The new division will be based at Three Mills Island in East London and run by directors David March and Jim Douglas, the latter of whom founded Projected Image in 1999. Projected Image, meanwhile, has moved into new, expanded premises at Three Mills in preparation for a busy schedule for 2003. Projected Image Digital will be complementary to the gobo manufacturing side of the business, and dedicated to being at the cutting edge of new digital technology, video generation and projection.
The company was formed to take advantage of the ever-increasing creative integration between moving and stills imaging and lighting under the generic description of ‘show visuals’. "We very much see RADlite as a system for aiding this process, and we want to be at the forefront of this culture," comments March.
Between them, Douglas and March have an impressive aggregate of experience and knowledge in the lighting and video production industry. Both worked together at Vari*Lite during the embryonic years of their careers, and March has recently joined Projected Image from one of the UK’s leading live video rental houses.
RADlite has recently shot into the limelight as a cost-effective video generation package which can be controlled from any DMX lighting desk. This autumn it has been used on high profile tours including Coldplay, Blue and Will & Gareth.
(Lee Baldock)
