Lighting director Bernie Davis comments: "The key thing is flexibility. All the programming is done over three days on site, and we have to be ready for any plans to change. The only way to achieve the range of looks is to use moving lights."
The decision on which lights to use was partly influenced by the venue. Bernie explained, "We took over the Palladium dur
"We were approached as event producers and asked to come up with a number of different ideas," explains Mark Harrison. "Milton Keynes is set out on a grid system and the city wanted something unique that, when the centre of the city was closed off, would work with the road system, naturally leading people from place to place, with the building projections u
The show included performances by several high profile artists including headliner Loyiso Bala, supported by Loading Zone, Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels, Denim and Dozi, all MC'd by comedian Wayne McKay. The event was project managed on site for Gearhouse by Zane Carim.
The main stage was a 22m wide by 14 deep Layher construction, with a Slick Dome roof giving 12m of headroom.
Upstage of this was a Lighthouse high-resolution LED screen. Most of the artists performed before dusk, but it was dark by the time the main ceremony swung into action. This plus three del
Bintliff states, "It's always a pleasure to work with HSL - their kit, crew and service is second to none, and they also came up with a very good deal."
The trussing structure comprised of four 5m pre-rigged 'fingers', each fully loaded with 24 PARs, and each length also forming an integral architectural element of the design. The fingers fanned out from a central point at the back, and in between them were three triangular pods. Each pod was rigged with four Robe ColorSpot 575E AT moving lights, four JTE PixelLine LED battens and a string of ACLs.
The impact of the pods was maximised by being moved in an
After completing three years in the army as a tank mechanic, Marshal moved into theatre and has worked for much of the last 40 years as chief electrician for the Northcott Theatre in Exeter. Maurice has been committed to training new entrants to the industry for numerous years and many of today's top lighting designers and technicians have benefited from his tutelage.
In addition to his full-time commitments to the Northcott Theatre and to national training, Marshal co-founded Stage Electrics with managing director David Whitehead in 1979 and remains actively involved in the business tod
This is the fourth year Stage Electrics has worked on behalf of the Greater London Authority to mark the New Year. Stage Electrics supplied MAC 2000 Wash moving lights in each of the 32 pods of the London Eye, search lights on floating pontoons (eight each side) and a wireless DMX control system. Lighting designer for the event was Durham Marenghi, who has previously worked on the lighting of the London Eye at New Year.
As with previous years, the importance of installing lighting units into all 32 pods quickly and efficiently was paramount to the succe
The Awards were judged by a panel of 12 industry experts, including Julien Pavillard, artistic director for Lyon's festival of light. They closely examined each nominated product, before conferring and making their final decisions.
The BB4 was selected as the winner for its intensity, colour mixing capabilities and its homogenised lightsource - all three qualities impressed the judges.
Since taking on the i-Pix distributorship in September, JC Lampes has already experienced great interest in the i-Pix range, which has also been boosted by winning the award.
(Jim Evans)
Kev Harris of HD Promotions comments, "Our main aim with every event at the Live Nation venue is to push the limits with all lighting equipment and production. Martin was a pleasure to have on board with the Gatecrasher event."
Richard Bishop, MD of Gravesend Sound & Light adds: "This has been one of the most spectacular light shows we have done for a while. It was fantastic to work with HD Promotions and Martin and we definitely look forward to more of the same in the future."
24 of the Martin products were used in the trussin
In The Money - Madonna's Sticky and Sweet show was the highest-earning tour of 2008, taking $281.6m (£193m) worldwide, according to music trade publication Pollstar. It also became the eighth highest-grossing tour of all time in North America, Pollstar said.
Celine Dion's
This two-day course is designed for entertainment technicians at a basic to intermediate level. The session will be held 16 and 17 March at the Duke Energy Convention Centre. Training will cover current control protocols including Remote Device Management over USITT DMX512-A and Architecture for Control Networks. This course qualifies for ETCP Certification Renewal Credits for ETCP Certified Entertainment Electricians.
The Control Protocols course will be taught by ETCP Certified Electrician and ETCP Recognized Trainer Milton Davis, of Doug Fleenor Design. Davis is a member of the Control
To date, this is the most of either type of Robe's new generation of digital moving lights to be used on a single show.
When Gearhouse South Africa won the contract to supply full technical production for Miss World and Dunn was asked to design lighting and visuals for the show, the opportunity also presented itself for him to incorporate some of the new Robe fixtures in his design.
He worked closely with set designer Dewet Meyer to develop a big visual picture that stamped a contemporary African flavour on the performance space. The resulting elegant 40m wide, multi layered spherical set was based on an African jewel and
On 1 November 2008, in collaboration with the Garden's landscape gardener, an illumination programme, Garden Play with Light commenced. Two concepts define this Japanese style of illumination: 'Static Vision' in which the Garden radiates a dreamy atmosphere, and 'Dynamic Vision', a series of colour changing programmes that shift with the season. Some programmes are synchronised to music and offered as an optional service to customers on special occasions like weddings or birthdays.
Lighting design is by Reiko Chikada of Reiko Chikada Lighting Design. Chikada and her team chose I
Until now, rental projects have been the focus of G-LEC's business in the UK, but Lars Wolf, managing director of G-LEC Europe, wants to begin to put more emphasis on the company's new architectural products, saying, "Chimera, which we launched at PLASA this year, is a strong product for us. We already have 700sq.m installed in the BMW Museum in Munich, and we are getting a lot of enquiries. We need a full time sales office in England and, as we have other partner companies in Europe and the Americas, it made sense to form G-LEC UK."
