DPL's Darren Parker also added a Space Flower on the rear deck of the ship, positioned carefully so the twisting split beams shot through the vessel's masts and elaborate rigging systems. A large Christmas tree sat on the dockside in front of the Victory, decorated with multi-coloured festoons, sourced and supplied by DPL specially for this project.
(Lee Baldock
As the site is primarily technical, no fancy graphics or videos have been utilized, helping in faster loading time. Most product information is available at the click of only one or two button presses. The product section is comprehensive and provides most commonly asked for downloads. The new Help Centre provides the latest Software releases and houses the Product Discussion Forums.
(Lee Baldock)
Supplying equipment from a number of pro audio and lighting manufacturers, the company says it will offer: " . . . an efficient and helpful design, demo and supply service from a dedicated team of industry professionals."
(Lee Baldock)
"This honour validates OptiLED's leadership in integrating advances in electronics, optical technology and product design to create LED offerings that are setting the pace for the future of this fast-emerging marketplace," said John Nylander, president of OptiLED. "Both our new LED linear light and our CHIP linear optical array have earned the recognition of the lighting industry, a clear message OptiLED is creating new and innovative applications for LED in the professional lighting, architectural and amusement industries."
OptiLED specializes in integrating electronics and high-precision optical technology to enhance the perfo
Using the well-known Atrium at Melbourne's Crown Casino, Crown's creative services manager, Christian Wagner, worked with John Kerr of Stage One Promotions to design the annual display, while Bytecraft's Special Effects department were charged with overseeing the lightshow, which was programmed by Megafun's Keith Tucker. The centrepiece of this year's display is the giant clock, which is suspended below the Atrium's crystals, and is lowered and raised during the show. The clock face also tells patrons when the next show is due to start, so it had to attract attention
For control of the video, Metcalf is using a Catalyst digital media server run from his WholeHog II console. Additionally he has six camera inputs - three Toshiba 'lipstick' devices, two Sony surveillance cameras on the drums and a handheld DV cam, operated throughout the show by the band's video co-ordinator Tom Kirk. These are also fed into the Macintosh, where Metcalf manipulates and adds them to the overall mix as he would lighting fixtures.
The video feeds are output to three upstage LED screens - hung in portrait format - on motors that track in and out vertically to different positions through the show. The screens are made up from 82 pa
Interactive Technologies' products include the Figment DMX - a Palm OS hand-held DMX control solution designed to bridge the gap between handheld DMX test equipment and full-sized desktop consoles; the Radio DMX - a plug-and-play wireless DMX transceiver which allows the operation of lighting instruments in locations where conventional DMX data cables may be impractical or inconvenient; the Sidewinder DMX - a portable DMX processor with the power of a console built into a miniature package; and MicroTech DMX - a DMX tool with all the features needed to solve tricky DMX problems with digital dimmers, moving lights, colour scrollers and virtually anything else that use
The conventionals are all placed on a front truss, while the rear truss is used for the effects-style lighting, housing four washes and four spots. The rest of the moving lights are rigged onto four vertical onstage truss sections with T-bars. With up to 12 artists on stage, it's sometimes a tight squeeze in the smaller-staged venues.
The busy stage also has certain creative advanta
This marks the third year in a row for the TP nomination, Bandit having won the award for the past two years. The Pollstar nomination is the company's seventh. The winners of the awards will be announced early in 2004. "It is always an honour to be recognized with nominations like this," said Richard Willis, Bandit Lites' vice-president. "This is a reflection on the quality and dedication of all the employees of Bandit Lites worldwide."
In related news, Bandit Lites is also pleased to sponsor the Lighting Designer of the Year Award to be given out at the Parnelli Awards
Each of the eight 'bump buttons' have two functions: in the Normal mode, the bump button takes the associated fader to 100%. In the Patch mode, the bump button patches the DMX dimmer address shown in the dimmer window to the associated fader, while an additional bump button, labeled Unpatch, is for unpatching DMX addresses. Unpatched, the level sent to these dimmers is zero. Last and Next buttons are located below the dimmer display, for selecting the next o
Hale started his lighting industry career as a freelance programmer, operator and service engineer, working mainly in clubs, and worked freelance for a short time in the US. His previous employment at Martin UK included work as a service engineer/programmer and product manager for lighting and control. He also worked in Martin's educational program, Martin University, and was involved in planning and setting up of exhibitions for Martin UK and worldwide for the company's headquarters. Hale has extensive programming experience having programmed numerous large shows and several larg
In Northern Ireland, The Lounge@Cellar Bar in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, has installed a Hippotizer system to provide visuals to a video projector and to plasma displays throughout the bar. The Hippotizer complements the lighting and sound in the bar, and is kept fresh by the club's owner, who creates his own images and uploads them to the Hippotizer through its easy-to-use Media Manager.
