Exalux adds to its line of professional LED lights for filmmaking or television studio set, the ROCK – a squared LED panel. Designed in collaboration with filmmakers, gaffers and directors of photography, the company calls the ROCK an “all-terrain lighting system.”
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WEST MIDLANDS, U.K. – Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) supplied full technical production – video, sound and LED lighting – to the 2016 SEMTA Awards, staged in the Ballroom at the Park Lane Hilton hotel in London. The Senior Skills Council for Science, Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA) is a not-for-profit organization specializing in engineering training in the UK, and this prestigious annual Awards event recognizes excellence within their various nationwide apprenticeship schemes.
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WASHINGTON, DC – John Farr, president and CEO of John Farr Lighting Design, oversees event design and production services for events at Washington DC’s most prominent venues. He was impressed with the Ovation E-910FC RGBA-Lime color mixing ellipsoidal from Chauvet Professional and opted to add it to his company’s inventory. The fixtures can be seen here lighting the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC
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NANJING, China – One of China’s major broadcasters, the Jiangsu TV studio in Nanjing, is using eyevis technology within a brand-new, state-of-the art media center. The two video walls are comprised of a total of 48 eyevis 60-inch DLP rear projection cubes (type EC-60-LHD-1000). The eyevis cubes were installed in the two video walls in 6×4 and in 8×3 configurations. Both video walls will be used to deliver background content during broadcasts as well as showing live news feeds from outside broadcasts, media content and interviews with audiences and other guests.
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LOS ANGELES – For Jason Derulo’s performance during the 42nd People’s Choice Awards, Clay Paky Scenius fixtures served as the main effects lights. The event, which honored achievement in 2015, were held January 6, 2016 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS. Emmy-winner Allen Branton was the show’s lighting designer; Felix Peralta, Kevin Lawson and Darren Langer were the lighting directors. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America.
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PARIS – Robe’s French subsidiary, Robe Lighting France SAS, is reporting strong sales to a range of high profile theatres, particularly for its DL series of LED luminaires. Robe’s DL4S Profile is pictured here.
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LIMBURG, Belgium – Genk, Belgium-based creative lighting and visual design specialist Painting with Light created a 3D mapped projection artwork for the Hangar 58 event space at Bokrijk in Limburg. The site is a historic point of interest and a popular open air museum.
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LONDON – Twenty-seven axes of Kinesys automation were in action on the 2016 ‘Strictly Live’ U.K. arena tour, produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainments. The completely sold out tour was presented by the Great British Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc and once again provided a highly successful tie-in to the BBC’s show, Strictly Come Dancing.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites continues to support Vince Gill on the road with his tour promoting his latest album, Down to my Last Bad Habit. Lighting designer Dylan Mire’s tour rig includes Vari*Lite VL2500 Spots, Robe CycFX8 fixtures, Martin MAC Auras, Bandit’s own GRNLite Pars and Chauvet COLORDash fixtures along with a grandMA1 console for control.
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SANTA CLARA, Ca. — For Musson Theatrical, a supplier of entertainment technology and services based in Santa Clara, California, elektraLite’s lighting products are frequently called upon to provide the right illumination aesthetic that its clients require. Musson supplied seven elektraBars for Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County’s 60th anniversary gala at the San Jose Marriott, for example (pictured here.)
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HONG KONG – Acolyte and Lucibel, two LED lighting manufacturers, are joining forces to offer Acolyte’s premium American brand of linear lighting and Lucibel’s premium European brand of Panel Lyte, track lights and down lights to the Asia market. These two brands combined can now offer a full line of premium LED lighting products to the specification and distribution markets.
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NEW YORK – When leading Broadway theatre lighting designer and Tony Award winner, Donald Holder, was invited to design the lighting for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof at New York’s Broadway Theatre, he turned to GLP’s new multi-faceted X4 Bar 20s to meet a number of different challenges.
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