cinema lighting for shooting platforms.

Lights, colors, LEDs…and action! Cinema lighting for audiovisual platforms

The film sector resumes the momentum of its large productions and shootings for platforms that are generating original content in each market proliferate. The rental companies for Spanish and international production companies that invest in LED equipment for cinema lighting make them profitable both for the savings in consumption and for their guarantee of durability and good production results.

The reasons why cinema lighting is moving to LED are compelling: a ratio of 1 to 10 in electricity consumption and therefore in the invoice; reduction of spending on air conditioning due to the low heat emission of the lamps; longer useful life and guarantee of the devices and LED lamps and, of course, an unbeatable color result on camera and greater technical facilities for the entire production team.

Cinema lighting with ETC LED technology and 10-year warranty

One of the brands that has made the greatest commitment in recent years to LED technology applied to the cinema and Broadcast es Electronic Theater Controls (ETC), which offers in all its equipment a 10-year warranty on the LED chip and five years on the entire product, in addition to customizable features for each film production.

Proof of this is the family of LED panels fos/4 of ETC and its structure with grip rail to add accessories such as diffusers, intensifiers, Egg Crates…with which to modify the light in any of its models Lustr X8 and Daylight HDRAvailable in three sizes and up to 62.000 lumens of power plus wireless connection of ten universes by WIFI.

The fos / 4 de ETC en six and eight colors they are a differential value for any shooting or movie set, because its quality indices in color reproduction far exceed the rest of the products on the market.

Su Deep Red technology allows LED lamps to emit a red so intense that it preserves the true tone of the skin without using incandescence, which saves a lot of time in post-production touch-ups and gives greater depth to the entire color range.

The best fresnel to save time in post-production with cinema lighting.
Detail of the ETC fresnel model Fos/4 / Photo by ETC Connect.

As a perfect complement to the LED panel is the fresnel Fos/4 of ETC than to the classic performance of smooth wash, zoom adjustable and great luminosity adds the ETC eight-color LED technology:

  • Greater spectrum of tonal nuances and fidelity to the natural color of the skin, fire or sunsets and other emotionally charged scenes;
  • High-quality color reproduction at the same stage of production, easing the workload of subsequent retouching.

The Fos/4 offers the most desired features of the classic incandescent fresnel and outperforms them in red and white quality, nuanced color mixing, smooth fades, and energy efficient LED lamps They also have a 10-year guarantee.

Cinema lighting sets adapted to camera results with Clay Paky

Few pieces of equipment give better guarantees of silence and adaptability than spotlights LED Sinfonya Profile 600 by Clay Paky, equipped with blades and whose advanced ventilation system reaches a noise of 27 dB even in conditions of maximum light output. Regardless of the size of the shooting space, the performance of the white or colored beam is guaranteed.

Cinema lighting opts for the Sinfonya Profile 600 by Clay Paky.
Sinfonya Profile 600 spotlight by Clay Paky in operation / Photo by Clay paky.it.

the symphony of Clay Paky It has an optical system that extends the zoom ratio to 1:12 and offers an adjustable aperture of 5º a 60 º. Its color palette optimized with the Firmware adapts to sets with high levels of CRI and TLCI and calibration with Cloud IO synchronizes color with conventional light. Also has an intelligent absolute position sensor in pan and tilt movements to avoid the recalibration of luminaires in the middle of filming.

Ayrton moving lights to bring lights, colors, LEDs and effects to the cinema

The French brand Ayrton he has in his moving focus Eurus-LT a powerful shooting ally until 32000 lumens at 6700K color temperature, very versatile for any film set due to its ultra-quiet function and its lightweight miniaturized engine design. The optics of this luminaire are adapted to reproduce the image with hardly any distortion thanks to its 168mm front lens and its 13 lenses with a zoom ratio of 11:1 and a range of 4.5° to 48°.

Ayrton's moving spotlight offers color LED lights and the best set features.
Interior of the Ayrton model Eurus-LT LED mobile spotlight / Photo from Ayrton.eu

Furthermore, the Eurus-LT has a system CMY color mixing with a variable CTO and a complementary six-position color wheel for pastel shades and vivid colors. Thanks to its frame it can be placed each sheet accurately on 100% of the surface, which allows framing any object regardless of the position of the luminaire.

The best lighting control in cinema bears the seal of MA

To harness the full potential of the various LED luminaires on set, it is essential to have a highly capable and highly reliable lighting control software. To do this, the intuitive and powerful consoles MA Lighting they are revealed as a safe bet that guarantees easy handling of any installation. The popular grandMA2 has been updated in recent version grandMA3, with new features and support for USB MIDI interfaces.

One of the most reliable consoles for programming cinema lighting is the grandMA3.
Detail of the grandMA3 control desk / Photo by MA Lighting.

With all the improvements integrated in its tools and menus, the navigation of the grandMA3 is much smoother and allows you to comfortably view more useful data for work in-situ. It also allows you to configure new custom DMX curves that enhance the lighting experience, for example adapting a value of 100% of the attribute of the dimmer so that it has a more limited output or that a DMX channel works as Switch, to our liking.

Stonex distributes all these brands in Spain premium for cinema lighting and maintains a technical service that offers support and maintenance on all the equipment in its portfolio for life. With a firm commitment to the transition to LED in audiovisual spaces, our devices cover all the needs of professionals in the cinematographic sector with lighting solutions for interiors and exteriors behind the lens of a camera in large and small audiovisual productions.

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