NEW YORK – For their Feb. 5 appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live, Linkin Park performed "Waiting For The End," off their latest album, A Thousand Suns. The design concept was to link their live performance into the song's video theme using two full-color OPS laser systems from Laser Design Productions. LDP operations manager Victor Tomei worked with laser programmer Jason McEachern to create the effects, which appeared on vocalist Mike Shinoda and other band members, who wore protective eyewear for safety.
"The band and [Linkin Park tour manager] Jim Digby were great to work with," said McEachern. "I advised them of all the safety parameters, and they were completely coherent with the effect and making it happen.
"Jim was excellent in enhancing the design through the various rehearsals to get the most out of the performance," McEachern added. "At the end of it all, the effect worked very well, and as Shinoda predicted, it revealed a design that further pushed the envelope."
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