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
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, […]
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May
May
We here at LiteGear are proud to announce the release of TechScout Touch – Lighting Edition, a professional lighting equipment ordering app for all iOS devices, available now in the Apple App store. TechScout Touch – Lighting Edition, a major revision to the popular TechScout Touch app released in 2010. UPDATE: TechScout Touch, Lighting Edition […]
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May
May
Battleship the movie opens in theaters May 2012. Shot by Tobias Schliessler, ASC, the film takes place on a Naval Battleship. Early on in pre-production, we were fortunate to meet with Tobias and his gaffer Bob Krattiger to discuss LiteGear products and how they might help with some unique challenges they had. As you can imaging, shooting on actual […]
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May
May
Our friend Pauline Rogers over at ICG Magazine has written a nice article about using LED lighting “outside the box”. We are thankful to be included, have a look.
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Apr
Apr
That time of year is nearly here again. Yep, CineGear Expo 2012 at Paramount Studios, June 1st through 3rd. We are going to be there in full force this year showing new VHO LED LiteRibbon, and the 2.0 update to our iPhone app TechScout Touch! As always, it is free to attend and is well […]
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Dec
Dec
After nearly five years here in beautiful Sun Valley California, we are on the move. Beginning in January 2012, we will be operating out of a nearly 10,000 square foot space in Burbank California on the south side of the Bob Hope Airport. We will have an expanded showroom, a comfortable waiting area, several offices, […]
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Jun
Jun
Well, CineGear Expo is finally behind us. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to hang out and see all the new VHO Hybrid stuff. We had a great time and were honored to be nominated for the Cine Gear Expo 2011 Technical Awardfor best new lighting product. Competition was pretty steep and we were […]