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ELS and Elation Light Inaugural Holiday Wonders at Bowie Nature Park in Tennessee

Extreme Lighting & Sound (ELS) recently wrapped up its first season presenting Holiday Wonders at Bowie Nature Park in Fairview, Tennessee. The dazzling drive-thru holiday light show featured atmosphere-generating effects from a large amount of Elation lighting gear along with custom pixel products and proved a huge success.Read More »ELS and Elation Light Inaugural Holiday Wonders at Bowie Nature Park in Tennessee

Epson Launches New Generation of Pro Series High Lumen Projectors

The new Epson EB-PU2220B 20,000 lumen projector

Epson today introduced six new Pro Series interchangeable lens projectors ranging from 13,000 to 20,000 lumens of equal color and white brightness. The new generation of compact, ultra-lightweight 3LCD projectors include the world’s lightest and smallest 20,000-lumen projectors – EB-PU2220B and EB-PU2120W – which are 64 percent smaller and 50 percent lighter than their predecessors.Read More »Epson Launches New Generation of Pro Series High Lumen Projectors

PAS Celebrates Bradford in Light with Chauvet Professional

At the height of the industrial revolution, Bradford’s dominant position within the northern textile industry earned itself the nickname “Woolopolis.” Some two centuries later, a group of enterprising locals have undertaken an initiative to celebrate the city’s past and look forward to its future with Bradford is #LiT.Read More »PAS Celebrates Bradford in Light with Chauvet Professional

Streaming Video Production for Pentatonix’s The Evergreen Experience Relies on Blackmagic Design Cameras

Pentatonix’s The Evergreen Experience concert was shot with Blackmagic Design’s URSA Broadcast G2 and URSA Mini Pro 12K cameras in Blackmagic RAW by video production company MixOne Cinema. During the performance, which was streamed across four time zones on premium social live media platform Moment House, Grammy Award winning a cappella group Pentatonix performed songs from its latest album Evergreen. Among the many advantages Moment House brings to both creators and fans is the focus on providing cinematic experiences with high quality, Hollywood level imagery from multicamera productions. MixOne Cinema, which specializes in high profile entertainment events, was chosen to produce the performance and used Blackmagic Design products to achieve a high-quality look.Read More »Streaming Video Production for Pentatonix’s The Evergreen Experience Relies on Blackmagic Design Cameras

grandMA3 Software Provides Control for Carrie Underwood’s Residency at Resorts World Las Vegas

Multi-Grammy Award-winner Carrie Underwood debuted her first Las Vegas residency, Reflection, in December at the new Resorts World Theatre where lead Lighting Designer and Creative Producer Nick Whitehouse and joint Lighting Designer Brian Vaughan used the grandMA3 software to control the lighting. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.Read More »grandMA3 Software Provides Control for Carrie Underwood’s Residency at Resorts World Las Vegas

Chauvet Professional Helps Invoke Entertainment Accent Red Carpet Event for HBO’s Insecure

It isn’t listed in the credits, but the beautiful city of Los Angeles skyline with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background played a key supporting role in the widely acclaimed HBO Original Series Insecure. Many of the most memorable scenes in the multiple Primetime Emmy Award winning show, took place against this iconic backdrop. Given the skyline’s association with Insecure, it was only fitting that Los Angeles’ Kenneth Hahn State Park, which affords 360˚ views of the city, was chosen as the site for the red carpet event celebrating the groundbreaking comedy’s final season premiere. Read More »Chauvet Professional Helps Invoke Entertainment Accent Red Carpet Event for HBO’s Insecure

Paper Mill Playhouse Receives Landmark Gift to Upgrade Stage Technology

Immediately following last night’s opening performance of Clue, Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee and Managing Director Michael Stotts made a surprise announcement from the stage that Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ has received a significant contribution to upgrade stage technology by bringing its lighting and automation from analog to the digital age.Read More »Paper Mill Playhouse Receives Landmark Gift to Upgrade Stage Technology

David “Gig” Butzler Honored for 30 Years with Bandit Lites

David “Gig” Butzler was recently honored at Bandit Lites’ Annual General Meeting in Nashville for 30 years with the company. Over the course of Butzler’s career trajectory, he has expanded from working as a pipe fitter in St. Louis and doing lighting as a side hustle, to serving as the lighting designer for the best-selling solo artist of all time, Garth Brooks.

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