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Emirate Ras Al Khaimah’s National Day Show Visuals Rely on Avolites Ai Media Servers

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, UAE — Every year on Dec. 2, the UAE celebrates National Day. At Ras al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, Dubai-based Lighthouse Productions provided a visual assist for the FakhrakYaWatan (The Pride of the Nation) event, where some 800 singers, dancers and actors perform 15 different acts on an 88-by-12-meter stage. To handle 18 million pixels of custom video and graphic content, Lighthouse Productions used three Avolites Ai T Series media servers.

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Staging Concepts SC Pro Riser

Staging Concepts SC Pro Riser

Staging Concepts’ SC Pro Riser is a caster-mounted product with towers that combine both bridging from left to right and front to back. It is designed to be both long-lasting and transportable. Optional accessories include step units, handrail, guardrail, field walls and padding, camera or video platforms, and wind load anchors. This system is well suited for large, flexible venues such as sports stadiums or arenas.

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Digital Projection to Launch Series of New Solid-state Projectors at ISE

[caption id="attachment_274367" align="alignnone" width="700"]Digital Projection Launches new Series at ISE[/caption]

AMSTERDAM – Digital Projection, a manufacturer of digital imaging solutions and leader in the field of solid state laser projection, will be exhibiting at ISE to stand F44 in Hall 1 where four new solid-state laser projection systems will be launched at the event. It runs from Feb. 7-10 at RAI Amsterdam.

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ARRI at 100: Proud Of The Past And Confident In The Future

[caption id="attachment_274364" align="alignnone" width="600"]Robert Richter (L) and August Arnold[/caption]

MUNICH – As its centenary year gets underway, ARRI looks back at its rich history, assesses the values and principles that have helped it reach this milestone anniversary, and sets its sights firmly on the future. 2017 marks 100 years since August Arnold and Robert Richter rented a small former shoemaker’s store in Munich and set up shop as a film technology firm. The two young friends started with just one product: a copying machine they built on a lathe Richter had received as a Christmas present from his parents. Taking the first two letters of their surnames, they christened their new enterprise ARRI.

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Simon Franklyn

Mountain Productions Names Simon Franklyn Director of West Coast Operations

WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions named Simon Franklyn, a veteran who has worked as a tour production rigger for top artists including Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and The Who, as the company’s Director of West Coast Operations. Along with his touring experience, Franklyn has supported complex events including Lotte World in Seoul, the 1996 Olympic Games, an 80,000 square-foot scaffolding system for Universal Studios’ Jurassic Park, and work on the main stages at Desert Trip, Panorama and Coachella, among other projects.

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Chris Young Tour ‘Comes Over’ with Bandit Lites

[caption id="attachment_274355" align="alignnone" width="800"]Chris Young on tour with Bandit and a Chris Lisle designed show[/caption]

NASHVILLE – Country artist Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” tour, which started in 2016 and is continuing into 2017, features a lighting packaged provided by Bandit Lites. Video plays a big role, with a scalable lighting design from Chris Lisle that unleashes additional visual punch.

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Shooting Inside A Mini Cooper With RoscoLED Tape

[caption id="attachment_274352" align="alignnone" width="600"]Rosco LED tape used for filming[/caption]

TORONTO – Cinematographer Christopher Lew recently shot a spec ad for Mini Cooper. The ad called for an overnight, all exterior location shoot of different colored Mini Coopers driving through the Toronto city streets. Because it was shot at night and the Mini Cooper is an ultra-compact car – Chris needed an ultra-compact lighting kit. The RoscoLED Tape Pro Gaffer Kit was his solution. Below, Chris explains how he put the kit to work in the ad.

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