As well as managing sales, G-LEC UK will also support the company's existing UK rental partner, Creative Technol
At the 2008 ETC/ABTT Christmas party, held at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 15 December 15, Light Relief Trustee John Simpson accepted a cheque for £5,000 from ETC's general manager, Matthew Brookfield - part of a £12,500 commitment made this time last year. Thanking ETC for its continuing generous support, Simpson, who is also chairman of White Light, said: "There is no doubt that the economic downturn will affect our industry, magnifying the problems that can be triggered by illness or injury. While Light Relief's funds cannot be used as unemployment benefit, I am sure that the calls on our resources will increase in 2009."
For ETC, M
"Although we only took delivery of the ORB very recently, we have already arranged for it to be used at the closing ceremony of Dubai Film Festival and at the Shakira concert in Abu Dhabi," says Nick de Fay, sales manager LED Products for IBS Decor.
"We feel the potential in this market for ORB is excellent," he continues. "In addition to Dubai Shopping Festival and Summer Surprises, the region hosts a large volume of concerts, exhibitions, promotions and corporate events. There is a high demand for sponsorship for these events and this is where we see ORB coming into its own.
(Jim Evans)
Folene, a graduate of Adelphi University and most recently the inside sales manager for Strand Lighting's New York representative, will join Pete Borchetta (North East regional manager) and Bobby Harrell (lighting designer and controls specialist) in the new facility.
The Strand Lighting NYC office is located at: Fourth Floor, 267 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016. Telephone: +1 212-213-8219. Fax: + 1 212-532-2843.
The new office will feature a training area and a collection of equipment for hands on use of its products. Pete Borchetta comments: "I am excited to be in our new location and to be sharing an office with another Philips company Color Kinetics. T
66 panels of R10i/o LED panels, purchased by Operacija Trijumf production company Emotion Production, formed four screens on the stage.
"We choose the R10 panels partly on recommendation and partly because the only other LED screens currently in the region are 19mm pixel pitch," says Aleksandar Miljus of Emotion Production.
"We want to offer more versatile LED panels to the region and, after this series of Operacija Trijumf, we will be able to use the 10mm panels on a wide range of indoor and outdoor events. We will
The IFA in Berlin is deemed to be the world's largest consumer electronics fair. The biggest showcase by a single exhibitor is that of Sony, which takes up a whole hall, an area of 6,000sq.m, this year developing an enchanted forest concept, with thick white floors to absorb sound, soft round shapes and bare white trees.
Under the direction of technical director Peter Mader, Limelight Veranstaltungstechnik was responsible for
GDS, now in its fifth year, has been through some important changes during 2008 - focusing the business on product development and manufacture only, and increasing its product range to five main lines - Blues System, MOBAL, Motor Control, Stage Manager's consoles and its new RGB LED Wireless DMX Up-lighter.
The new operation will be in operation from 1 February 2009, with Scott Vontobel (previously with GDS's US distributor, TMB) at the helm as GDS-US Director. Vontobel has been in the industry for over eight years with significant success in brand de
At the Royal Albert Hall, White Light was tasked with providing reliable DMX distribution to the dimmer room and lighting trusses to make life easier for the Hall's staff and for visiting companies. White Light's Roger Hennigan notes that: "the Hall has a Jands Vista console which outputs lighting data as ArtNet. We therefore designed a system that used Ethernet to distribute ArtNet around the building, and then ArtNet to DMX nodes to convert the ArtNet back to standard DMX locally wherever it was required."
The final system uses products from network specialists ELC: truss-mount dmXLAN Node 1 power-over-Ethernet ArtNet nodes for each of the six main lighting trusses, a dmXLAN node 4 in the dimmer room for dimmer DMX output, dmXLAN Node 2s for DMX output
This appointment coincides with the continual expansion of the company in both staff and offices in Europe and the US and the increase in demand for GDS product, the company says.
(Lee Baldock)
"Each unit is light weight, compact and gives you a fantastic spread from such a small footprint. They are ideal for use on pitches and other sports arena and literally add a new dimension to flame effects. The other advantage is that the flames can now be coloured green, red, blue as well as the standard orange."
(Jim Evans)
The Special Leap Frog 48 package includes: Leap Frog 48 Console including Version 4.0 software featuring Colour Picker, direct links from offline editor to visualisation programmes and new low-light monitor options; 15" external touch screen; Light Converse Visualisation Software, and professional flight case for console and touch screen.
The Leap Frog 48 offers all the tools to create sophisticated lighting shows including control of 200 fixtures plus 48 generics, says the company. It features four opto-isolated DMX universe, multifunction keys for fast programming and provides a familiar syntax for users of Avolite, Strand, ETC and Whole Hog consoles.
(Jim Evans)
Audio Light Systems provide sales, installation project management and consultation for a wide variety of spaces that require audio, lighting, AV and specialist systems throughout the UK. The company says it is "set to make a serious impact on their debut at the second instalment of the exhibition - having booked the largest stand space by far on the show floor".
As well as Strand control desks and dimmers, Audio Light Systems will be exhibiting equipment from Crestron, EAW, QSC, NEC, Sennheiser, Tecpro, TOA and more for theatre, corporate and education markets.
(Lee Baldock)
