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GOLD SPONSORS AND THE P A R N E L L Lighting Designer of the Year Steve Cohen—Billy Joel Bryan Hartley—Trans-Siberian Orchestra Seth Jackson—Barry Manilow Alex Reardon—Dixie Chicks Jeff Rials—Mudvayne Mike Swinford—Rascal Flatts Set/Scenic Designer of the Year Roy Bennett—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Mark Fisher—Rolling Stones Rob Howell—Lord of the Rings Tom McPhillips—Martina McBride Jean Rabasse—Love Bruce Rodgers, Trey Turner—Rascal Flatts Lighting Company of the Year Bandit Lites—Queen Ed & Ted’s—Bon Jovi Premier Global—Red Hot Chili Peppers PRG—Coldplay Theatrical Media Services—Dave Matthews Band Upstaging—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Regional Lighting Company of the Year West Coast—Delicate Productions Northeast—Earl Girls, Inc. Southwest—LD Systems Canada—Q1 Production Technologies Midwest—Theatreworks Southeast—Theatrical Lighting Systems, Inc. Staging Company of the Year Brown United Kleege Mobile Stage Rentals Mountain Stages Stageco Below are the nominees for the Parnelli Awards. Cast your votes to honor those individuals and companies who have done outstanding work in the past year. Voting for the Parnelli Awards is limited to subscribers of Projection Lights & Staging News and Front of House. To cast your vote, go to OCTOBER 20 TH , 2006 Jere Harris Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award www.parnelliawards.com To ensure only one vote per person, you must input the subscription code from your address label. (See Web site for details.) Set Construction Company of the Year Accurate All Access B & R Scenery Tait Towers Tomcat Video Rental Company of the Year I-Mag MOO TV Nocturne Pete’s Big TVs Screenworks NEP XL Video Video Director of the Year Mick Anger—Mary J. Blige Paul Becker—Paul McCartney Tony Bongiovi—Bon Jovi Jake Cooper—Kenny Chesney Breckinridge Haggerty—Tool Christine Strand—Rolling Stones Rigging Company of the Year Atlanta Rigging Systems Branam West Coast Five Points Kish Rigging Ocean State Rigging SGPS Pyro Company of the Year Advanced Entertainment Services J.E.M. F/X Inc. Pyro Spectaculars by Souza Pyrotek Special Effects Strictly FX Zenith Pyrotechnology Sound Company of the Year 8th Day Sound Audio Analysts Clair-Showco. Rat Sound Systems Sound Image Thunder Audio Regional Sound Company of the Year Midwest—Clearwing Productions Northwest—Concert Production Services Southwest—HAS Productions Northeast—Sound Associates Southeast—Tennessee Concert Sound Canada—Tour Tech East FOH Mixer of the Year Robert Collins—Eric Clapton Dirk Durham—Toby Keith Clive Franks—Elton John Dave Natale—Rolling Stones Kevin Pruce—Madonna Ken “Pooch” Van Druten—System of a Down Monitor Mixer of the Year Beau Alexander—Tool Rance Caldwell—Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Earl Neal—Toby Keith Bruce Pendelton—Mudvayne John Stevens—Hall and Oates Vish Wadi—Shakira Sound Designer of the Year Tom Clark —The Drowsy Chaperone Jonathan Deans—Love Abe Jacob —Evita Steve Kennedy—Jersey Boys Mick Potter—Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular www.parnelliawards.com I GOES TO Be front and center as the industry salutes its finest companies and practitioners at the 6 th Annual Parnelli Awards 7pm Production Manager of the Year John “Bugzee” Hougdahl—Bon Jovi Chris Lamb—Madonna Bill Rahmy—Red Hot Chili Peppers Sean Sargeant—Toby Keith Dale “Opie” Skjerseth—Rolling Stones Ed Wanabo—Kenny Chesney Tour Manager of the Year Bernie Boyle—Paul McCartney Jerome Crooks—Nine Inch Nails Fitzjoy Hellin—Shakira Marty Hom—Delirium Steve Kidd—Mudvayne David Milem—Toby Keith Coach Company of the Year Diamond Coach Hemphill Brothers Coach Company Music City Coach Ziggy’s Custom Coaches Trucking Company of the Year Ego Trips Janco Entertainment Transport Roadshow Services StageCall Upstaging Freight Company of the Year Backstage Cargo Global Motion Horizon Rock-It Cargo Sound Moves THE VENETIAN HOTEL AND CASINO Bill Hanley Audio Innovator Award Participating Sponsors of the Parnellis include:
