Designing Thomas Rhett’s ‘Home Team Tour 23’
Alec Takahashi tell us about designing Thomas Rhett’s ‘Home Team Tour 23’
Realizing an Otherworldly Performance for the ‘Kids’ Choice Awards’
For the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, which aired March 4, 2023, the show featured a digital performance segment with rapper/Nickelodeon star Young Dylan. The sequence was shot via virtual production at LA’s Lulu Studio 18 with a Production Design by Silent House Principal Tamlyn Wright, who was Creative Producer, Production Design for the segment. Lulu Studio 18’s owner Michael Zinman served as Virtual Production Producer. Zinman and Wright share how they created the otherworldly, kid-friendly virtual environment.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: An Effects Filled Production
Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been touring its annual holiday-themed production for 23 years but Director of Touring and Production Elliot Saltzman and Production and Lighting Designer Bryan Hartley make sure that every year is a fresh design that tops the year before. Helping them do that is special effects expert Doug Adams, President of ImageSFX. PLSN speaks with all three having just wrapped the 2022 tour.
The Jennifer Hudson Show: A Warm and Welcoming Set
Chicago-based Production Designer Michael Apostolos again joined forces with Jennifer Hudson to design the set for her new talk/variety show. For his first TV set, Apostolos created a warm and welcoming environment for Hudson and her viewers.