The Lounge's system was installed by RG Design, who also installed a Hippotizer system in Holborn St - a live venue and club spread over three floors in Sligo, Eire. At the venue's centre is a stage used by band
In total, nine individuals have been charged as a result of the investigation, including David Gordon, a former company director of Prodesign, and Brophy's wife Margaret Bragg. Of the other six individuals, we understand that three represented a well-known lighting company in its involvement with the Millennium Dome.
The Fraud Squad arrested Brophy, Gordon and Bragg in October 2000, following scrutiny into the awarding of contracts at the Millennium Dome.
(Lee Baldock)
Laservision's objectives included the selection of suitable buildings and key viewing areas. A draft design for each chosen structure was completed, taking account of energy efficiency and light pollution issues. A series of reports was then sent to the Hong Kong Government and Laservision was invited to showcase techniques incorporated into the Harbour Lighting Plan during Chinese New Year of 2003. The demonstration consisted of illumination of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the creation of a multi-media show, attracting a public audience of up to 45,000 per night.
The Hong Kong Government engaged Laservision to prepare a launch e
Cullipher has been involved in numerous high-profile projects during his career, including the installation of area lighting systems at Universal's Citywalk in Orlando; the construction of the MSNBC Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey; dimming and control systems for a wide range of sites including for four theatres at the State University of New York (SUNY), The Phil Donahue Show at Manhattan Center Studios in New York, NBC affiliate WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., The Golden Moon Casino in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC.
Bill Groener, head of PRG's System Integration Group, has known Cullipher for many years and previously worked with him at Bar
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(Lee Baldock)
Don Collins, one of Global's lighting directors, commented: "The demands on the studio had been constantly increasing and we were looking for a replacement desk that would offer us the features we required. Richie Mickan from LSC Lighting Systems showed us the ADB Vision console and we were immediately impressed at how easy it was to operate. We run a number of 'live-to-air'
The show opens with a traditional Christmas-themed set that has a nativity scene and other Holiday visuals on the stage. Metter continued: "There is about 25 minutes of traditional Christmas music and then the focus turns to the kids." In each town, the production uses a local choir as well as local children in the show. There are vignettes that are performed by the children, with Kenny Rogers coming out to sing with them on several numbers.
The second part of the show is an adaptation of The Toy Shoppe - a one-act play that Rogers performed on Broadway. Metter went on t
The Lightfactor team will be on hand to answer all questions, and representatives from Lightfactor's supplier-partners - like SGM, Apogee Lighting, LightProcessor, Xilver, and others - will also be there to offer advice and information.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
The flexible "D4 Desktop" offers several advantages as a reasonably priced backup for a full console. It provides a fully featured playback system for situations when a full console is not required and it is also ideal for offline programming, editing or adaptation of shows. The system can be composed from individual hardware components, to match the customer's exact requirements.
Avolites sales director Steve Warren commented: "Our virtual D4 Console, the D4 Desktop has been designed to address two clear needs - the first being a fully functional and stand alone back-up system for large Diamond 4 shows and also for s
The ACF show is held every second year on the site of the old Worlds Fair and is dominated by the Atomium - a huge, vaulted and well-lit space. After only a few minutes' operation, the Stadium Hazer was able to give the struggling show lighting maximum exposure, much to the delight of the exhibitors. Le Maitre's Rick Wilson explains: "The results were truly spectacular - we created a fine haze without the 'foggy' effect that one would associate with smoke machines."
Le Maitre also reports that several hire companies have ordered the Stadium Hazer, together with the new Dry Icer Pro, which when coupled with the Speedfogger Pro, was able to carpet the area in white clouds
"We have worked with the Bristol Old Vic School on a number of projects, and have been continually impressed by the standard of their students and the quality of their work," commented Jason Larcombe, White Light's training coordinator. "When we were approached by Paul Towson, the School's Lighting Tutor, regarding potential sponsorship of a lighting console, we were more than happy to help."
To help the Theatre School, White Light teamed up with console manufacturer Strand Lighting supplying what is arguably
Two separate G-LEC Curtains were used, up and downstage of the band. Each Curtain consisted of 3 x 8 frames mounted together and flown in and out. The show used a combination of the G-LEC Curtain and projection screens, the latter positioned above the stage and lit up with faces of deceased rap artists Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
Facilitated by Fourth Phase, London (G-LEC's exclusive representative in the UK), the two G
