Category: Lighting News

Los Angeles California:
John Buckley III, chief lighting technician (IMDB) used 280 of our Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space Lights for 14 weeks shooting “Land Of The Lost” (IMDB) at NBC Universal Studios Hollywood. That saved 25% power consumption as compared to using the old style standard 6k FCM space lights. That calculates out to a savings of 420,000 watts, roughly 3800 amps. The foot candles on the floor were more than double that of the old style FCM space lights which gave the DP the freedom to use whatever film stock he wanted. The Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space Lights were loaded with 750 watt long life bulbs (2000 hours) and John chose to use the wide lenses. At the end of the 14 weeks, out of all the 1680 HPL 750 long life bulbs there were only 12 burn outs. 80 of those lights had just come off of the set of Car Poolers and had been working for 14 weeks over there. Out of the 280 sets of silk skirts & targets we only had one silk skirt damaged and that was a blood stain from a cut finger while loading.
When all things are taken into consideration, the power savings of both lights and air conditioning, the savings of labor time changing blown bulbs and the lack of extensive L & D charges for damages to accessories, our Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space Lights were a hit.

NBC Universal Studios then purchased 175 of them and sent them down to New Mexico to work on Terminator Four.

Success! How sweet it is.

Thanks to John Buckley III for trying & testing our lights in the most demanding of situations!

Vancouver BC Canada

Jerrod Tiffen, rigging gaffer for the Warner Bros. film “Watchmen”, first called me last year to get information on our Mac Tech Tungsten line and I agreed to send him up some sample lights for testing.

After testing the Mac Tech Tungsten’s, Jerrod called me back with some very powerfull feedback and told me to expect a call from Paramount Production Services’ Eleanor O’Connor with a list of lights they wished to rent for the production. I was shocked when I got the list. It was for 36 Mac Tech 6 Space lights, 10 Mac Tech 9 Maxi’s and wow, 42 Mac Tech 12 Mini Dino’s! We had to build 20 more Mac Tech Tungsten 12’s for this movie because at the time we only had 22 in our rental department.

I decided to take a trip up to Vancouver to see the set and how they would be used. Jerrod introduced me to gaffer Dennis Brock whose list of credits and reputation I was well familiar with and you can see for yourself here.

As we toured the amazing set, constructed on an old lumber yard, I began to get the picture. They had built a two city block set complete with store fronts, movie theater, sidewalks, working traffic lights and even steam coming out of the manhole covers. At the end of each street were massive 60′ x 60′ green screens, illuminated by Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Mini Dino’s. It was very impressive. Weighing only 60 pounds each you can load 4 Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Mini Dino’s side by side in the condor basket with a 200 lb. electrician and you now have a 48 light dino that draws only 288 amps, all individually controlled through soccopex cable.

Thank you to Jerrod Tiffin for putting his faith in our Mac Tech Tungsten lights and for his great suggestions for ways we could make our Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space light a more effective set lighting tool.

More on that later!

This Warner Bros. film shot on location in Vancouver BC. They used 42 Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Light Mini Dino’s, 10 Mac Tech Tungsten 9 light Maxi’s and more than 30 Mac Tech Tungsten 6 Space Lights.

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How much POWER DID THEY SAVE??????? The answer:

175,500 watts over 1600 amps
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Bardwell & McAlister, Inc. (B&M) was inspired to save power as they encouraged attendees to go green. Their new HPL 6 Light Space Light with socopex connector uses 750, 575 or 375-watt HPL bulbs in conjunction with their high output parabolic reflector and interchangeable lens. According to the B&M crew, with the 750 watt 115 volt bulb, the new HPL 6 Space Light puts out three times the output of a conventional 6k space light and burns over 20 degrees cooler ? not to mention, it weighs less than 19 lbs.

–p3update.com

The Kingdom
Director: Peter Berg
Gaffer: Cory Geryak


Some critics have said this is possibly the best picture of year! Go see for yourself. We loved it! And yes, gaffer Cory Geryak chose to use 20 Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Light Mini Dino’s.

“THE POLICE” KICK OFF TOUR

They used 12 – Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Light Mino Dino’s! Check them out!!

Saving 48,000 watts!

IRONMAN used 20 – Mac Tech Tungsten 12 Light Mini Dino’s. Guess what they’ll be using on IRONMAN 2?? 😉

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Wow I was Blown Away
Great Movie!!!!!!

Pope and Finley tapped other fixtures for interactive lighting effects. When the action moves high above street level, Finley used batten strips with MR-16 globes under the actors to simulate streetlights below. When the actors got closer to the ground, the gaffer turned to Source Four Pars and Bardwell & McAllister Mac Tech HPL fixtures to create a streetlight effect that appeared to be closer to the actors. “I really like the HPL,” attests Finley. “It’s like a redesigned Maxi-Brute, but it uses the HPL Source Four-style globe. Unlike a Maxi, it has interchangeable lenses, so I can use whatever lens I want from a spot to a stipple. There are six- and 12-light fixtures, and because the bulb is smaller and the filament is so small they react really fast to dimmer control, which was crucial for these sequences.” Pope adds, “We set up 10 different dimmer-chase patterns that went with 10 different sections of the alley. We dialed each chase for a different speed and different building configuration, and then just pulled up each pattern when we were shooting elements for that section of the alley.”

“Bill Pope ASC”
From the May 2007 American Cinematographer article.

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Delivers 36 Mac Tech 6 Light Convertible lights to Sony Pictures for the New Spiderman III Feature.

WOW what a drag Carpoolers had a great ensemble cast and crew. The greenest set in Hollywood went dark after the strike, using 60 HPL Space lights and 20 HPL 6 light convertibles
They saved 120,000 watts about 1000 amps and most importantly 25% cooler on the set!!!!!!!

Gaffer: Brian T. Louks
Rigged this amazing set for the show and it was the greenest most energy efficient stage in Hollywood.

Let’s all follow the lead of Brian T. Louks and save energy!!

Andy Ryan Gaffer & Frank Dorowsky Rigging Gaffer Know going green makes sense. They saved 60,000 watts, that’s over 540 amps using 20 of our HPL 12 lights as they shot in downtown LA at a frantic pace keeping up with the very talented director Michael Bay.

I AM Legend

We go to the movies at least once a week and I personally thought this film was 4 & half stars! Will Smith Is phenomenal

Shot in New York
Using our 12 Light HPL Mini Dinos rented from our NY HPL rental dealer
Available Light
New York – (718) 707-9670
http://www.alny.net