Gray was asked to light a spectacular tree set structure created by Block 9 (Gideon Berger and Steve Gallagher) for the event - which toured to three outdoor venues in Reading, Oxford (as part of the Olympic Torch relay) and Henley.
Block9 and Renegade have collaborated on many previous fe
Designed around a new 1000-watt HID source, the Mac Viper's light output exceeds many 1200-watt lighting fixtures, with Viper both more compact and faster moving than those higher-wattage fixtures while also using less energy.
The Viper Profile spotlight offers a 10-44 degree zoom, two 5-position indexing/rotating gobo wheels, an effect wheel, CMY colour mixing plus a CTO correction wheel, eight slot colour wheel, iris,
The Ghost has been designed so that the built-in features which have made Lectern Company lecterns so popular have not been compromised, says the company. It has a 7" HD monitor, shock mounted microphone sockets, cable management system and an LED uplighter. These have all been
The World Responds - The UK's TV audience for the opening ceremony peaked at 26.9m, the BBC has sai
Florian Allain, Dushow's technical director, explains, "We needed to use LED as we wanted to keep an eye on our power usage - we only have a limited amount available, and we wanted to get the most out of it. So with that in mind, we did a shoot out with a number of fixtures, concluding that ETC's Source Four LED, which was demonst
(The first system - Olympic Ceremonies - features curved lighting poles that extend over the edge of the playing field. They hold the Syncrolites, FOP lights and some smaller moving heads). Patrick Woodroffe is the LD.
Forty SXL (four each on 10 of the 14 'paddles') are flown head down to light the Opening Ceremonies stages and action doing many jobs from long-throw, cross-fading washes to our big beams, motion FX and ballyhoos. This system replacies the work of over 400 regular moving heads. "Due
"We see nothing but positives in this decision," said SGM CEO Peter Johansen. "These will be the only official dealers for SGM products in the UK and Ireland, and between them they will be able to increase penetration in all SGM's core markets."
AC-ET managing director Phill Capstick and UK sales director, Jonathan Walters, were impressed when LED Projects MD Ian Kirby introduce
CREATE Jobs - which aims to tackle youth unemployment and provide new routes into the arts and creative industries - wants creative industry employers to provide eight-week traineeships for talented young people from the six Olympic Host Boroughs (Barking & Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamle
Falling Star is billed as "an incredibly bright star" and is available in 10 different colour versions, that falls under gravity over 30ft.
8' Ice Gerb is a dazzling spray of silver sparks with a bright white flame, projecting upwards to 8ft high.
Saxon offers a 20ft spray of projected rotating silver sparks - similar to a Catherine Wheel effect.
Gold Glitter Waterfall gives a 12 second stream of gold glittering stars falling 16ft.
13mm & 23mm Flas
"I first saw Sharpys at the Ultra Music Fest almost two years ago," says lighting director Mike Cooper. "The lighting designer had a huge Clay Paky rig and a row of Sharpys on the stage, and I was blown away. I thought I had to use them."
Since then Cooper has deployed Sharpys on the God
Event producer Don Richards of Foghorn Creative brought in San Francisco-based Lightswitch with lighting designer Norm Schwab to help organise the event, along with Prelite of San Francisco to design the lighting concept. Working with Syncrolite for lighting the bridge, Schwab and Pre
Staged by Capital Concerts, the nation's leading producer of live patriotic television shows, in order to produce these large-scale live outdoor television events its staff are joined by a dedicated crew
The units were supplied by SM Lighting Ltd of Glasgow. Scott Munro, MD of SM Lighting commented, "We were very happy to use the LEDhead 144Qs on the outdoor NME stage at T in the Park for the Professor Green set. The brightness is ideal for day time shows and came acr
MAC Viper Profile features a highly efficient optical system that outperforms market-leading profiles
Tait Technologies specialises in combining video and scenic technologies and provided the technology behind the largest ever video screen at the Opening Ceremony,
Working with production managers Ronnie Lee for Metropolis Music and Jon Howes for Somerset House, PRG's senior account manager Loz Wilcox provided a lighting system for the temporary stage at Somerset House. Jon Howes said: "Nothing but praise for the kit supplied to Somerset House once again. PRG's service and back up was excellent."
PRG supplied house lighting
Black Coffee supplied the full technical. The dimmers were at the beginning of the 120m ramp (pier), and there was a socopex run to each of the 24 5m long truss totems erected and reinforced along the pier. Each totem was topped with six PAR 64s. Set up was two days prior to the event.
Simon
This year, they asked London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) to provide lighting, trussing, rigging, power distribution and crew. The design and specification for the kit was produced by Makin' Steps' founder and creative director Scott Simpson, and his lighting designer
EXIT is one of Europe's hottest and most popular events, staged in the picturesque environs of the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad.
The four day event attracted over 100,000 music fans who enjoyed a diverse line up with over 500 live acts appearing across 20 stages.
The Studio Berar lighting rigs illuminated international stars like Duran Duran, Guns N'Roses, New Order, and Eryka Badu on th
The three storey high IT & Media Block (AKA North Block) facilitates a range of courses run by the College, including Film, Audio Recording, Broadcast, Design, Development, CGI and Computer Programming.
Their modern facilities include soundproofed studios for audio and film recording, independent control & media rooms, a green screen area for filming 3D footage, and computer rooms.
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Tony Smith, 56, joins MHA Lighting with a wealth of experience, having been in the industry all his working life, in positions previously for Thorlux, Technosol and Cooper Lighting.
His appointment comes as the Atherton-based company take on a number of new projects following new orders from Manchester Airport Group, the NHS and a number of car parking clients.
Smith, who lives in Devon, said, "I am delighted to be joining MHA Lighting at such an exciting time of expansion
International lighting designer Roman Stolyarov of Moscow-based Arlecchino Group specified 24 Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s, 50 Clay Paky Shotlight Washes and 32 Clay Paky Sharpys and delivered an 'unforgettable experience' for thousands of party going graduates. Lighting was also supplied and installed by the Arlecchino Group.
Stolyarov used the Shotlight and the Alpha Profiles to create the general atmosphere for the event and The Sh
"Optimising each LED design element was critical in achieving the performance r
Building on the previous generations of the RevEAL Studio and responding to the feedback of lighting designers, Prism has expanded the feature set of the Studio.3 LED Fresnel to make it a true replacement for a comparable tungsten fixture. The Studio.3 produces 9,700 lumens; has a tunable Corre
