ETA: Technology Changing Cinematography And Film Production

[Issue 107] April 12, 2017

Prolight + Sound Frankfurt has a segment that it certainly caters to. The show had footfall but definitely not in the numbers of the past. Analog Way, Sennheiser, Meyer Sound and Bosch were some of the big brands that were missing from the show floor. What lies ahead is anyone’s guess. With NAMM and the very strong showing of ISE being held before the Frankfurt show, there is a challenge for Messe Frankfurt.

Thomas Richard
Editorial Director

Technology Changing Cinematography And Film Production

New cameras, motion capture and virtual reality are contributing to new ways to shoot and distribute films. Films such as The Hobbit, X-Men Apocalypse and Transformers: Age of Extinction have one thing in common – they were all shot on a range of cameras that began as nothing more than a “bread box” as an early prototype. Made by Red …

UnUsUaL Limited Lists

Key personnel behind the listing The big news on Monday, 10th April, was the listing of UnUsUaL Limited on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST. UnUsUaL Limited, headquartered in Singapore, started as a rental business for stage, sound and lighting equipment and has grown to become one of the leading names in concert production …

David Claringbold Brings Interesting Perspective As d&b audiotechnik’s New Chief Marketing Officer

David Claringbold certainly brings with him tons of experience but what is most interesting was his involvement as an end-client of the prestigious Sydney Opera House. With his impressive track record, he certainly understands the market needs and is in a position to further guide d&b to greater success. d&b audiotechnik appointed David Claringbold as Chief Marketing Officer, with effect …

Theatre Veteran Shares Experience At Shure Theatre Miking Seminar

Pictured: Theatre veteran Andy Yiannaki going over microphone antenna placements Electronics & Engineering together with Shure recently organised a Theatre Miking Seminar, that was held at the National Gallery auditorium in Singapore. The auditorium was just about packed with people during Shure's recent Theatre Miking Seminar – everyone had gathered to listen to sound designer Andy Yiannaki give his seminar …

Illuminate Productions Shines At Kingdom Invasion 2017

Illuminate Productions provided creative and technical production once again for Kingdom Invasion 2017. Almost 10,000 people from 37 nations converged upon Singapore’s Changi Expo from 14-17 March for the popular Christian conference now into its 5th year, with over 10,000 more tuning into the live stream on the final night of open meetings. Lights for the show were newly purchased …

PL+S Frankfurt: Adamson Unveils Integration-focused IS-Series Family Of Loudspeakers

The IS-SERIES made its debut with the IS7 and complementing IS118 subwoofer. The IS-SERIES packs Adamson’s sophisticated tour-level technology into sleek, architecturally-friendly boxes with rugged but unobtrusive rigging solutions. The IS7 is a two-way, full-range line array cabinet containing two ND7-X5, 7” Neodymium drivers and an NH3, 1.4” exit compression driver. The critically optimized waveguide produces a slightly curved wavefront …

PL+S Frankfurt: HARMAN Professional Solutions Releases JBL VTX A12 Line Array Loudspeaker

As an extension to the VTX family, this groundbreaking new dual 12” line array loudspeaker was engineered from the ground up to provide best-in-class performance, reliability and ease of use, for mid- to large-size touring productions and high-end fixed installations. Featuring entirely new and proprietary transducer and high-frequency waveguide designs, innovations in the rigging and suspension hardware, and refinements to …

PL+S Frankfurt: Powersoft Extends Commitment to OEM Customers With LiteMod 4HC and MiniMod 4 Modules

Arthur Soh of Powersoft with the new modules In addition to its game-changing touring and multi-channel process controlled amplifiers, Powersoft has built an excellent reputation in the OEM market, providing the engines for many market-leading active loudspeaker systems and rack amplifiers with its range of power modules. This has now been extended with two new flexible, compact and highly specified …

PL+S Frankfurt: Arkaos Kling-Net Protocol Now Enables Sophisticated Control Of LEDs Cost-Effectively

ArKaos has designed the Kling-Net protocol to allow the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet. Many first time users are afraid of using LED lighting because of the complexity of networking and control issues. Using and networking LED lighting has required a high level of technical knowledge which has …

PL+S Frankfurt: APG Unveils New Range Of Subwoofers

Consisting of four models – the SB110, SB112, SB115-M2 and SB118 – the new SB range provides ultimate flexibility for both rental stagers and integrators. All subwoofers were engineered using the same acoustic load based on the variation of band pass design to maximize performance: 300W for the 10” SB110, 600W for the 12” SB112, 1000W for the 15” SB115 …

PL+S Frankfurt: Allen & Heath Broadens Interface Options For dLive

Allen & Heath has expanded the digital interface options for its dLive mixing system with the introduction of superMADI and a range of AES3 I/O cards. Designed to help integrate dLive into a wide range of broadcast, live interface and recording scenarios, the superMADI interface card has numerous connectivity possibilities, including 8 BNC connectors and 4 SFP slots for fibre …