LONDON – For recent red carpet events including premieres for The Hobbit on Dec. 1 (pictured here) and Interstellar on Oct. 29 (pictured below), Digital Insanity’s Richard Bagshaw used Hippotizer media servers to create memorable visual effects. Hippotizer manufacturer Green Hippo provided details on each of these red carpet events.
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HOUSTON – The Eli Young Band followed a string of shows in support of its 10,000 Towns album with its now-annual House Party concerts on back-to-back weekends at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and Minute Maid Park in Houston. LD David Carr specified Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K-20 fixtures controlled by a grandMA2 light console for both the House Party shows and the tour. The fixtures and console are both distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.
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CYPRESS, CA — USHIO America named James Suit Eastern Regional Sales Manager for its Entertainment Business Unit. Suit has more than nine years of technical and applications expertise in the entertainment market. He also brings extensive knowledge in the application and sales of lighting fixtures, sources, and solutions in the entertainment, architectural and video markets.
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LONDON – Working with production manager Sarah Chaloner and designer Jonathan Paul Green, XL Video supplied a projection system for studio recordings of ‘Series L’ of the British comedy panel game television quiz show QI, produced by QI Ltd.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB is currently controlling a holiday lighting display at the Stockholm Concert Hall. The installation includes 32 SGM P5’s equipped with W-DMX OEM boards. The lighting is controlled from a grandMA PC Wing located inside the hall.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – SHS Global has been named the exclusive U.S. distributor for Smoke Factory fog machines, including their battery-operated Scotty, their Fan Fogger (fog/wind machine combination), their Mr. Mister (the first oil-free hazer) and their popular Tour Hazer. Smoke Factory, based in Germany, has been manufacturing machines for atmospheric effects for more than 20 years.
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, has named Robert Pennington to serve as its U.S. sales manager, broadcast, for the East Coast. In this new role, Pennington will assist customers in selecting and implementing Riedel’s broad product portfolio of networked communications and signal transport solutions.
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BARRY, UK – Described as “The best Christmas light switch-on in Wales”, residents in Barry, the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, enjoyed a specially commissioned visual spectacle created by London based The Projection Studio across the front of the municipal library building in King Square in a Christmas light switch on ceremony that would rival that of most metropolises.
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OmniSistem has taken their widely popular DF-V6 Pyrofog and added 21 3W RGB LEDs to create a multicolored vertical pyro effect. This upgrade also comes with a new look – new housing and a strapped in 2.5L liquid reservoir. The Pyrofog Pro packs a punch with fog output at 20,000 cubic feet per minute. This fogger can be controlled via included wireless remote or DMX (8 Channels). Use multiple units to create a color chasing effect with fog – a great way to WOW your audience! OmniSistem recommends only using high quality, water based fog or haze liquid, such as OmniFog or OmniHaze, in the Pyrofog Pro.
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Vatel Producciones, founded and managed by Miriam Villalobos is celebrating its eighth birthday with a wide range of events utilising their eight Robe Pointes and two MiniMes in Mexico City.
Vatel’s owner, Miriam Villalobos – born in Córdoba, Veracruz, and grew up in Querétaro – was curious to learn about the production industry, and back in 2000 took a job in public relations at local company A 1 Audio … during a show by Mexican band Molotov.
Read More »MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Vatel Producciones, fundada y dirigida por Miriam Villalobos, está cumpliendo ocho años y celebra con una amplia gama de eventos utilizando sus ocho aparatos Robe Pointe y dos MiniMe en Ciudad de México.
Su propietaria, Miriam Villalobos de la ciudad de Querétaro, curiosa por saber sobre la industria de producción en el año 2000, recibió una oferta de trabajo de relaciones públicas en la empresa local A 1 Audio, durante un show de la banda mexicana Molotov.
Read More »NEW YORK, NY – PLASA noted that ANSI E1.23 – 2010, Entertainment Technology – Design and Execution of Theatrical Fog Effects, is up for reaffirmation.… Read More »ANSI E1.23 Relating to Fog Effects Up for Reaffirmation
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