New levels of colour and imagination graced the familiar landmark of the Halifax Transmitting Tower in a special one night light installation “Ploughcroft Eco Northern Lights” designed by James Bawn, which illuminated the 45.7 metre (150ft) relay mast located on the top of Southowram bank, overlooking the Yorkshire, UK, town of Halifax. Lighting equipment was supplied by Blackburn based … [Read more...]
Robe SmartWhites for Al Jazeera London Studio
A special version of Robe’s ROBIN LEDWash 800 PureWhite SW fixture was specified by lighting designer and broadcast lighting and visual media effects specialist, Manfred Ollie Olma, from Cologne, Germany based lighting and visual design practice, mo2 design, for the new state-of-the-art Al Jazeera broadcast studio in London. The studio, located on the 16th floor of The Shard in London … [Read more...]
Robe Enjoys A Great Opportunity
Die Große Chance (A Great Opportunity) is one of Austria’s leading talent competitions. The 2014 final staged in Studio 1 at national broadcaster ORF’s HQ in Vienna was lit in great style by Lighting Director Thomas Kruder using nearly 300 Robe moving lights! It was also Kruder’s first chance to use Robe’s brand new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaires (BMFLs) of which he had eight on the … [Read more...]
XL Video Shines at the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2014
XL Video supplied LED screens and control for the 2014 BAFTA Cymru Awards. The event, held on 26th October at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, celebrates the best productions from the television and film industries in Wales. Working with BAFTA show producer, Jonathan Davies, and production designer, David Marson, XL Video supplied a 15m wide by 4.2m high LED screen formed from a combination … [Read more...]
Painting With Light Helps Celebrate 25 Years of VTM
Belgian commercial TV channel VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) celebrated 25 years of success in an amazing son et lumière spectacular staged on the beach at Nieuwpoort, which was attended by 17,000 people who were dazzled by the visual impact and audacity of the production. Lighting was designed by Painting With Light’s Luc Peumans, who has worked on many music based projects for VTM, … [Read more...]
