Sponsored by PRG, the Live Entertainment Awards (PRG LEA) reward outstanding achievement in the entertainment industry in German-speaking countries. This year, some 1,300 guests, including many prominent celebrities, will gather in the Festhalle in Frankfurt to enjoy live performances and applaud the winners of the LEA trophies. The gala event also
The series was recorded at Studio Berlin and produced jointly by a Dutch German collaboration between Taipa and Schwartzkopff TV. It was broadcast on Pro7 and Sat 1 channels where it was again a big hit with viewers.
Da Costa has lit all three editions of VOG to date, and once again he worked closely with set designer Florian Wieder of Wieder Design and Video Content Producer Falk Rosenthal to create an elegant visual environment.
All of them drew on their previous VOG experiences to produce a different aesthetic from the last series, and within that framework, to ensure that each of the artists would receive a diversity of visual treatments that ensured that they all looked different, and
The Professional Development Programme provides visitors to this popular trade event with free access to over twenty seminars and demonstrations delivered by some of the industry's leading experts, and provides an opportunity to learn new skills and have questions answered.
Kicking off on the Tuesday, a panel of representatives from the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) will address how we talk about the artistic side of lighting design for live performance, what is meant by "good" or "outstanding" lighting design, and find ways to talk about this most ephemeral of art forms, in a discussion entitled And The Award For Best Lighting
Designed to fit a wide spectrum of rigs and venues, the Strike 324 is shaped like a low-profile par can and contains 324 white 1-watt SMD LEDs, while the Strike 882 is configured like a panel and equipped with 882 white 0.5-watt SMD LEDs. Thanks to the power and efficiency of their 6,400K LEDs, both models produce incredible brightness while consuming significantly less energy than conventional strobe lights of comparable output, offering the ability to run on standard vo
Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas utilized BlackTrax motion tracking system in its 3,750 seat auditorium integrated with live performers, lighting, sound, multi-media and video for its 2013 Christmas Program and beyond.
"Visitors will walk away from the seminar with an in-depth understanding of how our production has deployed BlackTrax bringing significant ROI as well as lighting, logistical and creative benefits," explained Michael Wells, ex
The G300 was Le Maitre's second generation high powered smoke machine, following on from the Smoke Processor 3 series, and at the time of its launch was commented on by competitors as setting the standard by which all other machines would be judged. Le Maitre's goal at the time was quite simply to make a machine that was better than anything else on the market. This has clearly proved to be the case with sales still going strong and many of the unique features still not being able to be emulated by other manufacturers.
Le Maitre came up with and patented its 'Layered Block System' called Genesis - hence the 'G' of G300. T
The festival provides students with access card to various venues and clubs, all kitted out with top sound and lighting, and entertainment by great artists. While daytime is usually reserved for beach volleyball, soccer, surfing and tanning, this year saw revellers in gumboots and rain would not stop the fun!
Hirezone supplied the technical for the main dance floor at the Sound Factory i
With the awards being broadcasted to millions on the UP Network, lighting designer Mark Carver created a look for the show that would translate well both on television and for the live audience, in addition to relaying the emotion of the performing artists.
"Gospel Music has a very emotional and spiritual quality," Carver explained. "The lighting needs to try to help convey this emotion and engage both artist and audience."
In order to accomplish such a seamless, expressive design, Carver turned to Bandit who pro
Sponsored by its official partners XFM, the night was hosted by Keith Murray and Chris Cain from band We Are Scientists. It included performances from acts such as Bombay Bicycle Club and Wild Beasts.
Richard Martin Lighting (RML) were approached by LD Matt Button and HDO Productions to provide lights for The Horrors performance. Closing the show, they wanted to do something extra special in support of their accolade for 'Outstanding Artistry' which was presented to them that night.
Matt chose Sharpys and strobes to create maximum effect. This look was in keeping with their festival
The tour has just completed its latest European leg, and Francesco included 50 x Robe Robin LEDWash 300 moving lights as a core element of the lighting rig.
Grammy award winning multi-lingual Pausini is one of the most successful Italian artists of all time and has sold over 70m albums worldwide.
Francesco is one of Italy's best known and most prolific designers in the live and concert touring sectors and for music-based television shows. His lighting career started aged 14 and has continued on a massive upward trajectory. Lighting is something that he's absolutely passionate ab
Opened in September 2013, Cast replaces the town's old Civic Theatre, which closed in March 2013, with a 620 seat main space, adaptable smaller second space and further dance, drama and meeting spaces. The development of the theatre is part of a wider £300m scheme to regenerate the urban centre of Doncaster and if the early evidence of its popularity is anything to go by, it stands every chance of vindicating the Authority's bold move to pursue such a project in tough economic times.
Cast's vision was to play host to the widest possible remit of the arts.
Filmed at the LA Sports Arena, the commercial featured pro football legends Terry Bradshaw, Mike Ditka, Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe. The tongue-in-cheek spot was based on the simple premise that since music stars entertain fans during football game halftime shows, it's only right that football stars return the favour by entertaining the TV audience during th
The space - original features including double height windows with stained glass detail and a magnificent organ fully renovated with pipes left exposed - has been lovingly restored to its former splendour and opened as Manchester's live music and event space by independent owners Trof.
Trof have a penchant for discovering found spaces and turning them into buzzing entertainment hubs, and the Albert Hall is no exception as it gears up for full operation with promoters and private clients clamouring to book it for bands, comedy and cabaret shows, club nights, parties and corporate events.
