Academy of Production Technology: Day one. What is electricity? The scope of the first day was about entertainment electricity and electrical theory. For example, how to measure current, voltage, wattage, calculate phase angles, Ohm’s law and AC and DC power. There were quite a few ‘did you know?’ moments as well. Did you know you […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional …And then it was over. After four days of load in, each consisting of about 14 hours per day, three days of show, and 12 hours of load out, it is all done. LDI 2011 is officially in the can. I have barely had time to […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional It’s day one of load in for LDI. Our crew killed it today! We rigged a total of 31 rigging points and all of our truss is ready for lights and video. Yep, its official, we are at LDI and ready to go. Big thanks to […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional After a very successful PLASA, I would like to thank a few people. First, I want to thank Sam from our CHAUVET Europe office for being the consummate professional during the buildup, the show, and tear down, as well as programming a great booth. I know […]
How to Design an Impeccable Show Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional In my opinion, there is only one way to design a successful show: you should have the collaboration under control and should start from the beginning. It is really easy to make the mistake of starting from the middle and […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional I’m at PLASA 2011. We are getting the show ready and for the second time, we are right in front of the doors leading to Earls Court 2. For those of you who have been to Earls Court, you know that right before those doors, the […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional I was in Mexico for the day to show our Legend Series to TV Azteca. I trained them on three fixtures from this series: Legend 1200E Wash, Legend 1200E Spot and Legend 300E Beam. Take a look at some of the behind-the-scenes shots Stéphane Gressier, global […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Frustration can come in many different forms. For me, it usually comes in the form of an airport. I write about travel quite a bit as, well, I travel a lot. In fact, I am hitting my gold level with American Airlines on this very trip—a […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional …And there was video, and it was good… CHAUVET has entered the video panel world with our release at InfoComm in Orlando this year. MVP Series of modular video panels has already started to buzz right out of the gate. (Honestly, we could not be any […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Working at CHAUVET requires I spend some serious time hanging out in the friendly skies. I have had to take my shoes off at some of the worlds finest airports, and have been stuck in the middle seat on more than one occasion on international long […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional The people of the modern entertainment technology industry are coming of age, and getting older. I look around and keep seeing younger and younger faces. I find myself saying things like “I was lighting shows when you were watching GI Joe” and “Back when I started […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional When it comes to footwear, I am not a brand based person. I have been buying two pairs of value-oriented skateboard sneakers every six months for the past six years. I thought they were comfortable and had enough support for everything I do. This would include […]