UK electronic music group, The Chemical Brothers, embraced virtual production technology in the music video for their single, “Live Again.” Shot at ARRI’s Virtual Production Stage in London, Lux Machina worked alongside partners ARRI and Creative Technology, leading the camera tracking team and operating the servers used in the production.
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Least we forgot in our sometimes-jaded ways as production professionals, the joy and smiles that encountering a lighting install can bring to the general public. Here is a bespoke light+art installation created by Lightswitch for the City of Beverly Hills holiday lighting program.
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All Access provided the full scope of event staging for Super Bowl LVIII, handling everything from opening night through the post-game festivities – not to mention the halftime show. Here is a look at the build of the staging for the halftime show and two bonus clips showing All Access’s work on the team entrance and Kaskade’s DJ booth in the stadium.
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Rea Garvey is one of Germany’s most popular musicians and a frequent guest on the largest stages at major festivals. Lighting and production designer Chris “Rocketchris” Glatthor has been with Garvey since almost the beginning. The current Roots tour is deliberately taking the team back to smaller clubs, live setting environment that requires a lot of flexibility on tour. Cameo shared this interview with Rocketchris at Alte Kongresshalle in Munich.
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Go behind the scenes of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Opening Ceremony, from the first spark of imagination to the breathtaking reality. This insightful video talks with the creatives and the PRG team to learn how a no-second-chance, first-of-its-kind spectacle was realized with innovative lighting, scenic solutions.
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Here’s a timelapse load-in of Moulin Rouge! The Musical into Melbourne’s Regent Theatre. If only load-ins were this fast and easy in real life! Enjoy
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The history-making magic continued yesterday at Ford Field, and 4Wall Detroit was proud to be a part of it! Local 4 News and ClickOnDetroit.com spoke with the 4Wall team (Joe Leahy and Kareem Harris) about what it takes to prepare for the big games.
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Katori Hall’s play, The Mountaintop, opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Oct 13, 2011 and ran until Jan 22, 2012.… Read More »Video of the Week: Flashback: David Gallo’s Scenic Design for ‘The Mountaintop’
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Five spectacular sets inside one rotating glass box. Here’s how England’s National Theatre handled the five enormous set changes for their production of Phaedra. The set designer was Chloe Lamford, the production manager was Mekel Edwards, and the production assistant was James ‘Luka’ Goodsall.
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The City of Paramount in California kickstarted the holiday season at the end of November with the 25th installment of its annual Tree Lighting Celebration.… Read More »Behind the Scenes at the 25th Annual Paramount Tree Lighting
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An in-depth look at how Virtual Production was used in the hit Apple series: ‘Hijack’. VP Producer, Kyle Olson, and Engine Technical Director, Spencer Chase, breakdown how ICVFX was used in a budget-conscious way to achieve the majority of shots in the series.
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For the Hans Zimmer Live tour, John Featherstone (show designer/co-founder Lightswitch), Hailey Featherstone (lighting director) and Chris Herman (lighting programmer) create the concert lighting looks driven by the narratives of the various Hans Zimmer scores. The range of looks and emotions conveyed through the lighting support the dynamic and iconic music. EventElevator visited the team at Festhalle Frankfurt in Germany during a stop on the tour.
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