Planes, Advanced Modelling and Advanced Renderworks. The cost is R1 500.00 including VAT.
All delegates are requested to bring their laptops,
Taking centre-stage, a raised inflatable 6m-wide spherical projection surface was suspended 30m above stage alongside aerial performers suspended on cable lines. Protec placed 15 BlackTrax stringers and five BlackTrax cameras to track the sphere's movement ensuring that video was perfectly aligned. BlackTrax streamed positional information via the high-speed protocol (RTTrPM) to d3 Technologies 4x4 pro servers, which visualised and handled the 3D geometry in real-time throughout the ceremony.
"The coastal wind did play its part in blowing the screen slightly during the ceremony, but with the live tracking
Jack Kelly, the charismatic leader of a gang of young messed-up newsies, dreams of better conditions far from the adversities of street life. When the publishing giants raise distribution prices at the expense of the news boys, Jack sees a reason to fight and persuades the young retailers throughout the city to go on strike for their rights.
Disney made a film from the story in the 1990s, which was a box office flop. However, it turned into a cult classic in America when it came out on VHS. Twenty years later, the m
Apart from Vijay's appointment, to further strengthen SGM's commitment to the area, a new SGM Service Centre has opened in Singapore to provide fast and reliable service to customers around the region. This centre will be supervised by Billy Magendran.
"I have spent my entire career in the lighting industry and I've kept my eye out for opportunities with SGM for a while," says Vijay. "What attracted me is the company's vast product portfolio for both architectural and entertainment lighting, and Singapore is the perfect gateway into Eastern territories."
Vijay believes the SGM brand is starting
"A lot of budget-priced cables on the market show a noticeable decline in sound after only a short period of time," says Pascal Miguet, product & sales manager at Sommer Cable. "A porous jacket, shrinking insulation or oxidized copper are among the most frequent problems. Our new SC-Stratos line takes a stand for better quality here.
"During the development phase it was important for us to design a product that convinces both sound-wise and in technical respect. The combination of durability and a natura
EffectEvent was founded in 2010 by Duncan Owen who is still one of the primary hands-on project managers. The company is active in and around London and the southern counties, providing innovative and imaginative full lighting and production solutions for a multiplicity of events including corporate presentations and conferences, parties, awards shows and gala dinners, plus exclusive weddings.
The purchase of the infinitely useful and successful ColourPoint 2s add great flexibility to their current lighting rental stock, and follows a great experience utilising the older Core Point20 products - still going strong - as a reliable workhorse.
EffectEvent's sales and marketing
The prestigious live music venue is made up of two previously separate entities, Tivoli and Vredenburg, that were recently brought together to form a single large venue. TivoliVredenburg comprises five distinct performance spaces: a jazz hall, a concert hall, a chamber music hall, a pop/rock hall and, for crossover genres, Pandora hall.
Lighting integrator and distributor Fairlight BV worked with professional lighting supplier and installer Air Light to create the lighting system at TivoliVredenburg. The line-up of Martin equipment at the venue is nothing short of impressive: 72 MAC Aura
The one-day format of the show - with all exhibitors having the same stand space and freight allocation in the trucks - once again proved a great success. Every city's event was packed with visitors from start to finish and a series of seminars and presentations ran alongside the show floor action.
Featured Robe products included the new BMFL WashBeam, the popular Pointe, the new LED ColorStrobe and the retro PATT 2013. Aimed at theatre applications the new DL7S Profile, the DL4 range of LED luminaires and PARFect LED PARs took centre stage.
The small size and light weight of all of these fixtures enabled ULA's sales team t
The venue - one of the most respected and important receiving and co-producing dance houses in the world - recently underwent a major refurbishment, as detailed in the June 2015 issue of LSi.
Emma Wilson and Christian Wallace from Sadler's Wells, plus the specialist teams from Stage Electrics, Stage Technologies, Carr and Angier and GDS led the tours from the impressive auditorium up to the dizzying heights of the grid and flying system. Members then reconvened for a lively networking lunch before taking the opportunity to further explore areas of specific interest. The busy and insightful day finished with tea and cake.
Look out for details of the next PLASA B
Based on the Source Four Mini LED platform, FPZ combines the optics and features of Source Four excellence into an elegant industrial design while bringing a cache of new capabilities to the table. Zoom optics (25°- 50°), lockable three-plane shutters, and the ability to dim using either DMX or a local dimming knob located on Eutrac three-circuit track adapter demonstrate just how capable the FPZ is for an interior lighting design. Meanwhile, it puts out over 800 field lumens, which is 33 percent brighter than the Source Four Mini LED.
Designed for use with track systems, FPZ has flexible placement options and is available in white, black, silver grey, or custom colour options.
"We made FPZ for delicate spaces
The new permanent outdoor installation products from SGM are based on the familiar standard fixtures with the same optical performance and electrical components, but optimized for permanent outdoor installations. Engineered to endure even the most extreme weather conditions, the POIs take on rainy days, icy winters, dusty winds, extreme heat and salty sprays of seawater - eliminating the need to shield off the fixtures to protect them from the elements.
All POI fixtures come standard with a five-year warranty. A patented dehumidification processor prevents con
The keynote speaker for the multi-day event was Academy Award winning actress and lifestyle maven of GOOP Gwenyth Paltrow. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the horticultural happening with Chris Lisle Lighting Design.
Using an array of par cans and lekos with varying lenses, associate designer Erik Parker worked with vendors to learn what aspects of their gardens to enrich with illumination.
"Often the gardeners would have a piece that they would like to stand out, or a vibe that they were going for in their garden, but otherwise very little direction was given," said Parker. "
Lighting 3.0, the culmination of more than 30 years' experience, is "the next generation connected solution that includes Internet of Things-ready luminaires, deployed as a result of Aurora's partnership with Gooee, the IoT platform provider for lighting".
Neil Salt, managing director of Aurora's IoT Division, said, "A series of new products will be previewed on our fully interactive stand, as well as a demonstration of 'Gooee Inside' which enables luminaires to intelligently transmit information (for example around human engagement or energy usage) direct to a delegate's mobile device.
"A connected ecosystem of device
Rental companies across the US, Canada and Europe have discovered the value of the beam/spot/wash fixture, which is also finding its way into a variety of installation projects thanks to its versatility, performance and value. In the U.S., a growing number of rental companies have added the Platinum FLX to their inventories including Atomic Pro (Vermont), Dynamic Productions (New York), Elite Multimedia (Nashville), Kinetic Lighting (Los Angeles), Main Light (Delaware), and StageTech (Los Angeles).
"From a rental house standpoint, we liked the concept of having a hybrid fixture because it can fit a broad range of applications," st
Now in its 16th series, the show continues to be recorded live in front of a studio audience at the ITV London Studios and features a flexible lighting installation, easily adaptable between interview, comedy skits and cutting edge musical performances.
Aurora has once again provided Chris with and array of fixtures, including Martin Aura Wash units used to illuminate the guest sofa area and provide additional wash across the set flats. The LD is also making good use of an extensive LED package that has been incorporated throughout the set, with Pulsar Chromabatten 300 and Chromastrip X3s used to full effect, perfectly complimenting the glamorous look of the show.
To highlight the action on the pe
Jon Smith has worked with Bowling for Soup for the last five years, but took the reigns as lighting designer for the first time on this tour. "My idea was to create a pub on stage, an idea that the band really liked," he said. "We used lighting effects and had customized beer barrels that shot out flames. It was a unique set that made for an intimate pub feel." Jon worked with set builder Mair Burgess to put the set together, using local businesses and suppliers to create the touring show.
Although the
