PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy covers some of the April 2023 issue’s highlights, including the epic 35-year run for Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” this month’s virtual production-focused “In the Volume” section, the use of virtual production tools on Blake Shelton’s live concerts and more.
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PLSN’s April 2023 Product News section included details on the following products: hazebase’s THE CLASSIC2 and HIGHPOWER2; Claypaky’s Panify; Creative Conners’ Spotline v2 Hoist; ETC’s Source 4WRD Color II; Eventric’s Master Tour Venue Tech Packs; Harrington Hoists’ EM/SEM Series Mini Electric Chain Hoists; Marshall Electronics’ CV730-BHN and CV730-ND3 Cameras; and Pliant Technologies’ CrewCom CCU-08 Control Unit.
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Lighting Director/Programmer/and Lighting Design Professor, Kevin Lawson takes a look at the Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade, which is fast, bright, and packed with cool features like the SparkLED.. An effect-forward moving strip/strobe hybrid, the Rayzor Blade offers more than beautiful eye candy – with its zoom range, it also serves as a decent linear wash luminaire.
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This month’s Buyers Guide on Video Switchers included details on Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio HD8 ISO; FOR-A Americas’ HVS-1200 12G/3G/HD Switcher; Grass Valley’s K-Frame Production Switchers; and Panasonic Connect’s KAIROS Video Production Platform.
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PLSN’s April 2023 “In the Volume” section starts off with news about disguise and XPLOR’s new partnership to tackle the skills gap in virtual production in the UK; how EMN Tech is teaming up with AOTO to build a virtual studio in Turkey; how Reno Studios is launching Taiwan’s highest-res virtual production movie studio in Taiwan, and how Vectorworks’ connection to NVIDIA Omniverse expands designers’ opportunities in the Metaverse.
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NantStudios, a virtual production studio based in El Segundo in Los Angeles County, CA, recently announced that the company, through its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, has built two new LED volume/In-Camera VFX stages at Docklands Studios located in Melbourne, Australia, and will operate the world’s largest LED volume.
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PLSN’s April 2023 issue features details on new tools and solutions for virtual production from SUPERVOID (SVX-1 Media Server) and Nationwide Video (12G Fly-Pack).
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For the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, which aired March 4, 2023, the show featured a digital performance segment with rapper/Nickelodeon star Young Dylan. The sequence was shot via virtual production at LA’s Lulu Studio 18 with a Production Design by Silent House Principal Tamlyn Wright, who was Creative Producer, Production Design for the segment. Lulu Studio 18’s owner Michael Zinman served as Virtual Production Producer. Zinman and Wright share how they created the otherworldly, kid-friendly virtual environment.
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When the production team of the Hulu series’ “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” had an episode that took place primarily on a tour bus, they brought Carstage, an In-Camera Virtual Effects (ICVFX) specialist, onboard. While dealing with ICVFX for such a large vehicle like a bus may seem daunting, it was something Carstage had already tackled. They also got a big assist from Nationwide Video’s Secaucus, NJ location, which was just a five-minute drive from the filming stage.
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Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) and Goose co-headlined an arena tour in the northeast with Lighting Designers Marc Janowitz for TAB and Andrew Goedde for Goose. Joining them on the road were Lighting Directors / Programmers Patrick Hayes for TAB and Tony Caporale for Goose. Their great teamwork and creative synergy resulted in two equal but distinctively different full blown shows every night.
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From the creative minds of designers Steve Cohen and Bob Bonniol, working along with Felix Peralta, Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” tour, with dynamic lighting, a cutting-edge video environment production design and a working bar stage extension, is a visually engaging theatrical experience. We catch up with the team to learn about the design and the practical solutions they relied on to realize it.
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Electronic music with live music from drumline and horn sections produces a unique acoustic and visually arresting live musical experience for ODESZA’s audiences. Co-Creative Directors Luke Tanaka and Sean Kusanagi along with Lighting Designer Kyle Kegan have been working with the band and PM Shane Crowl to ensure the visual design reinforces the dynamic performance on tour and at festivals during “The Last Goodbye Tour.”
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