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RED Lighting RED MX Console

RED MX console from RED Lighting

RED Lighting RED MX Console

RED Lighting’s compact RED MX console promises to serve as an intuitive, ergonomic, reliable and low-cost lighting control solution. Users get access to six DMX universes directly on the controller, 3072 configurable channels and a GUI designed for easy programming. Users can control up to 576 cue lists with a maximum of 999 cues each and 12 keys offer direct access to playback and programming functions. The console has a 7-inch TFT touch screen color display, LCD digital keys, four encoder wheels, and RED Lighting is developing a “wing” module that will work with the RED MX.

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Richard Willis Joins Christie Lites Nashville

NASHVILLE – Christie Lites named Richard Willis national account rep. Based in the Nashville office, Willis will work with Christie Lites’ 12 warehouse locations across North America to serve client needs. He comes to Christie Lites from Bandit Lites, where he worked since the early 1990s, most recently as vice president. His career in the lighting industry began in the 1980s as a touring lighting tech, then as general manager, of Theatrelite New Zealand.

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Justin Lang, editor, PLSN

Making the Grade and Improving

I’ve always believed that just passing by is not acceptable, and that going above and beyond will not only lead to success, but instills a sense of completion and satisfaction in doing your best. That’s the philosophy that we’ve decided to follow as we take a look at the results from this year’s PLSN reader’s survey.

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A monochromatic moment from Chaplin: The Musical that conjures The Circus, photo by Joan Marcus

Chaplin: A Musical in Monochrome

There are many expectations that come with the term “Broadway musical:” flashy numbers, dazzling lights and sounds, extravagant sets and eye-popping colors. Chaplin: The Musical, a funny and poignant look into the life and career of legendary film comedian Charlie Chaplin, offers a majority of those things, but when it comes to sets and color palette, the creators offer a different approach. Given that their subject became iconic through silent black and white films, director Warren Carlyle and his creative team create a monochromatic look with desaturated colors to make us feel like we are entering that bygone era, and the numerous set pieces are staged more minimally than one might expect.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers 2012 tour photo by Steve Jennings

Red Hot Chili Peppers “I’m With You” World Tour

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are in the midst of their I’m With You world tour, currently in North America before heading down under in early 2013. The band is bringing their iconic style and sound to audiences in a show that is visual and energetic; capturing their punk roots and off-the-cuff spontaneity in an effortless manner. That “kinetic effortlessness” is, of course, anything but effortless. But the creative team has crafted a stage set, video environment and lighting approach that fits the band perfectly. The team includes United Visual Artists, with Chris Bird taking the lead as the production designer and  Scott Holthaus of Happy Machine as the lighting designer. Leif Dixon is the screen director/operator, and the video director is George Elizondo of PRG Nocturne.

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