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Getting Socapex / Socopex labels right when distributing dimmer power

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Below is an example of the first 96 rack

Socapex

Label Option A:

Socapex

Label Option B:

Socapex

Label Option C:

Socapex Breakout Numbers

Rack 1:

A

1

1 -6

1 -6

B

2

7 – 12

7 – 12

C

3

13 – 18

13 – 18

D

4

19 – 24

19 – 24

E

5

25 – 30

25 – 30

F

6

31 – 36

31 – 36

G

7

37 – 42

37 – 42

H

8

43 – 48

43 – 48

I

9

49 – 54

49 – 54

J

10

55 – 60

55 – 60

K

11

61 – 66

61 – 66

L

12

67 – 72

67 – 72

M

13

73 – 78

73 – 78

N

14

79 – 84

79 – 84

O

15

85 – 90

85 – 90

P

16

91 – 96

91 – 96

Hollywood Lighting Partners shares with Long Beach City College Radio/TV

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Hollywood Lighting Partner, Pete Pearce, has been teaching lighting at Long Beach City College in the Radio/TV Department since 2001.

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Long Beach City College lighting class thanks Hive Lighting for sharing plasma lights

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hive lbccIf you have never heard of plasma light then you may have missed science class in grade school. It is not something we all understand but it is a real and visible light. According to the HIVE Lighting web page   http://hivelighting.com   it says the following about Plasma light-

Hive Lighting is plasma, each bulb a microstar, a ball of super heated noble gases, captured in a quartz capsule the size of a kernel of corn. Hive combines the bulb with revolutionary optical systems in fixtures we are proud to source, manufacture and design all locally in the entertainment capital of the world.

The instructor of Long Beach City College’s lighting class gave a homework assignment to reach out to the hollywood lighting industry and invite whoever you choose to contact to be a guest speaker to our class. One ambitious student contacted HIVE Lighting located in downtown Los Angeles who manufactures, rents and sells a line of plasma based lighting fixtures and Hive accepted. Our students were blessed to have them recently visit our studio.

These fixtures have the capability to be color temperature controlled to a certain degree and can be used in the Hollywood film and tv industry as well as architectural applications. The daylight colors are as blue or bluer as you may need. On the warm side of the Kelvin scale these fixtures can be dialed to around 4500′-4700′ K. The rest of the color balancing of the light to make it produce 3200′ K is done with a half CTO gell. The lamps can be diffused with various included frames.

Hive was very cool about coming to our school studio and setting up one of their lamps for our class to experience. Shown in the photo below is a lamp called the WASP.  Hive also shared sunglasses with our class as seen in the photo above.

Long Beach City College lighting class would like to extend a grateful ‘thank you’ to Hive Lighting for sharing with us. It is this extension of education and reaching out that brings our community together. There is also a level of industry maintenance, as these upcoming producers now have new knowledge and a  friend in the business when it comes to questions about renting lights.

HIVE Lighting can be located and found at –

411 S. HEWITT ST | LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
INFO@HIVELIGHTING.COM
(310) 773-4362

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Quality lighting doesn’t just happen. It’s what lighting technicians do!

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Hollywood Lighting Partners knows that quality lighting doesn’t just happen. Many think you can just get a good camera and start shooting, but in reality the best way to get quality footage is to use quality lighting to enhance the look of your project. Taking this time and step ensures that your camera can actually see the story you are trying to tell as opposed to just seeing everything you point it at.

Hollywood is full of quality lighting technicians and many can be found on our IATSE Local 728 Set Lighting Technician roster. Unfortunately our local doesn’t list the roster on it’s web page so we remain nameless.

The good thing is that as technicians in Hollywood we get to work with some of the best equipment and biggest names in production on the biggest lots. It is great experience and can be a lot of fun.

Whether it’s conventional tungsten lighting, dmx controlled moving lights, LED, HMI, theatrical/commercial/live show or your christmas lights for the holidays, 728 electricians are knowledgable and familiar. We are there to support cinematographers and our Local 600 brothers and sisters to help create the looks that win the awards for the director’s chair folks and the video village crowds.

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Caleb Deshchanel and Colin Campbell discuss Hollywood

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Hollywood Lighting Partners worked with cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and his gaffer Colin Campbell recently and thought these Hollywood cinema moments were worth capturing.

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Hollywood Lighting Partners likes the latitude in HD

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Hollywood Lighting Partners owner and Local 600 DP, Pete Pearce loves the technology that HD recording allows. “HD chips see so much that you really have to be careful when painting with light and creating the dramatic looks. The light ratios must be considered and light control diligently monitored” says Pete.

In the photo above, a 1000w stage work light illuminates the stage wall and some phone wires. You can see the range of contrast from the shape of the bulb in the lamp which normally would blow out and you can see much detail in this relatively low light situation which is maybe an 8 stop latitude or more. Also, the grainy look is what many video film makers are looking for to imitate the film look which can be achieved when tricking and stretching the limits of the HD cameras and their CMOS chips.

Happy New Year from Hollywood Lighting Partners

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The 1st lighting job for 2015 is a film by artist & LBCCMVP alumni Sanjin M called TETCHED.

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