The presence of Asian exhibitors in general, and Chinese companies in particular, was larger at InfoComm this year – not surprisingly, considering that the InfoComm… Read More »The Shifting Paradigm of Outsourcing and China
Even with all the new technological advances at your fingertips, the latest apps and gadgets are not going to conceptualize the program. Whether it’s a… Read More »Video Pre-Viz: Start with the Storyboard
One of the biggest problems when visualizing is making the transition from the virtual stage to the real rig. Many things may or may not… Read More »Avoid Pre-Viz Disorientation
Don Holder, LD for the Broadway play, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, says he has learned that whenever he deals with moving parts and scenery… Read More »Affixing Lighting to Moving Scenery
Erich Friend, owner of the Texas-based Teqniqal Systems, a Fort Worth, TX-based consulting firm specializing in performing arts technology and safety, makes a case for… Read More »Safety Signage Can Overcome Language Barriers
I truly believe that the success of most gigs is not about the actual quality of all the gear you are using, but the quality… Read More »Gear vs. Techs
Just as you would park your car to leave it in a location for a while, you might park the parameters of a light to… Read More »Learning to Park
I just got back from taking a cruise. I didn’t go for a relaxing vacation, mind you, I went to work. There’s a new trend… Read More »Cruise Ship Lighting Rigs Less than Ship-Shape
There’s no question that 3D projection is solidly entrenched in the digital cinema world. In our own staging realm, for both live and corporate events,… Read More »3D on Stage
Hideaki Tsutsui, a professor of lighting design at the University of Texas/El Paso, decided to find out what would it be like to stage a… Read More »All-LED Theatrical Lighting: Not Easy, but Possible
Last year, for John Mayer’s Battle Studies tour stop at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, PA, Chaos Visual Productions provided a complex 50-by-20-foot LED video… Read More »The Need for Specialized Insurance Coverage
John Lyons: The two-edged sword that is nightclub design is that there are no real rules. By their very nature, nightclubs and their lighting need… Read More »How Nightclubs Differ from Other Design Projects