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Last year, Palmé was the first person to take full advantage of the new in-house Robe lighting rigs that were installed across all three of Vanemuine's venues, when he lit a very successful production of Grease, also in the Big House.
This year with Evita, he again utilized Robe's products to upgrade and revitalize the production's lighting which was originally staged in Turku, Finland in 2008.
The Big House lighting system includes over 100 Robe moving lights including 56 x Robin LEDWash 1200s, 20 x Robin MMX Spots, 24 x Rob
Sting has already released an album called The Last Ship, with music that will feature in the show. The musical will be directed by Joe Mantello, who has won two Tony Awards, for musical Assassins and stage play Take Me Out.
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Spectrun Design e Iluminacao was in charge of the design concept and execution, and to fulfil the task of illuminating the grand stadium, they selected a large-scale package of SGM lighting equipment, including 200 X-5 white LED strobes, 66 P-5 RGB wash lights, 40 SixPack blinders and 24 Giotto Synthesis 700 Wash.
Accommodating Ms Sangalo's audience of 40,000 people, while at the same time illuminating the stadium, was the challenge facing Marcos Olivio from Spectrun Design e Iluminacao when developing his desig
The first batch was purchased by Light Fantastic Production Services Ltd, based in London. Rob Myer, managing director of Light Fantastic commented, "The Mini-Maps are so versatile and compact, the applications are endless. They're perfect for building into stage fascias & set pieces as well as using as eye candy on stage or around a room. They're also great to use in large numbers as a low res video display - The viewer's brain
Prolight + Sound 2014 will prove no exception as Ayrton chooses the show as a forum to launch three new products. The first of these products is NandoBeam S6 which will be on show on the Ayrton stand, Hall 9.0, Booth E70.
Twice as powerful as its little brother, NandoBeam S3, Ayrton NandoBeam S6 is a very compact, ultra-fast moving head. Equipped with 37 RGBW LED emitters, NandoBeam S6 shares the S3's same lightweight optical system and ultra-fast 5:1 zoom.
Designed primarily for use on concert stages and in television production, NandoBeam S6 exhibits quick, dynamic movement along with Ayrton's fabulous saturated colour palette and a powerful 8° to 40° beam spread.
Aleksander did a complete digital solid-state lighting installation for a new studio layout he designed that's dedicated to news programming. "Everything was predicated on energy-efficient lighting from the start," he explains. "Since it was new, we were able to build out the studio without the traditional heavy support for cooling down the lights and the full dimming load normally necessary for an incandescent approach. We used all fluorescent and LED lighting."
Aleksander evaluated a number of fixtures then concluded that "for hard-edge, profile fixtures, the best bang for the buck came from the Robert Juliat Tibos.&q
The Nomad dongle gives you access to the powerful features of ETC's lighting control consoles on your computer, so you can take it with you anywhere. You can program and play back your show at the computer, or use it as a backup to any of ETC's lighting desks.
To enter, simply go to the ETC website at www.etcconnect.com/Prolight2014 and register; entrants can choose one of four one-minute music tracks. The site charges a small fee - less than 1 or £1 - to download a song, but it is free to listen to, with no obligation to purchase. Using the free (Windows-only) visualisation software on the ETC website, you can simply program a one minute light show to go with the music.
Everyone who enters will get a
Walters, son of the company's co-founder John Walters, has chosen to take up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join specialist UK model makers, Amalgam.
Walters' passion for cars is legendary having collected model cars for his entire life and been instrumental in establishing James Thomas Engineering as a sponsor of Jack Goff, the industry's adopted racing driver and BTCC champion.
"Amalgam is a very well-respected, highly-specialised UK manufacturer of scale model cars for top end clients," says Walters. "Hard though it will be to leave JTE, I am very excited by the prospect of new horizons that this move gives."
"Andy is an irreplaceable member of the JTE team, both in terms of his character
Luxeon Rebel ES Lime is the proprietary LED technology in the revolutionary Philips hue bulb, where it combines with Luxeon Rebel Red-Orange and Rebel Royal Blue emitters to deliver over 16m colour options -- all controlled from an iOS device. Philips hue can use colour tunable Light Recipes to help set mood and energy level in the home, office, retail, classroom and hospital environments.
"This really represents a new frontier in lighting, because Luxeon Rebel ES Lime emitters can be combined with other Rebel colour and white emitters to achieve higher CRI and R9 combinations than any previous generation emitters or arrays," said Rah
At this year's expo, White Light will display products from leading manufacturers including ADB Lighting, Altman Lighting, Chromlech, CORE Lighting, Doughty Engineering, Galaxia Electronics, Lee Filters, Look Solutions, Rosco, and Wireless Solution.
For the first time at BVE, White Light will also be showcasing products from Photon Beard, which specialises in manufacturing lighting for film and television. On display will be the company's popular fluorescent soft light - the Square One, as well as more traditional tungsten fixtures: the Minibeam 300w Fresnel, Pho
Pin Point Lighting currently owns several larger format lighting consoles, which are used on large scale productions. John liked the fact that he wouldn't have to send out the larger format consoles for productions that could get away with 4 DMX universes. John also liked the fact that anyone familiar with Hog consoles could easily sit down and work on the HedgeHog 4 because it retains the same programming layout as its larger brother, the Road Hog 4. Another benefit was the ability to load showfiles from
