LD-at-Large Podcast

with Ruben Laine - Chief Nerd at Creative Integration Studio

On this episode, we discuss how can video content get us through the isolation period, how video and media servers have overtaken lighting as a focal point, how modern festivals are just a giant video walls now, how content needs to accentuate the performance and not distract, the ownership of content after the show, the intellectual property concerns with content after media server manipulation, who should be in charge of the video content, media servers, pixels, projection, video, mapping, VR, AR, XR, and reinventing yourself during these uncertain times.

"Collaborating in today’s industry is a must. Creative Integration is a necessity in today’s show business."

— Yamil Charif, YC3 Lighting Design.

Please visit: https://creativeintegration.studio/ and https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l6d6ygzdvvuhef1/AAA46ZT3Yn58vuiFH9_5b8eCa?dl=0&preview=LD+at+Large+-+Media+Bible+-+as+of+Aug08.pdf

with Seth Robinson - A Principal Lighting Designer with Sightline Design Group

On this episode, we discuss mental health during isolation, spending time away from our best friends/coworkers, spending more time with family and kids, adapting to new schedules, breaking old routines, making sure that productivity is not our only sense of self worth, retreating to old habits like smoking, drinking, and overeating, the importance of a hobby, and addressing the raw fact that life sucks right now.

Please visit: www.sethrobinson.net

with Victor Ortiz - Account Manager at Darvik Productions

On this podcast, we discuss returning to work in the COVID era, Brainstorming solution to the new world, maintaining constant contact with hundreds of clients and customers in isolation, maintaining genuine relationships with core friends/clients, how to get your costs down on rentals these days, how to present any idea to as many people as possible, the new load in processes and why relationships in our business matter so much.

Please visit: https://darvik.com/

with Michael Smalley - Creative Director, Lighting and Video Designer And Programmer at PHNTM Labs

On this podcast, we discuss what it's like to be a fan of music in the music industry, star-fuckers, working with celebrities, dealing with friends who know you work with celebrities, managing guest passes, fan interactions at FOH, respecting your clients as celebrities and as bosses, Bringing family/spouses/partners to shows and how to pick the best side of the barricade.

Please visit: www.phntmlabs.com

with Alan Adelman - Lighting Designer

On this episode, we discuss the inevitable progression of theater from the proscenium to the screens, preserving theater for archival purposes, how COVID19 has changed theater folks view of video as a useful tool, how the time has finally coming for producers to see value in making good quality video captures of their stage work, breaking down the walls between theater and broadcast, making art vs. making craft, and how to prepare for the televised revolution.

Please visit: www.imdb.com/name/nm0011825

with Alan Edwards - Lighting Designer

On this episode, we discuss how can we encourage diversity of opinion in our industry, race equality in the entertainment business, how he got into the business of storytelling, how to put the proper amount of forethought into cueing, when it is more important to play it safe or break the rules, the importance of returning to teaching, how to maximize the impact of a theatrical education, setting goals and maintaining deadlines.

Please visit: www.alancedwards.com

with Jimmy Lawlor - Lighting Designer

On this episode, we discuss how schools can properly prepare their students for the business side of entertainment, how schools can provide networking skills, keeping up with technological demands, how should one should prepare for the industry fresh out of school, how to effectively negotiate for what you are worth, winning friends and influencing people, breaking down the taboo of talking about how much we make, proper venues for networking, talking with students and refining your people skills for success.

Please visit: www.lawlordesign.com

with Tom Sutherland - Knight Of Illumination winning Lead Designer at DX7 Design

On this episode, we discuss whether or not you need to finish school to become a designer, how a person can create opportunities for themselves in this industry, what it’s like to be the youngest person in a room of creatives, how to defeat the stigma of being young and inexperienced, how designers should know how to program, when to separate your art from yourself, when to fully put yourself into your art, and how to encourage diversity of opinion in the creative process.

“I always dream respectfully and I always dream big.”

Please visit: www.dx7design.com

with Chris McMeen - Rental Rep. at Christie Lites

On this episode, we discuss why relationships in our business matter, why being an amazing business partner is pinnacle, how to get your costs down on rentals, how to make an efficient shop order, communication with your shop, the importance of integrating with your clients, maintaining constant contact with hundreds of clients and customers, maintaining genuine relationships with core friends/clients, when are we on the clock and when are we off the clock?, and why sushi is an important part of all meetings.

Please visit: www.christielites.com

With Jason "Liggy" Liggett - Lighting Director and Designer at LIggy Lights

On this episode, we discuss how to get to the top by finding the open doors and leading with the right foot once you are in, walking away from full-time touring to focus on being home more, finding the gigs that feed our inner pirate, discussing the collaborative art culture in the NorthEast, working on Saturday Night Live remotes, bouncing back and forth between televised and live events, and some interesting tales of touring and TV and all things lighting!

Please visit: www.liggylights.com