Andy Ciddor

In the right hands, gobo projection from ellipsoidal reflector spots (ERS) can be a very powerful production tool.

Despite all the revolutionary, paradigm-breaking shifts in production formats, the human face remains the pivotal element of almost every production.

There is hardly an area of rainforest anywhere in the world that doesn't have a production crew lurking somewhere within it.

Building, configuring and troubleshooting Ethernet networks in a production environment is imperative as we migrate from traditional technology-specific data formats to commodity IT protocols.

I finally found the light source I was looking for when I stumbled across heavily diffused nine-light minibrutes (molefays) used in TV commercials.

Getting your ideas across to directors, producers, clients and production managers is vital to getting access to resources such as time, crew, and money.

Every new medium presents its range of technical, cultural and aesthetic constraints and freedoms. The constant need to adapt and learn new skills is what has made it all so much fun.

While the label 'plasma lamp' is being promoted by Robe to draw attention to their use of the LIFI lamp, it's likely to cause some confusion.

Even though lighting for television is an insignificant portion of one of the more minor uses of energy, we have an unfortunately high public profile.

The RSC LightLock is a stabilizing device, which allows moving luminaires to be rigged on very lightweight hanging or flown structures such as those we use in many TV studios.

My New Year's resolution is to stand up to the bullies who insist that television is just a cheap inferior-quality way of making film.

The process of balancing a picture is neither straightforward nor intuitive.

About 18 months ago the world’s media was buzzing with reports of politicians announcing proposals to “Ban the Lightbulb.”

My proclivity for hanging about on Internet lighting discussion forums is not something that I'm ashamed of.

By all accounts in the technical literature and sales propaganda that crosses my desk, the 21st century is set to be the Wireless Age.

Lighting has come by accident to include responsibility for most of the visual material that now adorns production sets.

After struggling with the more complex mathematical aspects of the topic, I finally came to appreciate the beauty and simplicity of three phase wye-connected power distribution.