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Brown Note Productions and Elation Proteus Weather Wild Summer Conditions

Inkcarceration (photo: Nathan Zucker)

By any measure, summer 2023 in the U.S. has been extreme with intense heat, severe rainfall and unrelenting smoke. So when a number of outdoor festivals and events are on the program, the challenge for any production company is immense. “This is a very current issue,” states Ryan Knutson, President of Brown Note Productions in Colorado. “We’ve seen some really intense changing weather patterns and IP fixtures have become critical in outdoor applications.” Read More »Brown Note Productions and Elation Proteus Weather Wild Summer Conditions

ISE Celebrates Two Decades of Pro AV Exhibitions with 2024 Show in Barcelona

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is marking its 20-year milestone with the 2024 ISE exhibition, set to take place in Barcelona, Spain from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 2024. The 2024 event is also shaping up to be the biggest ISE show yet, with the largest-ever show floor set across 65,000m², and with more than 115 new exhibitors confirmed.Read More »ISE Celebrates Two Decades of Pro AV Exhibitions with 2024 Show in Barcelona

Bandit Lites Promotes John Cameron Carter

Bandit Lites, a world leader in entertainment lighting, is proud to announce the promotion of John Cameron Carter to Integration Solution Sales. Carter first joined the Integration team seven years ago and has since grown as a technician, project manager and sales member. 

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Brompton Technology to Showcase Virtual Production Innovation at SIGGRAPH 2023

Brompton Technology, the industry leader in LED video processing for virtual production and live events, will be demonstrating its latest solutions, including its new TrueLight® technology, at this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles. Brompton will have a presence in the Z by HP booth (West Hall, Booth 215), where its Tessera SX40 LED video processors will be powering a virtual production volume demo alongside partners including NVIDIA, Fuse Technical Group, ROE Visual, and the Entertainment Technology Center at USC (ETC@USC).Read More »Brompton Technology to Showcase Virtual Production Innovation at SIGGRAPH 2023

Dude Perfect Lets Loose the ‘Panda-monium’ with Bandit Lites and 46 Entertainment

Viral Internet sensations Dude Perfect recently wrapped their high octane 24-city Panda-monium Tour with a lighting system designed by 46 Entertainment and provided by Bandit Lites. Former college roommates Tyler “Beard” Toney, Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett “Purple Hoser” Hilbert, and Cody “Tall Guy” Jones famous for their crazy stunts and trick-shot battles have amassed 59.6 million YouTube subscribers and 11.8 million Instagram followers.Read More »Dude Perfect Lets Loose the ‘Panda-monium’ with Bandit Lites and 46 Entertainment

A Projection Problem (and Solution) for Adele’s Vegas Residency

PLSN spoke with Silent House Studios LD Cory FitzGerald and STUFISH Senior Partner Ric Lipson on their design for Weekends with Adele at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. “One of the big challenges was finding a fabric that we could project onto that would be bright and clear but that would also be dark enough when you didn’t want it to be lit with projectors,” noted Lipson. “We worked with a company called Carbon Black. They have a fabric that is a very dark gray. It’s essentially covered in a coating that reflects the laser projection in a much brighter way than a traditional projection surface. That became the silver bullet for making the projection look great on the sliding panels.”

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This is putting your money where your mouth is…it really is a team effort.

The entertainment technology and production industry is absolutely a team effort and concert touring is a segment that exemplifies this night after night, city after city. So, it is always nice to hear about the numerous artists that take care of, and show appreciation for the efforts of, their entire production team and crew. That said, Taylor Swift this past week truly putting her money where her mouth is to say thank you to her entire touring team. She gave out unprecedented bonuses. Her Eras Tour, which just wrapped its North American leg, has not only been lucrative for the artist, and her touring ‘family’, but has recorded massive economic benefits to every city it has played, breaking hotel occupancy records and packing restaurants across the country. That is certainly nothing to shake it off.

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Industry Leaders Step Up for 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards

With about six months to go, the 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards are on track to break several records – first and foremost, the number of companies stepping up to make the evening of the live event industry’s award show a success. “I’m humbled by not only the number of progressive companies sponsoring our industry award show this year, but who is stepping up,” says Parnelli Awards Co-Founder and Executive Producer Terry Lowe. “Not only is it wonderful to see so many who have supported continuously from the first shows like All Access Staging and Productions, Harman Professional, and Sound Image, but also great to welcome first-time sponsors joining us this year.” First time supporters of this year’s gala include Eagle Production Co., Eventric/Master Tour, and Spider Ranch Productions.Read More »Industry Leaders Step Up for 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards

Chameleon Rental Circles Artists with CHAUVET Professional at Lake Festival

The circle, that most mystical of shapes that philosophers have described as a “reflection of eternity,” served as an ideal design motif for the main stage at the recent Lake Festival in Serbia. Like the circle itself, which has no beginning or end, and embraces all, the three-day festival encompassed a diverse mix of artists from Europe and the USA with infinite ease.Read More »Chameleon Rental Circles Artists with CHAUVET Professional at Lake Festival

RZI Lighting Expands Large Inventory of Elation Gear

(L to R): Jackie Johnson, FX Works; Jon Felt, Bormann Marketing; Eric Loader, Elation Professional; Ray Ziegler, RZI Lighting

RZI Lighting of New Orleans has stocked Elation lighting gear for much of its 24 years in the stage lighting business and again has added Elation products to inventory. The additions – Proteus Maximus™, Proteus Smarty Hybrid™, KL Panel™, Fuze Profile™, Paladin™ and Prisma Wash 100™ – reflect the breadth and wide variety of stage lighting and installation projects that RZI work on.Read More »RZI Lighting Expands Large Inventory of Elation Gear