I read a lot of interviews with production designers in our business. I listen to them at speaking engagements. I see their posts on social media sites. They remember to credit their programmers and production managers, but it just seems like they never mention the countless individuals whose input was necessary for their vision to ever reach fruition. Most designers are not engineers. That’s why we put those little waivers on our plots that say we accept no liability for the structural design or integrity of a project. We just had the design concept. But we all need a team to cover our butts.
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The Robe Robin DLS Profile is the latest product in the DL range of luminaires that uses the Robe RGBW LED module. The DLS adds a system of four fast, smooth, framing shutters within the optical path design of the DLX Spot format. There is individual control of each shutter blade position and angle, together with rotation of the complete framing module. The fixture offers a sharp precise or soft frame for the projected image; the system produces a new series of effects through pre-programmed shutter blade shapes and movement sequences. Snappy blades of the framing module overlap each other on almost the same focal plane which allows the designer to create polygons or triangles, as well as other shapes, while staying in focus and always precisely returning to the pre-programmed position. As with all models in the Robe DL luminaire range, the multiple shadows normally associated with an LED source have been eliminated.
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LAS VEGAS – Philips’ new Showline LED linear luminaire added a new lighting element to the stage of the Latin Grammy Awards Nov. 15 in Las Vegas. LD Carlos Colina used eight of the Showline SL Bar 640 luminaires, supplied by Atomic Lighting. Programmer Felix Peralta and Colina said they stood out among all the other fixtures, and read well on Univision, too.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional’s newest MAC III family luminaire is now shipping. The 1500-watt MAC III AirFX is a versatile lighting fixture which combines hard-edge, mid-air effects and a wash field in one luminaire. At 60,000 lumens, Martin says it is powerful enough to cut through light emitted from the brightest LED screens.
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BRUSSELS – The first concert staged in the newly refurbished Het Depot just outside Brussels, Belgium, featured four days of performances by emerging Belgian singer / songwriter Selah Sue. Robe fixtures were an integral part of her show, with the first of Robe’s new MMX WashBeams in Belgium made available. Her LD Joris Vandamme also used 12 ROBIN 600 LEDWashes on floor stands.
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LONDON – XL Video supplied its newest products to Robbie Williams’ three nights at London’s O2 Arena recently, using more than 2000 new Pixled FX-200 LED spheres. The set and stage architecture was designed by Production Designer Mark Fisher with Creative Director Willie Williams and overseen by Executive Producer, Lee Lodge.
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