The Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin was transformed into a giant live e-sports battle environment for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018, the first major international live tournament organized by the PUBG Corporation, and the first world championship in competitive PUBG. Twenty outstanding 4-person teams competed for a share of some serious prize-money over four days. To add some real theatre … [Read more...]
TRANSCOLOR Invests in More Robe
TRANSCOLOR Lucjan Siwczyk, one of Poland's major rental companies, is located in greater Warsaw, since 2010 in a substantial purpose-built warehouse and office complex complete with two large studios which are regularly hired out by TV production companies to record a range of series and programmes. Television is a core market for TRANSCOLOR which also services other studios with lighting and … [Read more...]
Popping It Up for Polish Idol
The recent edition of Polish Idol featured a distinctive filmic styling emanating from the visual influence of LD Artur Szyman, one of the country’s leading lighting and scenic designers, who was assisted by 96 x Robe Spikies and 80 x LEDWash 800s among other lights on his plot. Artur has been an LD for 17 years and was a renowned film and TV DoP for 10 years before that. He’s known for taking … [Read more...]
Robe For Idols SA
The twelfth season of Idols South Africa wrapped up with a stunning finale at Carnival City Big Top Arena in Johannesburg, broadcast live on the Mzansi Magic network with a highly vocal audience of 3,500 packing into the venue … and lighting designer Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier choosing nearly 200 Robe fixtures to be at the core of his rig. As always the challenge was to make this final … [Read more...]
Robe is Flavour of the Month for “Restaurant is Looking for a Chef”
“Restaurant Is Looking for a Chef” (Gostilna išče šefa) is a popular Slovenian reality TV show produced by broadcaster Pro Plus, shot both on location at a restaurant in Ljubljana, and with a substantial studio section recorded in Pro Plus’s main facility in Ljubljana. Lighting designer Ziga Krajnc looked after the studio aspects of the most recent series for which he specified eight of … [Read more...]
