For the third year in a row, Don Mischer Productions and White Cherry Entertainment helped electrify the Super Bowl Halftime Show by co-executive producing a live performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The NFL had wanted Springsteen to do the show for years and he finally relented after watching Tom Petty’s performance last year in Phoenix.
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Lighting designer and theatrical consultant Richard Pilbrow has seen it all. Today he has 50 years in the business under his belt — not quite all the way back to the age of gas lights, perhaps — but a different world from today’s automated lights and LEDs.
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Xavier Diaz is on the run. Not only does Intocable’s lighting and video director have to make sure his rigs are up and running, he’s also serving as the production manager for the Tejano/Norteño influenced band as the collection of musicians hopscotch’s between Mexico and the United States.
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Lighting for television in today’s production environment can be a study in interoperability. Tight production schedules, shrinking budgets and high expectations require today’s lighting departments to integrate with the rest of the production on many different levels.
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Todd Bentley is one of the most inspiring and controversial characters to lead a Christian revival. His unconventional style has stirred America and inspired thousands to change their lives. After hearing about the weekly pilgrimages to Todd Bentley’s home church in Florida, the leadership of Morning Star Ministries committed to bringing him to Fort Mill, S.C.
Read More »A few short years ago, LEDs were like the Jessica Simpson of the live event production industry; they were pretty but not too bright. Thanks to Haitz’s law, that’s changing faster than executive salaries on Wall Street. But what does the technology have in store for us in the future? For answers, we asked Chad Stalker of Luminus Devices where all this will lead.
Read More »Imagine a time when automated lighting consoles did not have effects engines, fanning abilities, and other automated functions. That was the case back when I started programming. These programming tools were not widely implemented. We had to create complex chases and positions by hand using math and other methods. Many of these methods are long forgotten; however, they are still very useful to this day. The understanding of how these processes work can still be a viable way of programming today to help create more complex programming when they are combined with modern console functions such as effects and fanning.
Read More »Overlooked amid the meltdown of the financial industry was the cooling of speculation in metals that had driven prices to record levels. Gold, which touched $1,000 per ounce at one point in 2008, was simply the most visible of an array of industrial metals whose rising costs began to impact those who manufacture, sell and use metal stage gear such as aluminum trusses and steel catwalks.
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Last month I found myself peeved at somebody because they told me they knew how to operate a certain lighting console. But once they got on site my client realized they didn’t. This put me in a tight spot because I was not at the gig to help out, and I had assured my friend that my guy would be all over it.
Read More »Overlooked amid the meltdowns of the financial industry was the cooling of speculation in metals that had driven prices to record levels. The rising cost… Read More »The Metals Market Roller Coaster
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THE WOODLANDS, TX — The John Cooper School’s new performing arts center includes a main theatre, a smaller black box theatre and ETC lighting equipment. Performing arts chair Joseph DeMonico noted that the desire to “provide equipment that will allow students to train with ease later at the college level” was a factor in accepting the recommendation for ETC gear from Bill Conner Associates of Oak Park, Ill., which provide the design for the two venues.
Read More »PHILADELPHIA — Sapsis Rigging, Inc. announced the availability of its SRI ProPlus Fall Protection System, a new line of fall protection equipment designed for technicians working at height in the entertainment industry.
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