Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied nearly 300 moving and LED lightsources and over 100 generics to a series of Welsh language channel S4C Light Entertainment programmes recorded in a 10 day block at Studio 1 of the NEP Cymru (ITV Wales) facility at Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff . These were specified by Cardiff and London based Lighting Designer Steffan Jones, who … [Read more...]
Magic Numbers for HSL
Blackburn, UK, based lighting rental company HSL supplied Vari*Lite moving lights and over 700 Pulsar ChromaStrips of varying lengths for the new ITV series, Magic Numbers, produced by CPL and aired live weekly in the prime time Saturday night slot of 8 p.m. The show's lighting was designed by Tom Kinane, who has used HSL to supply lights to numerous shows in recent years. HSL's Project … [Read more...]
HSL’s Got Talent!
HSL supplied substantial quantities of ColorWeb and ChromaStrip LED products to the latest ratings-busting series of "Britain's Got Talent" - the high profile and super-hyped final of which saw teenage dance troupe Diversity beat hot favourite, singer Susan Boyle. The series, presented by comedy duo Ant & Dec, was shot over a week in Studios A and B of Fountain Studios, Wembley, London - … [Read more...]
grandMA in step with “Strictly Come Dancing”
The UK tour of Strictly Come Dancing Live - the arena version of the hugely popular BBC TV series - has all its lighting controlled by a grandMA full-size console for the first time. The lighting design is by Mark Kenyon (also for the TV show) and the show was initially programmed by David Bishop during pre-production at Newcastle Arena. Mike Rothwell specified the grandMA and is the Operator. … [Read more...]
