Producer: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in partnership with the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted a dinner for the Society of American Travel Writers during the SATW annual convention. LD Systems supplied design, logistics, equipment and staffing for this one-of-a-kind event.
The George Bush Ballroom in the George R Brown Convention Center was the setting for the event.
The show concept began as a series of 3D computer renders created on Autodesk 3D Studio Max. Bitmaps and fills were created using CorelDraw and CorelPhotopaint.
In LD Systems' 5,000 square foot multipurpose space John Dickson, the event lighting designer, programs the show's content and effects. The instruments pictured include twelve HES DL.2 Digital Lights.
The events space in the final preparation stages just before doors.
Dinner cues were designed to change and assume more interest as the finale video drew near.
Lighting cue set before the finale video.
The finale video produced by the HLSR Video Productions staff fed timecode to the lighting console, the MA Lighting grandMA. Pre-programmed effects set to timecode ensured a dazzling light show set to the audio and video tracks.
The finale video lighting enhancements consisted of sixteen Vari*Lite VL3000's, sixteen Vari*Lite VL3500's, and twelve High End Systems DL.2's.
Post presentation address to the guests.
Final Exit Look
Crew
Initial Design and Concept by Rob McKinley
3D Artist and Project Manager: Scott Justis
Lighting Designer: John Dickson
Head Video Engineer: Richard Charest
Head Sound Engineer: Henry Johnson
Head Rigger: Richard Evans
Lighting Systems Engineers: Robert Behounek and Keith Wailes
Lighting Technicians: Justin Fortier and Fred Deci
Video Technicians: Ramon Pineda and Todd Williams
Sound Technician: Steve Perry
Video production and video camera provided by HLSR Video Productions
