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The Effort Continues

The Effort Continues

Well Dunn is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for socioeconomically diverse students across the music and entertainment industry. One of our industry’s most enthusiastic mentors, David ‘5-1’ Norman stepped down from serving as the Foundation’s President due to increasing touring commitments, but 5-1 has been and remains a driving force for Well Dunn, which offers assistance for hundreds of college students, providing mentorship, scholarship opportunities, internships, and job placement.

PLSN April 2024 Product News

Brompton Technology’s Tessera G1 Receiver Card, K&M’s Flat Base Space Saving Lighting Stands and more product news from CHAUVET Professional, Elation, GLP and Robe.

PLSN April 2024 Buyer’s Guide: LED Video Panels

Details on Absen’s Flex (FL) Series and Blizzard: IRiS® ICON™ VP+ and more info on LED video panels from ADJ, Alfalite, AOTO, CHAUVET Professional, DVS LED, LG, LianTronics, ROE Visual, Sony, squareV, Unilumin and Yes Tech.

A Look at ICON Virtual™

Cinematographer Sunny Zhao reflects on his experience shooting the dance/music video “Kiss the Girl” using the ICON VP+ LED panels in the ICON Virtual Volume in Burbank, CA.

Zach Bryan’s ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour 24’

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Zach Bryan kicked off the arena leg of his ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour 24,’ in March. Production/Lighting Designer Rob Sinclair and Lighting Director Kyle Lovan shared their thoughts on the arena design with PLSN.

Supporting the NBA All-Star 2024 Celebration

When the NBA All-Star Weekend came to Indianapolis, Dodd Technologies worked with the NBA, the Indianapolis Pacers basketball team, and the Host Committee as well as PepsiCo to provide production solutions for 22 show sites around the city for the celebrations.

Univision’s Premio Lo Nuestro Awards

Univision’s 36th Annual Premio Lo Nuestro Awards entertained the audience at Miami’s Kaseya Center with unforgettable performances at the star-studded event, with the lighting design by Tom Kenny supported by 4Wall and the production design by Jorge Dominguez supported by PRG for video.

Billy Strings

The work of Lighting Designer Roger Gant, production design and video content from Lüz Studio led by Matthieu Larivée, Production Manager Charlie Bryson, and VJ Tyler “Taj” Givens all combines to add depth and scale to the visual impact of the 2024 Billy Strings tour.

‘Lessons in Chemistry’

Cinematographer Jason Oldak tells us about working on the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ for which he was nominated for an ASC Award. His evocative work on the series takes the audience to the 1950s and 30s as well as rowing on a lake.

Subtronics Tesseract Tour

Larry Barcello of Brass City Productions Inc., Production Manager for electronic DJ Subtronics’ TESSERACT tour, and Production Designer / Lighting Designer Erik Mahowald of Bending Lite Productions take us inside the many layers of the production.

‘Sugar Hill:’ The Ellington / Strayhorn Nutcracker

‘Sugar Hill’ is a reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic Nutcracker, composed by jazz icons Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Seen for the first time as a fully realized ballet at the Chicago Auditorium the dance story reimagining of the classic tale was lit by Lighting Designer Christopher Annas-Lee.