PALERMO, Italy – Lighting designer Francesco De Cave used Clay Paky Sharpy Wash and Alpha Profile 1500 fixtures for Italian rapper Fedez’s tour, in support of his recent album Pop-Hoolista. The lighting design has been evolving to fit larger venues as the artist’s popularity continues to expand.
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NEW YORK – For its 10th annual Spring Gala staged June 8, 2015, the Apollo Theatre hosted an array of artists ranging from Nile Rodgers and his band Chic to Ne-Yo, Luke James and Kimberly Nichole. LD Kevin Mignone, president of KM Productions, made use of 20 Legend 330SR Spots from Chauvet Professional.
SAN REMO, Italy — The Royal Hotel in San Remo gave its facade a fresh update with LED Glow UP color changers from Clay Paky. LD Gianmarco Maccario used 20 of the fixtures, controlling them with a Jands Vista S1 lighting console tucked away by the pool. Pico Service provided the gear, which was easily set up and removed for a special event.
LONDON – The first production to use ARRI Rental’s ALEXA 65 large format digital camera system has hit theaters: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Primarily shot with 35 mm film cameras by Academy Award winner Robert Elswit, ASC, the fifth installment of the spy series features a major underwater sequence, which was captured with prototype ALEXA 65 cameras in HydroFlex housings by Pete Romano, ASC.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — For R5’s “Sometime Last Night” tour, Toucan Productions provided a rig featuring Elation Professional’s Cuepix Panels, Rayzor Q7 LED moving heads and Platinum Beam Extremes. Band family member Ryland Lynch served as board op and LD, working with Toucan director of show operations Brad Meyers, who served as lighting director/programmer for the seven-week summer tour.
MANCHESTER, UK – i-Pix’s new Db1 video / beam light-source made its U.K. dance event debut at the 2015 Manchester International Festival (MIF)’s ‘10×10 Day & Night’, a special two night collaboration between MIF and The Warehouse Project (WHP) to celebrate 10 years of both events in the city of Manchester.
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SHIRLINGTON, VA – On Monday, July 20th, PBS Newshour, filmed at the WETA studio A, featured a new look that included new graphics, music, lighting and set. The show now features a clean, open, airy look consisting of large freestanding blue, red, and amber, acrylic panels carved into shapes evoking the PBS logo. Complementing the new set is a new lighting design by Dennis Size, vice president of design for the Lighting Design Group (LDG).
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Harting is expanding the opportunities for M12 connectivity by adding a female version to its successful M12 X-Code Slim Design connector series. Harting’s M12 Slim Design connectors and components with crimp termination technology cater to the growing use of M12 connectivity in factory automation and transportation where they deliver robust performance for high speed 1-10 Gigabit Ethernet communications.
Read More »BURLINGTON, MA – Avid named Paula E. Boggs to its board of directors. Boggs’ many years of corporate leadership experience, combined with her background as a musician experienced with Avid products, promises to provide a unique perspective as the company continues to deliver on Avid Everywhere.
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LynTec has introduced new timed event scheduling and astronomical clock capabilities on its Remote Power Control (RPC) and RPCR Automated Relay Panel products. Enabling timed control of on/off events at the circuit level, the innovations promise customers with the market’s simplest scheduling system to both program and use.
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BenQ America Corp. is now shipping its BL2711U design monitor. Engineered specifically for CAD/CAM professionals, animators, video editors, and graphic artists, BenQ’s latest addition to its creative product class allows detail-oriented users to work on a screen environment tailored precisely to fit their needs. Featuring true-to-life 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD), 100% sRGB color, in addition to CAD/CAM and animation modes, the revolutionary monitor unleashes new levels of precision with flexible customization tools that support every step of the design process.
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GUATEMALA CITY – Walter G. Moran opted to include fixtures from Italy-based LDR (Luci Della Ribalta) for a major lighting installation at the Frater, which ranks among the largest churches in Central and South America. The modern multi-complex venue is built on a site in San Cristobal, a few miles away from the Guatemala City’s center. The 50,000 square meter building includes a main auditorium with 13,000 seats, and the church is the largest man-made structure in the country. Moran was assisted with consultation from Fabiano Besio of LDR of Italy.
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