Litepanels is debuting the Inca Series tungsten balanced LED Fresnel fixtures at the NAB2012 Show which runs in Las Vegas until 19 April. The new fixtures derive their name from the incandescent lighting fixtures they replace.
Renowned wildlife photographer Buck McNeely and his company, Outdoorsman International, made television history by being the first to film an African Safari in 3D. To light the adventure, McNeely chose to use fixtures from Litepanels.
Cosmolight, a company specialising in the design, manufacture and distribution of professional lighting and suspension systems for television, cinema, theatre and architecture, has acquired the historic Italian market leader brands IFF and QUARTZCOLOR.
Litepanels, part of Vitec Videocom (a Vitec Group company), is now shipping the Sola 4 Fresnel LED lighting fixture, the smallest DMX controllable LED Fresnel on the market. The new focusable Sola 4 features a 100mm Fresnel lens and uses a small fraction of the power consumed by conventional fixtures. It employs Litepanels proprietary LEDs to produce the companys hallmark soft light quality in 5600°K daylight colour balance.
To produce the latest feature length web series to air on Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatschs YouTube channel, Video Game High School, the team needed solid, mobile and efficient lighting.
For his new documentary project, Just Ballet (about dancers at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School), BBC freelance DOP Johnnie Behiri co-produced with one of Austrias leading production houses, Seven Film and Post-production Company.
As part of a move over to HD content, Finnish private broadcaster MTV3 decided to convert its studio lighting to LED technology.
With a RED One on an artemis EFP HD SE camera stabiliser system from Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand, German DOP and camera operator Markus Kambeck filmed two music videos with German artist Cris Cosmo. The MiniPlus LED camera light from Litepanels, also a Vitec Group brand, provided the right lighting conditions.
Lighting used as a tool with which to tell a story, create a mood and establish atmosphere is one of the most
important aspects of production be it for film, television, events or documentaries.
Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, has joined a pantheon of leaders in the design and manufacture of film and television equipment by receiving the prestigious 2011 BIRTV Award.
Vicci Turpin is one of a few
women cinematographers in South
Africa and, in fact, in the world. She
started as a fashion photographer
and then joined Gray Phillips ad
agency where she worked in the
camera department as a loader.
Trevor Brown has worked on
some of the best films to come out
of South Africa including A Million
Colours, Finding Lenny and various
drama and television series including
Jozi-H, Heartlines, Diamonds, Wild at
Heart, Soul Buddyz 3, Charlie Jade,
Zero Tolerance.
