What: Manufacturer of studio and location lighting, film camera, digital camera and post-production equipment.
Where: Headquarters are in Munich, Germany. Offices in Blauvelt, N.Y.; Burbank, Calif.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla., New York City, Los Angeles, Charlotte, N.C., Toronto, London, Berlin, Rome, Milan and Mumbai.
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Two-time Emmy-nominated Marisa Davis started a recent weeklong hiatus from The Ellen DeGeneres Show by speaking to PLSN about her career. Prior to her current gig, which is in its third wildly-successful year, she was with the Oxygen network where she honed her skills by lighting talk, variety, game, cooking and even workout shows. Later, she worked in sketch comedy, including Mad TV, Primetime Glick and The Hollow Men. In July 2005, she became a partner at Design Partners, Inc.
Read More »It’s cruise ship month here at PLSN, and I’m onboard. When the Swami called to give me my marching orders, I found myself staring at the bow of the Carnival Liberty.
I want to be very clear on this next statement.
This is a very big boat.
Actually, that’s not right. I don’t think I’m allowed to call it a boat. Let’s start over.
This is an extremely large ship.
How large, you ask? How about three football fields? That do anything for you? Nine hundred fifty-two feet long, and 116 feet at its widest, the newest addition to Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet tips the scales at 110,000 tons.
Read More »All year long, as shows go up and come down, designers are continuously busy working on various projects, including current shows, future shows and completely unrelated things, like having a life. So how, you may ask, does all the work get done? This is a story about the people whose job it is to not only achieve the goals set forth by designers, but to anticipate and overcome any obstacles along the way. These are “the facilitators,” the associate and assistant designers who act as intermediaries between the heads and technicians and other departmental representatives. These are the people who get down to the nitty-gritty of the show, realize creative ideas and get the problems solved so that the show can go on.
Read More »American DJ P36 LED Blinder/P64 LED Blinder
American DJ’s P36 LED Blinder and P64 LED Blinder combine multiple LED fixtures onto one unit. The P36 LED Blinder comprises eight P36 LED pinspots, while the P64 LED Blinder has four P64 LED PARs. They can be set up either on the floor or mounted on American DJ’s LTS-6 lighting stand. The RGB color-mixing fixtures have low power consumption, long life, produce little heat and are DMX-compatible; they can operate with any DMX-512 controller. Both units offer direct DMX connection with no external components required. The MSRP of the P36 LED Blinder is $799.95 and the P64 LED Blinder is $999.95.
American DJ • 800.322.6337 • www.americandj.com
New stagehands are only as good as the person instructing them. First of all, they provide muscle. First thing I have them do is carry… Read More »Show, Not Tell
Read More »In short, if you need to know the per-phase current in a three-phase system, then add the total wattage of the loads, multiply by 1.73… Read More »Power Play
Read More »When your output device is a monitor instead of print, the screen size determines the size of the image. Since there are a fixed number… Read More »What’s Your Resolution?
Read More »There are some new trends in the mega-church sector, and they’re worth noting by LDs and manufacturers. Second Baptist Church in Houston (Texas is the… Read More »Going Off-Campus
Read More »ETC Enhanced Definition Lens Tubes
ETC is introducing new Source Four field angles, including 14˚, 70˚ and 90˚. The new 14˚ Source Four provides an intermediate-throw field angle to fill the gap between the 10˚ and 19˚ fixtures. Short-throw applications such as blackbox theaters and dance lighting will benefit from the 70˚ and 90˚ Source Fours. The Source Four Enhanced Definition Lens Tube (‘EDLT’) option was introduced at LDI 2005 and will soon be available in 19˚, 26˚, 36˚ and 50˚ field angles. The EDLT enhances gobo projections in both HPL and HID-equipped fixtures.
Electronic Theatre Controls • 800.688.4116 • www.etcconnect.com
Read More »Lately, I’ve been trying to figure out what my actual job is. For the last 20 years, I thought I was a lighting designer. After this week, I’ve pretty much realized that I am not just an LD; I wear a whole lot of hats at gigs. And I’ve been doing this more and more over the last five years, so much so that I am at a loss for words when trying to describe my title.
Let’s face reality: Video elements have become implanted on most touring shows and all the industrial shows I work on. If you’re an LD and you haven’t jumped on this wagon yet, you’re late. I am not a huge fan of all this technology. I still prefer good theatrically- lit scenes as opposed to high-tech gadgetry, but I would be ignorant to ignore it. It’s fun. But why am I picking and choosing video content, let alone creating it now?
Read More »Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot, see the path that demands your whole being.
Leave that which is not, but appears to be, seek that which is, but is not apparent.
– Rumi
When I was in junior high and high school, my friends and I used to build our own surfboards in our backyards and garages. We would buy the foam blanks and shape them with sanders. In a matter of minutes, we would be covered from head to toe in white foam powder, but in a few hours a beautiful shape would emerge. Then we would put designs on them and cover them with fiberglass cloth and resin. When the resin hardened, we would sand them smooth and put a few more coats of resin on, and when it dried, we’d have a brand new “stick.”
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