LOS ANGELES — No firm tour dates have been set, but Eyellusion, the company working with Wendy Rio, the widow of rocker Ronnie James Dio, who died in 2010, is now planning what might be the first live rock show built around a “virtual” performance by a deceased frontman.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ – With the Borgata Hotel and Casino’s recent announcement of its new $11 million dollar conference and event space, branded the “Central Conference Center”, Starlite will provide an innovative and custom architectural lighting and control system throughout the 18,000 square-foot bi-level venue. The system, which includes ETC Sensor and Unison dimming paired with Paradigm architectural control, incorporates high-end touchscreen interfaces, which will allow the client to adapt the décor lighting based on the individual needs of the venue, event or client.
LOS ANGELES –– The premiere for Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, was held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. 4Wall Los Angeles’ events team converted the hotel’s parking lot into an elegant area welcoming the stars of the film. Lead actress and actor Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele) and Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) were two of the many stars who walked the red carpet for the film’s opening night. Universal Pictures turned to 4Wall LA to provide a tasteful look for the arrivals, while incorporating elements of the movie in the overall design.
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SINGAPORE – Coldplay’s Head Full of Dreams tour resumes later this month in Asia. The tour has already made history by selling out 100,000 seats in Singapore. At the same time, Kings of Leon is winding up their U.K. tour and heading for America. Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative Design is production designer for both tours, and the Solaris Flare is his LED fixture of choice – with 96 Flares used for Coldplay and 36 for Kings of Leon.
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Blackmagic Design’s new URSA Mini Pro 4.6 is a new professional camera that combines high end digital film quality with the ergonomics and features of a traditional broadcast camera. URSA Mini Pro features a massive number of tactile control buttons, switches and dials that make it faster to use, built in optical ND filters, a new interchangeable lens mount, dual CFAST 2.0 and dual SD/UHS-II card recorders, and much more.
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ABU DHABI, UAE – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) celebrated 45 years of unification with a National Day that featured a huge multi-surface video projection in Abu Dhabi. The event, staged Dec. 2 at the request of the Crown Prince’s court, was held for an invited crowd of dignitaries. Balich Worldwide Shows contacted Tom van Hemelryk, VP Global Sports and Special Events at PRG, to provide both the technical expertise and technology for this video mapping production, which was fed by eight d3 4x4pro media servers.
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Elation’s IP-rated Proteus Beam uses Philips’ 14R 280W lamp, and the optical system allows for a 2-degree beam. Features include CMY color mixing, a 13-slot dichroic color wheel (Quad Color, CTO, CTB and UV), eight rotating replaceable gobos and 13 static-fixed gobos. The fixture also comes with a frost filter and 5- and 32-facet rotating prisms. Control options include DMX, Art-Net, sACN and RDM protocols and internal program macros. The fixture also comes with Elation’s built-in E-FLY wireless DMX transceiver for quick setups.
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LONDON – Working for event designer Jason Morais, the winning team from event production specialist Maestra London returned to the Freemasons Hall in London’s Covent Garden for the second year to ensure that the 2017 Warner Music Brit Awards after-show party was THE one to be seen at and remembered. Maestra delivered the full technical and creative production including supplying all the technical and scenic infrastructure – set, lighting, rigging, audio, all décor – including a myriad of bespoke designed items, carpeting, furniture, drapage and soft-goods.
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AMSTERDAM – International creative design practice Painting with Light was commissioned by Panasonic to produce a high-impact multimedia live show for their stand at the 2017 ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) expo at Amsterdam RAI. Painting with Light’s creative director Luc Peumans initiated the idea of simultaneous tracking and projecting onto multiple objects. It was a mission for which no-one could calculate a potential success rate in the confined and frenetic space of an exhibition booth.
NASHVILLE –– St. Paul and the Broken Bones shook the rafters of the Mother Church in a show stopping performance that left audience members feelings as though they left a revival, as the six-piece band from Alabama, currently promoting their newest album, Sea of Noise, brought their soulful sound to the historic Ryman Auditorium for a two night engagement with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Chris Lisle sought to create an effective production package that harkened back to the old school looks of lighting.
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ELGIN, Il. – Harting USA’s new M12 PushPull promises rapid vibration-proof connection with just one click. Simple and reliable connectivity with fast and easy connection in high vibration environments – this is the idea behind the HARTING M12 PushPull. The M12 PushPull brings the benefits of the HARTING PushPull in the form factor of an M12.The connector’s robust housing and reliable locking system makes it perfectly suited in harsh, heavy vibration environments. An audible click indicates when connection is made and simple assembly that requires no special tools means installation in the field quick and easy.
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MIDDLETON, WI — Electronic Theatre Controls Inc. (ETC), founded by CEO Fred Foster in Madison, WI in 1975, has many long-term business partners. Writer Marshall Bissett profiled one of them — Florida-based Stage Equipment and Lighting (SEAL) — after meeting up with SEAL’s Mike Gold and Curt Contrata (pictured here, L-R) at ETC’s Rep and Dealer Workshop in Madison, WI. Marshall also spoke with SEAL VP Rick Rudolph. Here’s his account of SEAL, which has been around even longer than ETC, serving customers in Florida since 1967.
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