4Wall has invested in thousands of panels from Unilumin’s newest range of rental LED Upad IV and IV-S, building on the success of their UpadIII fleet. Upad IV brings the newest technology in a lightweight, high-precision panel, demonstrating brilliant visual performance from NovaStar’s A10S Pro HDR processing.Read More »4Wall Invests in Thousands of Unilumin UPAD IV & IV-S Video Panels
Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their Black Death Rager World Tour, in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. Gwar’s fall tour kicked off at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Virginia in September and concluded in Baltimore in November.Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua Fixtures Open the Floodgates on Gwar’s Fall 2022 Tour
Avolites, a leader in the innovation of visual control systems, has unveiled a major new release of its renowned lighting and integrated media control Titan software. Version 16 has two new main features developed to assist programmers and operators by providing fast access to the data they need. Here’s a video overview of two new features in V16, Freeform Layout and Cue List Tracking View:
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NovaStar at the World Cup 2022
The LED screens at the various stadiums displayed considerable surprises during the World Cup 2022 in Qatar and brought fans a diverse and rich visual experience. Not surprisingly, NovaStar lit up the LED screens in eight stadiums for the World Cup 2022. NovaStar is very proud to have been part of three consecutive World Cups; it shows great recognition from the industry and customers.Read More »NovaStar at the World Cup, Not Just on the Pitch
Bandit Lites recently held its Annual General Meeting, a gathering of all the team members across the country for an assessment of the year prior and announcements of future endeavors. Bandit Chair Michael T. Strickland addressed the team, sharing insights on Bandit’s successes in 2022 and his goals for 2023, including new updated facilities, equipment, and support.Read More »Bandit Lites Holds Annual General Meeting for Company’s Historic 55th Year
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has released key updates to the Vectorworks 2023 product line focused on providing users with a more efficient and reliable experience on Vectorworks Cloud Services and the Vectorworks Nomad mobile app utilizing Apple’s innovative technology.Read More »Vectorworks, Inc. Announces New Cloud and Mobile Enhancements Built on Apple Technology
Angry Badger Productions is excited to announce that renowned, award-winning Lighting Designer/Director of Photography Lonnie Juli has joined the ABP team as Chief Creative Officer. With four decades of network television production experience with both CBS Network and NBC, Juli brings to ABP, traditional high standards and a focus on cutting-edge technology and streamlined operations. His operational experience is invaluable to Angry Badger’s clients in streamlining workflows and controlling costs to provide exceptional results.Read More »Lighting Designer Lonnie Juli Joins Forces with Angry Badger Productions
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in movie theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “Covid safe” seating plan that could be implemented when restrictions on live shows were finally eased.Read More »Daniel Thibault Creates Big Looks on a Small Stage for BIG SOMETHING with CHAUVET Professional
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris, and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »Ayrton Lighting Rig Shines on European Leg of Kid Cudi’s ‘To the Moon 2022 World Tour’
“The lighting and video were about 80% timecode, so just enough manual action to keep [Lighting Director] Ryan [King] busy all night long. The automation was not on timecode, though, which caused us to turn to live motion tracking for some of the flying gags, especially the Ferrari. I’m really happy with how well that worked with 40 fixtures following it seamlessly. …
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Two videos take you inside the set and lighting designs of UNCSA’s 2022 production of “Sweeney Todd” with Scenic Designer Sarah Webster and Associate Scenic Designer Mrinali Thanwani, as well as Lighting Designer Malcolm Foster.
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