LOS ANGELES — Roy Bennett’s lighting design for Maroon 5’s year-long World Tour 2015 in support of V, the band’s fifth studio album, includes 210 Ayrton MagicBlade-R fixtures. Bennett, of Seven Design Works, used the MagicBlade-R units to delineate 13 jointed truss “arms,” which are suspended in a “V” shape above the stage to form a pivotal feature of the stage design.
Read More »Gefen’s 4K Ultra HD 8×8 Matrix for HDMI w/ HDCP 2.2 (EXT-UHD-88) offers cross-point routing of eight 4K Ultra HD sources to any combination of eight displays, along with support for the new HDCP 2.2 content protection protocol.
Read More »NASHVILLE – Video production and projection mapping company DWP Live will be the first to use d3 Technologies’ new Video Format Conversion (VFC) output card for a live event, which will take place in September.
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DURBAN, SA – Black Coffee, a production company founded in 2000 by Brandon Bunyan (pictured here) and his wife Jenny, has grown over the years, expanding its arsenal of Robe lighting fixtures along the way. The most recent purchases include selections from Robe’s LED moving lights, including four Robe Pointes.
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MIAMI – Univision’s live “Premios Juventud 2015,” which had a video games theme and a set packed with LED and projection screens, relied upon d3’s creative software suite to deliver high-impact visuals for the annual youth awards telecast honoring achievements in film, music, sports, fashion and pop culture. The show was broadcast from Bank United Center in Miami.
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The U-Torm system from Cosmic Truss, which initially hit the market in 2014, now includes an expanded range, offering more options to create hanging positions for lighting, video projectors and other equipment. Added to the system is the new U-Torm 100 and U-Top 100 which have been built to accommodate larger pieces of equipment including high output moving lights, larger loudspeaker, and video projectors and other AV equipment. With an open inside width of 39.3 inches / 1 meter, the U-Torm 100 uses the same simple and fast rigging techniques that make it suitable for both permanent and temporary or touring situations.
Read More »TORONTO –– The 40th Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 10-20, 2015, will also mark the 15th year where Christie has been a sponsor of the event. There are 1,300+ screenings from 71 countries. As official projection partner, Christie is screening almost all (99 percent) of the films digitally, with a growing number in 4K.
Read More »Automated lighting programmers are responsible for much more than just entering values into a console. We are usually also called upon to be a part… Read More »A Little Prep Work
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Richard Neville of Sydney-based Mandylights said the “big project of note” is Ricky Martin’s “One World Tour,” which hits North American arenas Sept. 15-Oct. 25 after previous tour legs in New Zealand, Australia and Mexico earlier this year.
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I have been working in lighting on a national scale for almost 35 years, five more if you count regional club bands in the 70’s. I have worked in every sized venue, designing and programming lights for every type act, from hardcore country to the heaviest of heavy metal. I’m not exactly sure where my latest band falls in that category, but I can certainly say they’re never boring.
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