It has been a few years in the making, but I am happy finally say that LiteGear Inc. is a Union Shop! The film and television industry is an interesting place and requires a sometimes delicate touch when doing business. For instance, film guys tend to shy away from salesmen. I am not sure why, […]
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Nov
Nov
On a recent Blackberry AT&T spot, director Michael Mann and Dp Roberto Schaffer were to be in a surveillance van with several actors tracking their subject. Taking place at night, the van was to be completely mobile during shooting and needed a high-tech interior look. Gaffer Mike Bauman assembled custom panels made from our LED […]
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Sep
Sep
Cinematographer Eric Koretz recently stopped by LiteGear to discuss his specialty lighting needs for an upcoming show “Beholder”. Shot on the RED Mysterium MX camera, Eric ended up doing some very cool things with our LED LiteRibbon. The post on his site explains it all. The Image Hunter – Shot in the Wild
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Sep
Sep
LiteGear would like to officially endorse “The Box Book”. It is the fourth edition of the Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook. The book is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director […]
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Aug
Aug
Over this last weekend in August, Safety & Training Director Alan Rowe continued his great work, this time with a Lighting-Fixtures specific class. It was taught by 728 member Roger Lattin and covered specific skill using basic electricity wiring, incandescent, and LED lighting. LiteGear provided the class small LED LiteRibbon kits, complete with power supplies, […]
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Aug
Aug
With the entire spot taking place inside a practical van in downtown Los Angeles DP Pawel Edelman and Gaffer Erik Messerschmidt were faced with a tricky situation; How to light the practical interior in the moody style Pawel wanted while maintaining the flexibility to balance to constantly changing exterior ambiance and limit the setup […]
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Aug
Aug
We are happy to announce that LiteGear is now a dealer for RC4 Wireless Dimming. This series of wireless transceivers and dimmers are hands-down, the easiest and most effective way of providing wireless full range dimming to low voltage DC sources such as our own LED LiteRibbon. It literally is as easy as providing a […]
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Aug
Aug
We were again honored to be part of the IATSE Local 728LED seminar, Saturday Aug. 21st. All the big-boys were there, showing their latest and greatest LED fixtures. We however were the only LED company not showing a fixture. Our LED LiteRibbonproduct line seemed to stand alone as the only LED system for creating custom […]
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Jun
Jun
Well would you look at that, we were given the “Best of Show” award for our CineGear presentation by DV-Culture. They are a great resource for DV related news, events and product reviews. Have a look at their site for a few cool pix and even a video. Many thanks to those guys who came […]
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Jun
Jun
CineGear Expo is finally behind us and it was an overwhelming success. We were able to connect with hundreds of people and show them how simple and easy LED lighting can be. Even the PizzaBox Lightmade it to the show. Now have a look at the LiteGear booth on stage 24 at Paramount Studio. We […]