Claypaky goes to Bollywood in a music video for the title track from the comedy-horror film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 in which Claypaky Sharpy X Frames and Mythos 2 fixtures play a starring role. Light Craft & Sound Pvt Ltd. provided the Claypaky lighting. Read More »Claypaky Sharpy X Frames and Mythos 2 Fixtures Shine in Music Video of Blockbuster Bollywood Title Track
NantStudios, a virtual production studio based in El Segundo in Los Angeles County, CA, recently announced that the company, through its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, has built two new LED volume/In-Camera VFX stages at Docklands Studios located in Melbourne, Australia, and will operate the world’s largest LED volume.
Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) and Goose co-headlined an arena tour in the northeast with Lighting Designers Marc Janowitz for TAB and Andrew Goedde for Goose. Joining them on the road were Lighting Directors / Programmers Patrick Hayes for TAB and Tony Caporale for Goose. Their great teamwork and creative synergy resulted in two equal but distinctively different full blown shows every night.
Electronic music with live music from drumline and horn sections produces a unique acoustic and visually arresting live musical experience for ODESZA’s audiences. Co-Creative Directors Luke Tanaka and Sean Kusanagi along with Lighting Designer Kyle Kegan have been working with the band and PM Shane Crowl to ensure the visual design reinforces the dynamic performance on tour and at festivals during “The Last Goodbye Tour.”
Maggie Rogers, the Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, is touring with Lighting Designers Dan Hadley & Tess Falcone and Lighting Director Ali “Blue” Allison. Along the way, they talked to PLSN about working with the artist for “The Feral Joy Tour” and how the design supports the artist.
Illuminate Production Services (IPS) plays an integral role in creating the visual magic that is The Thorn and again this year enhanced the drama using a large package of Elation Professional lighting. Lighting Designer Caleb Franke of IPS uses the dynamic lighting to help sculpt the inspiring story while wowing audiences with a variety of visual effects.Read More »IPS Supports Drama of ‘The Thorn’ with Powerful Visuals from Elation Professional
In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More
Lighting Designer Matt Smith (of Colourblind) again took full advantage of GLP’s fixture versatility when plotting the scenography for the American leg of RÜFÜS DU SOL’s tour. The Australian creative used a selection of GLP’s impression X5, JDC1, and impression X4 Bar 20, deploying them in mission-critical roles. All were sourced from Volt Lites in Los Angeles, where Smith is now partly based, and who have been supplying inventory to him since the band’s Live from Joshua Tree project back in 2019.Read More »Impression X5 the Key to RÜFÜS DU SOL’s Touring Rig
The Berlin hip-hop crew BHZ (short for Bananahaze) have been stirring up the scene since 2018 with an eclectic mix of boom bap and trap. Creativity flows freely, as BHZ impressively demonstrate the multifaceted, high frequency nature of their performance, both as a unit and in solo projects.Read More »GLP Hybrid Strobes Ensure Dynamic Performance for BHZ in Clearly Defined Color Spaces
Special Event Services (SES) has significantly expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with additional purchases of Domino LT, Bora S, and Khamsin fixtures and further committed to the product line with large first-time investments in Perseo Beams, Diablos, and Zonda 9 FX lights. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line
The open-air production of the Wagner opera The Flying Dutchman in the historic Paul Willy Lindenau shipyard in Lithuania was one of the absolute stage highlights in Europe in 2022 and was broadcast live on the OperaVision streaming platform. Lighting Designer Andrius Stasiulis and event technology service provider Baltic Production Service relied on more than 200 outdoor-ready Cameo spotlights for this production on a spectacular stage.Read More »Open-Air Opera Production of ‘The Flying Dutchman’ in Lithuania
Lighting & Video Companies
Upstaging & Nighthawk
Venue
Various (Tour)