Al DeMayo, LiteGear’s President and CEO here. Well, it has taken us years to finally focus some attention on creating product introduction and explainer videos. As long time filmmakers and lighting professionals we prefered to take the opportunity to create these films ourselves. As such, it took longer to begin than originally planned. We have […]
Author Archives: Al DeMayo
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Jul
Jul
30 years after Ghostbusters took the world by storm, the beloved franchise makes its long-awaited return. Director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today. Crew includes: Cinematographer – Robert D. Yeoman , Gaffer- JohnVecchio, Best Boy Electric- Tom Keenan, Rigging Gaffer- Dave Cambria, Rigging […]
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Mar
Mar
Download your free NAB Show 2016 Guest Pass, complements of LiteGear… and be sure to check out all the cool new tools at NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 16-21,2016. Register at NABShow.com Litegear Booth Number: C12716 Guest Pass Code: LV7353 LiteGear designs and builds LED lighting products for professionals in the cinema, TV, and […]
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Feb
Feb
then you’ve seen us. For years LiteGear has been working closely with industry leading filmmakers to provide non-traditional lighting tools for cinema, TV and HD video. From color-correct LED lighting to specialized electronic controls and assemblies, we pride ourselves at thinking out-of-the-box. Our development team is comprised of a cinematographer, gaffer, fixtures technician, lighting technicians, […]
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Apr
For the movie Noah, Director of Photography Matty Libatique needed to create the effect of the Tzohar, a supernatural light source which was an integral part of telling the story. Matty had previously worked with LiteGear on several projects (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Cowboys & Aliens) and this project had some very specific needs. […]
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Feb
Feb
Since 2006 LiteGear has been involved in lighting many things. We have developed LED light-engines for everything from kerosene lanterns to the “Iron Man” chest light. But a recent project took us by suprise. Art Director Todd Cherniawski approached us with a request for lighting a special element for a rather high profile music video […]
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Nov
Nov
Hunger Games: Catching Fire – FauxFlo in action. For the movie Catching Fire, Production Designer Phil Messina designed a dance floor which had elaborate standing chandeliers which he envisioned hundreds of fluorescent tubes as a large visual element in the set. Phil wanted the tubes to change color during the dance sequence in the film, […]
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Jan
As many of you may know, LiteGear Inc. is an IATSE Local 728 union signatory company. This allows us to hire skilled lighting professional to do all sorts of projects. Well, today Local 728 is two members larger. Yes, that’s right, 2 of our very own were sworn-in today at the member meeting. First up […]
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Jul
Jul
Attention fellow IATSE Local 728 members! Safety & Training Director, Alan Rowe has once again organized an LED Assembly / Fixtures Class. It will be held August 18, 2012 at the LiteGear Shop. Although we had been involved in this class last year, this year will be the very first (of many) LiteGear Seminars here at […]
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Jul
Jul
Comic-Con 2012 was in full swing this past weekend and with the success of the recent Avengers movie, Marvel Studios is certainly attracting a lot of attention. As many of you know LiteGear has been involved in providing lighting gear and services to Marvel movies since IronMan 1. Movies that followed were IronMan 2, Thor, […]