Skip to content

ARRI wins Academy Award for ALEXA Camera System

ARRI wins Academy Award for ALEXA Camera System

[caption id="attachment_274764" align="alignnone" width="800"](L-R) Marc Shipman-Mueller, Stephan Schenk, Franz Kraus, Walter Trauninger and Achim Oehler[/caption]

LOS ANGELES — On February 11th in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (USA), in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the 89th annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place. With their so-called Technical Oscars®, the organization recognizes outstanding achievements within the motion picture industry. This year’s prizewinners list includes the German company ARRI.

Read More »

PR Lighting XR 330 Beam Ii and XR 250 Beam 250 Ii

[caption id="attachment_274758" align="alignnone" width="800"]PR Lighting's XR 330 Beam Ii [/caption]

PR Lighting has launched upgraded versions of two of its products, and has now released the XR 330 Beam II and XR 250 Beam II. While the XR 330 Beam II is equipped with the Osram Sirius HRI 330W lamp the XR 250 Beam II houses a Philips MSD Platinum 11R 250W lamp to produce a laser-like parallel beam. These products are designed to meet the requirements of small and medium installation applications. Rich in features, they are compact and easy to maintain and install.

Read More »

Sculpture Depicting Giant Leaping Salmon Lit with Solaris Flare IP Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_274755" align="alignnone" width="768"]Solaris Flares used to light sculpture[/caption]

DELTA, BC — The Tsawwassen Mills Mall, which opened last October on Tsawwassen First Nation land, has been reeling customers in with 1.2 million square feet of retail space, making it the fourth largest mega-mall in the Vancouver, BC area. Among the attractions is a series of large-format artwork, including a 45-foot-high sculpture of a salmon leaping from the water. Chris Moreno of ShowTech AVL in Burnaby, BC describes how a Solaris Flare IP RGBW outdoor LED wash fixture lights up the dichroic glass ‘scales’ covering the fish’s metal skeleton.

Read More »
Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

The Most Colorful Time of the Year

It’s a good thing February is the shortest month, because except for the bright reds you see around Valentine’s Day, it’s one of our least colorful months. By mid-January, I’m already nostalgic for the holiday season. For a few weeks every year, everything becomes colorful in America again. I drive around and see beautiful green foliage in living rooms and on doors, long after the leaves have fallen. Multi colored holiday strings of lights add to the red candy canes that illuminate our city streets.

Read More »
Avett Brothers tour photo by CrackerFarm

LD Pete Schroth with the Avett Brothers

TOUR DATES: February-November

THE DESIGN: “The Avett Brothers never play the same set or the same song the same way. Every night is different. They feed off the vibe of the crowd; if the crowd wants a more chill show or a rocker, then that’s the direction. Cue stacks don’t fit with their way of playing. Everything is on the fly all the time. I design a rig that morphs into different animals; lighting one guy playing an acoustic guitar or a heavy rocker with all seven band members. Overall, I try to accent the music, push the emotion further, but subtly so that people may not notice that the whole stage just ‘warmed up,’ but they feel it with their hearts.”

Read More »