Is there any pressure when you sign on to design the Halftime show at the Super Bowl? You are working on one of the highest-viewed televised sporting events in the U.S.; you want something that no one has ever seen before; you are working with the biggest names in music; and it all happens live in a 12-minute performance. Oh, and you have only eight-minutes to set it all up in front of 100,000 people.
Read More »There was once a lighting supplier who bought a case of 12 PAR lamps from the manufacturer for $200 and sold them for $15 each. Business was brisk. At the end of the month, the owner counted his money and found that he was a little short on cash. So he called a meeting of the entire company and explained the problem. "What are we going to do?" an employee asked. "Isn't it obvious?" the owner answered. "We're going to get a bigger warehouse."
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For an awards ceremony honoring ear candy, there was plenty of eye candy to behold at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, broadcast live from Staples Center and seen by an estimated 25.8 million viewers.
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Daunte Kenner and DK Production Design LLC handled production design for a recent tour that provided audiences with an eclectic mix of comedy and music performances by an Oscar-winning actor, a Grammy-winning musician and a well-known stand-up comedian – all wrapped up in one person, Jamie Foxx.
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LD Atul Sonpal chose Clay Paky beam and wash fixtures to light the set for Dance Premier League, a dance reality show produced by Cineyug for Sony Entertainment Television that was broadcast on Indian TV.
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The lighting rig supplied by Sonalyst for the U.K. arena tour of Strictly Come Dancing Live included more than 150 Robe moving lights, including the new ColorBeam 700E ATs.
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Scenic and projection designer David Gallo thinks that the vibrant rock musical Memphis is a relatively simple show from a visual standpoint, but that that doesn't mean that boundaries weren't pushed. The Broadway production, which includes a variety of moving scenery, including an adjustable bridge, pillars that move around the stage and a band that glides around the stage, is an energetic, exciting spectacle.
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For centuries, alchemists in Europe and Asia tried in vain to transform common metals into gold. The entertainment lamp manufacturing business unit of Philips Lighting in Turnhout, Belgium does it on a regular basis. Using sand, metal, and ceramics, they transform these very ordinary materials into a variety of extraordinary lamps for the entertainment industry, including MSR Gold FastFit lamps.
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In 1980, Sean "Motley" Hackett saw a Kiss concert and he was immediately hooked on the spectacle of it all. That was the moment he knew he wanted to be a roadie, or do whatever it took to be involved in big rock shows. The Australian eventually became the lighting designer for INXS and toured with them for many years.
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One of the holiest of grails for stage lighting is a color changing LED fixture that can compete with a PAR/gel scroller/dimmer package. When an LED can match the quantity and quality of light at a price that makes sense, then that's a game-changer.
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LONDON – The 30th annual Brit Awards took place recently at Earls Court, hosted by comedian Peter Kay and broadcast live on ITV 1. For the ninth consecutive year, XL Video provided LED screens, projection, PPU, camera system and playback content management.
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On Oct 24, 2009, Las Vegas icon Wayne Newton opened his latest, and possibly last, long term engagement in a Las Vegas showroom – Once Before I Go, staged at the Tropicana Hotel's Tiffany Theater.
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