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Prelite Studios Helps Lighting Team Envision Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show Prior to the Big Game

Designers worked around changing levels of virtual ambient light.

Prelite Studios Helps Lighting Team Envision Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show Prior to the Big Game

LOS ANGELES –  At Prelite Studios, the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show got underway long before fans cheered headliners Coldplay and veteran Super Bowl guest performers Beyonce and Bruno Mars.  The show’s lighting designer Bob Barnhart, lighting director David Grill and lighting director/programmer Peter Radice used Prelite’s previsualization services – and a special custom solution – to get a jump on working with the actual lighting rig at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.  The team has used Prelite for the last three Super Bowl Halftime Shows.

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M1 Music Awards in Kiev

Ukraine M1 Music Awards Rig Includes Clay Paky Sharpys, B-Eye K20s

KIEV, Ukraine – More than 200 Clay Paky fixtures have delivered an extraordinary light show at one of the Ukraine’s biggest televised events of 2015, The M1 Music Awards. The event, which took place at the Palais des Sports in Kiev and was produced by the M1 Music Channel, saw a large gala-style concert with performances from the country’s biggest pop stars. Lighting designer Maksym Balashov of  rental operation ALIGHT specified an extensive package of Clay Paky fixtures for the show and awards ceremony, including 162 Sharpys and 24 x A.leda B-EYE K20s.

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Restaurant is Looking for a Chef

Slovenian Reality Show, “Restaurant is Looking for a Chef,” Lit with Robe Fixtures

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — “Restaurant Is Looking for a Chef” (Gostilna išče šefa) is a popular Slovenian reality TV show produced by broadcaster Pro Plus, shot both on location at a restaurant in Ljubljana, and with a substantial studio section recorded in Pro Plus’s main facility in Ljubljana. Lighting designer Ziga Krajnc looked after the studio aspects of the most recent series for which he specified eight of Robe’s LEDWash 800s, LEDBeam 100s, MMX Spots and PARFect 100s. These were a combination of new fixtures purchased by the studio this summer and rental items from locally based Event Lighting.

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Elation RDMX6S RDM/DMX Data Splitter

Elation RDMX6S RDM/DMX Data Splitter

Elation’s RDMX6S 6-way RDM/DMX data splitter promises to be useful in maintaining proper data levels over long runs or several runs of RDM or DMX signal. The RDMX6S helps to correct disruptions in the signal by splitting the DMX/RDM data link into six separate branches while boosting the weak signal to its original output level before it becomes too low. RDM E1.20 compliant, the RDMX6S features opto-isolated DMX output ports with DMX loop through port with built-in termination. It houses 5pin XLR input, a 5pin XLR thru output, (6) 5pin XLR outputs and powerCON In connection. Wrapped in a rugged die-cast aluminum housing, a single-unit mounting bracket is included for truss/clamp installation and optional single and dual unit rack mount kits are available. Compact at 6.8 x 6.7 x 2.9 inches (173 x 170 x 74 mm, L x W x H) and light at 2.1 lbs. (1.0 kg), the unit’s universal multi-voltage auto switching power supply allows it to be used anywhere in the world. 

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GoVision

GoVision Launches Partnership with Advia

ARGYLE, TX – GoVision announced a partnership with Advia Partners. The alliance promises to deliver what event rights holders and advertisers have long dreamed of: A means to understand the audience viewing their on-site displays, coupled with the ability to trigger digital content, by viewer, in real time.

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Cameo Stancliff

TLS Productions, Inc. Adds Cameo Stancliff to Team

ANN ARBOR, MI – Cameo Stancliff recently joined Ann Arbor, Michigan based lighting, rigging and AV solutions and production company – TLS Productions, Inc. Stancliff, who brings 18 years of experience with the Freeman Companies, will be concentrating on driving sales for TLS outside of the auto industry. Over the last year she has focused on custom booth sales and management with Plus Studios, Inc., as well as consulting and assisting customer needs on large accounts in the Las Vegas area.

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D.I.C.E. Award Ceremonies Lit with Chauvet's ÉPIX Bar 20 LED Fixtures

D.I.C.E. Award Ceremonies Lit with Chauvet’s ÉPIX Bar 20 LED Fixtures

LAS VEGAS –  Music has its Grammys, film its Oscars, lighting its Parnellis… for members of the burgeoning computer and video gaming industry the highest honor is to win a D.I.C.E. Award. Founded in 1992, the award, which is determined by ballots cast by the 23, 000 members of Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, has honored legends like Super Mario as well as newcomers like Dragon Age Inquisition. Its’ acronyms name stands for “Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain.” The four words aptly describe the games that were up for D.I.C.E. Awards at this year’s ceremonies. They also reflect the spirit of the lightshow created for the event by Creative Designer Chris Wu and Lighting Designer Chris Lose.

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LD atic performer and a potent vocalist. Recently setting out on his latest tour across the United States, the crew behind him is working night after night to bring the biggest show possible through a new design by lighting designer Mike Marcario and production manager Norwood Wood turned to Elite Multimedia for Eric Paslay's tour

Eric Paslay Tour Rolls with Elite Multimedia-Supplied Gear, Carts

NASHVILLE – For Eric Paslay’s latest U.S. tour, Elite Multimedia provided lighting designer Mike Marcario and production manager Norwood Wood with a lighting package that included Elation Platinum FLX, Ayrton MagicBlade, Philips Showline SL NITRO 510 LED strobe, and Elation Cuepix WW2 LED Blinder luminaires; with a grandMA onPC Command Wing for control. Along with the gear, Elite Multimedia developed a custom set cart design to streamline load-in and load-out for the venues on the road.

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The fixtures and consoles are sourced via A.C.T Lighting

Morris Uses Clay Paky, grandMA2 Consoles for 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend

NASHVILLE – It was Nashville’s turn to host the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, and the four-day event in Music City was packed with enough star power on and off the ice to excite thousands of hockey fans.  Morris, formerly known as Morris Light and Sound, was charged with conceptualizing and executing the audio and lighting installations and providing 24/7 production management at five venues during the weekend. Morris deployed large complements of Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures along with grandMA2 consoles at three of the locations.

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All Time Low Tours U.K./Ireland with Elation. Photo by Adam Elmakias

All Time Low Tours U.K./Ireland with Elation ACL 360 Bar Fixtures

DUBLIN – American pop punk band All Time Low performed at major venues in the U.K. and Ireland in February, joined by Sleeping with Sirens on their “Back to the Future Hearts” tour. LD Jeff Maker was looking for a special lighting effect to complement a series of diamond-shaped video screens. He found it in Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Bar moving head batten. Leeds-based Zig Zag Lighting supplied the fixtures. The arena tour promoted the band’s sixth studio album, Future Hearts, released in April 2015. Maker used his Avolites Sapphire Touch console for control.

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