WELLS, UK – The BBC Children in Need annual marathon TV spectacular is vigorously supported each year by local outside broadcasts spanning the breadth of the British Isles. This year, wanting to stand out with extra pizzazz, BBC Bristol appointed TV Lighting Director, Paul Middleton, to bring the ‘wow factor’ to the outside broadcast from the West Country’s Wookey Hole Circus School, near Wells. The well-known LD did just that with help from a collection of intense fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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ARRI has provide a new light engine, dubbed Light Engine 2, for its L7-C LED Fresnel. ARRI says the change makes the fixture 25 percent brighter. The fixture achieves its luminous output while consuming only 160 watts, and is tunable for color temperatures ranging from 2800K to 10000K. Other features include green/magenta correction, hue and saturation control and more.
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LOS ANGELES – For the Coldplay music video, “Magic”, cinematographer Par Ekberg used BBS Area 48 LED interchangeable remote phosphor soft lights. The video topped 53 million views on YouTube and Ekberg was recognized with a Best Cinematographer nomination for a music video at the Cameraimage festival.
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BUCHAREST – Instead of 555 candles on a cake, the city celebrated by lighting up the expansive facade of the Palace of Parliament with large-format video projection. Hungarian videomapping specialist Maxin1osity took on the large-scale challenge, relying upon image processing technology from Germany-based coolux to get the job done.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Ayrton’s MagicPanel 602 LED panels are part of the rig specified by LD Rob Sinclair for the 2014/15 Queen + Adam Lambert world tour. The fixtures play an integral role in ensuring that the giant “Q” centerpiece packs visual interest. Upstaging provided the gear, with an assist from Chameleon in Australia/New Zealand and Neg Earth in Europe.
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DUBAI, UAE — Philips named Procom ME as its exclusive distributor for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. UAE is a hotbed of growth for the entertainment and architectural lighting industries, with many new projects under development, from universities to theatres and hotels, all of which generate strong demand for professional lighting. Procom’s showroom is pictured here.
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LEICESTER, U.K. – For a production of Cinderella that coincided with the holidays at De Montfort Hall here, principle technician Jim O’Mahoney used Triple E gear to overcome some vexing rigging challenges within the 1,490-seat venue, starting with its lack of a fly tower. The solution involved the use of 92 meters of Unitrack.
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VERACRUZ, Mexico – The Museo Naval recently reopened with new audio, video and interactive exhibits powered by Alcorn McBride show controllers, lighting controllers and audio and video players. Mexico City-based Tecnologia EDD (TEDD) specified and installed the gear.
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SINGAPORE — In a prominent intersection on the outskirts of Singapore City in Paya Lebar lies the Trinity Christian Centre, Trinity@Paya Lebar. Designed to imitate the vast canyons of the Israeli deserts, the building’s beige-colored facade mimics the folds of the desert landscape. The lighting includes Harman’s Martin Professional gear.
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LONDON – For recent red carpet events including premieres for The Hobbit on Dec. 1 (pictured here) and Interstellar on Oct. 29 (pictured below), Digital Insanity’s Richard Bagshaw used Hippotizer media servers to create memorable visual effects. Hippotizer manufacturer Green Hippo provided details on each of these red carpet events.
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HOUSTON – The Eli Young Band followed a string of shows in support of its 10,000 Towns album with its now-annual House Party concerts on back-to-back weekends at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and Minute Maid Park in Houston. LD David Carr specified Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K-20 fixtures controlled by a grandMA2 light console for both the House Party shows and the tour. The fixtures and console are both distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.
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