As 2023 dips into shorter nights and colder seasons, American rock band Black Veil Brides is transporting fans into a transcendent gothic heavy metal revelry. Their tour kicked off in early September with Bandit Lites supplying the lighting. Mark Scherer, Bandit Lites Client Representative, worked closely with the band to craft a lighting system that would offer a wide range of versatility.Read More »Black Veil Brides Bring Bandit on the Road
The global film, TV, and advertising industry is being transformed by Virtual Production and Australia’s TDC Studios is leading the way at home and abroad. Virtual Production is a suite of interlocking tools and techniques that give filmmakers infinite creative possibilities while cutting the cost as well as the carbon footprint of conventional shooting on location.Read More »Australian Creative and Technical Talent Leads Virtual Production Boom
GLP reported its best PLASA Show footfall for a number of years. According to the head of GLP UK, Simon Barrett, this was partly because of its unmissable stand—immediately inside the entrance—but also because it placed a clear focus on promoting the new impression X5 product family integration—and the quality and integrity of light emanating from its new color engine. But equal focus was placed on GLP’s highly professional, and ever-expanding, technical and customer support team.Read More »GLP’s impression X5 Family Integration Reaps Rich Rewards at PLASA Show
Attention PLSN readers, you only have until October 6, 2023 to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies below down to just six. These regional winners will then automatically appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which will be posted for a final round of voting.
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Cine Gear Expo announces that Free Registration is open for the industry’s top Hollywood-style event to be held at the world-renowned Trilith Studios Atlanta in Fayetteville, Georgia on October 6-7, 2023. Known for its focus on connecting industry members with the art and craft of filmmaking, this year’s show brings it all together with the latest technology and techniques via exhibits, seminars, demos, screenings and a key opportunity to catch up and network with friends and colleagues.
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The Mega-Monsters Tour was a block-busting Spring and Summer co-headliner that blistered across North America with Grammy Award-winning heavy rockers Mastodon joining forces with French heavy metal phenom, Gojira, for a mind-blowing double bill that enthralled rock and metal music fans everywhere. The tour also unleashed the talents of two equally creative and distinctive Lighting Designers – Eric Price (Mastodon) and Pete Cary of Summit Production Design (Gojira), who share an overhead rig of primarily Robe moving lights specified by both, to which they added some individual floor elements and SFX.Read More »Robe for Mega-Monsters Tour
Entertainment market contractors BCT Builders, part of leading AV production company BCT Entertainment, recently upgraded an outdated lighting system at Royal Oak Middle School Theater in Covina, CA, with a state-of-the-art rig of Elation Professional LED luminaires. The theater lighting renovation has created a safer working environment for students and enhanced the overall educational and artistic experience for students and the community.Read More »Elation Lighting Refurb Enhances Safety, Opens Possibilities at Royal Oak Middle School Theater, California
Top international electronic dance music acts, along with 65,000 ravers, again transformed the former Pydna missile base in the Hunsrück area of Germany into one of the hotspots of the European EDM scene recently. GERDON DESIGN has been providing the NATURE ONE festival with sensational creative designs for over 10 years – and this year was no exception, with designer Marek Papke’s team again responsible for the event’s open-air floor. Numerous pyramids, which formed part of the set construction, and the unbridled light output from 64 GLP KNV Cubes played a key role in maintaining all-round consistency for this largest open-air floor of the festival.
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Now or Never, a new major festival in Melbourne, Victoria, took place at the Royal Exhibition Building, one of only a few World Heritage Sites in Australia. This historic venue had not hosted any major contemporary music events for over 20 years, until Now or Never (NoN) brought awe-inspiring and adventurous performances to Melbourne. The stage was graced with the presence of ROE Visual V8T and powered by Brompton SX40 and 2 x XD, adding a touch of modernity to the timeless venue. The NoN team appointed Gig Control Australia who together created an impressive 16m high and 6m wide screen that perfectly matched the venue’s size.
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In August, INFiLED produced a creative LED screen for the Qixi Festival Gala of CCTV (China Central Television) on the shore of Fairy Lake in Jiangxi. The screen was in the shape of a scroll, with a size of 7.5m x 1m and a display resolution of 2,880 x 384, presenting dynamic content in high definition.Read More »INFiLED’s Scroll-Shaped Screen for the CCTV Qixi Festival Gala
Grammy nominated electronic artist and music producer Duke Dumont played a six-hour extended set All Night Long at The Brooklyn Mirage on August 25 where 16 Claypaky Volero Wave LED bars, each with eight independent moving heads, teamed with Panify to light up the night. Panify is Claypaky’s innovative solution that turns static, non-moving fixtures into dynamic effects.Read More »Claypaky Volero Waves and Panify Light Up Duke Dumont ‘All Night Long’ at The Brooklyn Mirage
Where does the design process begin? For Erich Bertti, the answer is clear. “When conceiving a design, my first concern is for it to be versatile,” said the Santos, Brazil-based designer. Bertti hooked up with the perfect creative soul twin this summer when he created the lightshow for Grammy-winning Swedish hard rockers Ghost on their 27-date USA tour, which ended with a September 11 show at LA’s Kia Forum.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps Erich Bertti Bring Multi-Faceted Looks To Ghost Tour