LONDON – Digital Insanity used Hippotizers to map eight huge LED screens with the letters G.O.D.Z.I.L.L.A. at the film’s London premiere. The letters were masked onto the front, creating an impressive light box effect, and were programmed with lighting chases and movie footage.
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NEW YORK – The annual Governors Ball music festival, which originated on Governors Island as a one-day event 2011 but has since been staged on Randall’s Island in the city’s East River on multiple days, had a long list of headliners including Axwell/Ingrosso (pictured here), OutKast, The Strokes, Jack White, Skrillex and more. Held June 6-8, two of the stages used gear from Bandit Lites. The Bandit arsenal included Martin MAC Viper Profiles, Clay Paky Sharpys, GRN LED moving washes and lamp bars and a variety of grandMA consoles.
LONDON – LD Jamie Thompson turned to GLP’s LED Impression series to help create dramatic stage impact for this year’s world tour by Bastille. The production concept highlighted the triangle symbol which replaces the ‘A” in Bastille — and the impressions are used to line the upstage triangle and mid-stage diagonals. They are also rigged overhead for use as mid-air effects and to wash the stage.
Read More »Da-Lite’s new IDEA Screen is a magnetic and erasable projection screen for use with SMART LightRaise interactive projectors.
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AMSTERDAM – d3 Technologies’ 4x2Pro Systems were used for projection at The Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Days. As visitors entered the event, they would walk through a 100 meter tunnel, with two 70 meter projection screens on either side immersing them. Each tunnel required 12 projectors on each wall. Specially printed fabric depicting the inside of an aircraft was mounted on the structure with projection holes cut into the fabric.
Read More »FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design will host live seminars in Los Angeles (July 24) and New York City (Aug. 13), featuring hands-on demonstrations of the new Blackmagic URSA and Blackmagic Studio Camera. At both events, Blackmagic Design will showcase its complete range of products for broadcast, post production and live production
Read More »TEMPE, AZ – AV Concepts named Malcolm Tinkham vice president of client solutions. Tinkham’s career in marketing, which has spans 20 years, includes positions held with Jack Morton Worldwide and George P. Johnson. He will serve as a liaison between clients and internal teams and will also be responsible for identifying, designing and applying market-driven strategies to achieve growth.
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Artistic Licence has upgraded Rail-Split RDM, a DMX splitter, adding a fixer mode that eliminates flickering caused by misread data. Another new feature is the front-panel LED indicators, which allow the user to see at a glance the power and data activity status.
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JOHANNESBURG – Responsible for creating a one-night-only EDM spectacular, the Gearhouse Group supplied all the technical production for DJ Armin van Buuren’s Armin Only Intense World Tour stop in Johannesburg. A total of 460 DuoLED 18” panels were configured into a 21 meter wide screen backdrop, with LED accents on the side stages and front stage cladding.
SOMERSET, UK – Bristol-based lighting and visuals rental company, Fineline Lighting supplied lighting and rigging including ground support systems to five stages at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. This included the Acoustic, Cabaret, Circus, Astrolabe Stages and HMS WOW at the festival, staged here June 25-29.
Read More »SHANGHAI – The Shanghai International Lighting Fair debuts this fall from 3 – 5 September at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Organised by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd, the event is expected to host over 100 exhibitors. China’s central and eastern region is quickly becoming one of the fastest areas for the development of state-of-the-art properties and infrastructure projects as government planning focuses on reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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During the course of our lives, we have ups and downs, twists and turns and moments of sheer terror and excitement — fairly similar to that of a roller coaster, only spread out over years, not minutes. The best thing to do is hold on tight and enjoy this ride we call life. We spend our entire lives planning, organizing, and preparing for the future, both in our personal and professional lives. We map out a carefully laid out plan of things that we want to do and accomplish. Then of course there is the day-to-day operation of business and life.
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