Rock Lititz is celebrating 10 years of supporting innovative creativity within the live event industry. With resources on the campus that ranging from design, engineering and manufacturing through rehearsal facilities and support, Rock Lititz’s strong sense of building industry community has resulted in a decade of successes through collaborations that have pushed the production envelope.
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Learn how the “war-torn” world of Kastarion 3 was brought to life on the Doctor Who set for the episode BOOM. Virtual Production Supervisor Billy Brooks, Sepp Sonntag, Virtual Art Department Supervisor, and Nick Verdugo, VP Technician explain the set up that realized an immersive world for the actors and ultimately the viewing audience.
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Lighting Designer Rob Koenig recently reshared this cool drone view of Metallica’s ’72 Seasons Tour’ on the occasion of the end of the 2nd year of this dynamic tour. It is a unique view of the design for which Koenig won the Parnelli Award’s Nook Schoenfeld Lighting Designer of the Year for his work on the tour at the 2024 Parnelli ceremony.
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It’s no secret that Bandit Lites Chair and Founder Michael T. Strickland is a University of Tennessee guy and Bandit Lites is proud to support Tennessee Football by providing the best light show in college football! From the iconic T entrance to the stadium encompassing celebrations Bandit brings the production solutions that set attending Neyland Stadium apart from most college games.
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NAMM continues to build on its vast collection of videotaped oral history interviews, preserving thousands upon thousands of conversations. Three recently posted interviews feature industry veterans with Indiana roots, including Jeff Van Duyn, Dan Kasting and Mark Hogue.
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Fifty minutes of total immersion – that is the aim of “Lumina Catedral de Toledo”. Visitors experience the sensational multimedia production in the Gothic cathedral of Toledo in the centre of Spain. The main components are large-scale project mapping and a lighting design that makes the architecture of the cathedral appear even more impressive. As the technical service provider, Meraki Cultura Audiovisual SL relied on Cameo lights from the ZENIT®, OPUS®, and EVOS® series for the lighting of the temporary installation.
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Light Humor is an animated series presented by 4Wall Entertainment that takes a humorous look inside the world of lighting design and aims to bring some brightness into your day. In this episode, The Lighting Class, award-winning lighting designer Jon gets a chance to teach the next generation of artists, but it will take more than flowery language to win over these critics.
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Open Beatz is the largest open-air festival for electronic music in southern Germany and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the 50-hectare site in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, every year. Performers on the five creatively designed stages in 2024 included Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Felix Jaehn, Lilly Palmer, and many more. Eventures GmbH was responsible for the lighting, sound, and video equipment on the three largest stages. Tobias Reinartz (visualprime) was responsible for the lighting design, working with the new Cameo ORON® H2 Hybrid Phosphor Laser Moving Heads for the first time.
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As numerous universities are eager to embrace new technologies, the University of Toledo is incorporating Vū One and Virtual Studio into their on-campus video production workflow and are now leveraging it as part of their student-athlete recruiting.
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The legendary Creative Director and Designer Willie Williams, of the London-based Treatment Studio, recently took the TED2024 stage with a TED Talk offering a fascinating look at the next frontier in live entertainment, one where the lines between reality and imagination blur, and audiences are drawn into a shared experience unlike any other.
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Christie® HS Series 1DLP® laser projectors deliver a spectacular immersive experience to visitors of La Selva, an educational geodesic dome designed to foster appreciation and preservation of the Colombian rainforests. Located in the Parque Empresarial El Tesoro shopping mall in Medellín, this project is a collaborative effort between the mall and Lonko Labs.
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On Friday, July 26th, French athletes Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner lit the Cauldron of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the end of the Opening Ceremony. Created by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, the Paris 2024 Cauldron, located in the Jardin des Tuileries on the grounds of the Louvre, is a giant ring of “fire” topped by a monumental balloon that takes to the skies over Paris. For the first time in the history of the Games, the Olympic Flame will shine without fuel. The 100% electric flame without fuel is created by use of water and light.
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