INSTALLS • INDUSTRIALS • FILM/TV • THEATRE • CONCERTS PROJECTION CONNECTION Production Design Delivers for FedEx NEW YORK—UVLD (Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design) teamed with production company PineRock to deliver a dynamic onstage look for the annual FedEx national sales meeting at the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. UVLD drove the attentiongetting media content and designed the extensive lighting for the three-day event, which featured executive speakers, panel presentations, celebrity talent and performances by extreme athletes. Both UVLD and PineRock have been in the forefront of the application of media server technology in corporate design. “The synergy between PineRock’s producers and creative directors and the UVLD team enabled us to maximize the capabilities of 20 multimedia LED panels, which formed the background to the meeting’s set,” says UVLD lighting designer Gregory Cohen. “Driven by us through the High End Systems’ Catalyst media server, the LED panels carried the low-resolution video content for every speaker, all the talent and the athletes. ”The PineRock team was lead by Mac McNally and creative director Jeff Davis. Set designer Tom Cariello designed the panels’ configuration. A large, horizontal LED panel, with 768 x 144 resolution, was flanked by clusters of nine smaller 192 x 192 outboard panels raised above the large panel and notching its upper corners. A giant FedEx logo capped the horizontal panel. IMAG screens bookended the low-res screens. “Working with the creative team, I could use my experience creating dramatic visual transitions and apply that palette to the more traditional graphic elements,” Cohen explains. “I think what made the show successful is that everyone was open to the power the technology allows. From animated backgrounds, to still wallpaper, to full motion clips, we were able to put the media servers through their paces in a way that was appropriate and ultimately effective for the project.” The wide array of backgrounds required multiple days of onsite Catalyst programming by Cameron Yeary in advance of the meeting. “The decision to let us drive the background ultimately afforded us a lot of flexibility,” Yeary notes. “We were always live to the screen. This provided both adaptability and responsibility, and everything was programmed to run flawlessly and consistently through rehearsal and during the shows.” UVLD’s Paul Sharwell, serving as the moving light programmer, crafted a dramatic lighting environment for the meeting employing 100 automated lights40 Vari*Lite VL 2500 Spots, 40 Martin MAC 2000 Washes and 20 MAC 2000 Performancesplus 130 conventional fixtures for traditional area lighting. “This was not a small show by any continued on page 63 Video Not Idle on Clarkson Tour LOS ANGELES—Production designer Ray Woodbury, in conjunction with XL Touring Video, created a design for Kelly Clarkson’s U.S. tour using 10 Barco O-lite screens that tracked horizontally and vertically across the stage, allowing the design to achieve as many as eight different looks or one converged look. The video screen tracking motion control was fabricated by SGPS. According to Woodbury, “This design was integrated with motion control to allow for a unique video design and capability. The possibilities were limitless with creative ideas and I was very happy with the outcome.” XL worked directly with Woodbury, Christian Lamb, Chris Kantrowitz and Petro Papahadipoulos of Frank the Plumber, who provided the video content, to facilitate the design. Touring on behalf of XL Video was lead LED tech Robert “Bo” Crowell and LED tech George Keim. Photo By Steve Jennings Panoramic Screen Showcases Children’s Properties NEW YORK—MB Productions (MBP), in conjunction with Tangram International Exhibitions, staged a 360-degree virtual set for HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of preschool entertainment, at the 26th Annual International Licensing show, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York. According to MB Productions President Brian Brooks, “The concept was to create a booth that had maximum visibility and high impact.” Eight Digital Projection Highlite 5100gv projectors perched on top of a circular structure built above the booth produced eight individual nine-foot by 12-foot images that featured edited DVDs of Bob the continued on page 63 48 48 50 Inside... 8 Hippos, 1 Big Screen Idyll Hands Imagery were anything but when they configured 360° of hi-def video. 3,000 Points of Light The first VersaPixel installation in the UK proves to be not much of a gamble. The Softy Gets Lofty The Microsoft Management Summit relied on hi-def video to provide the scenic elements at their annual meeting. Ad info: www.plsn.com/rsc www.PLSN.com PLSN SEPTEMBER 2006 47
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