Multimedia

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Resources

• 'Multimedia Theatre: A new art form?' (Blog, 2006)
• 'Modern Theatre relies too much on technology' (The Guardian, 2008)
• 'Multimedia in theatre: sound and fury, signifying something' (The Guardian, 2008)
• 'Waves Sets a High Water Mark for Multimedia Theatre' (The Guardian, 2006)
• TED talk - Natasha Tsakos

Practitioners

• Laurie Anderson
• The Builders Association
• Forkbeard Fantasy
  • Drama Resource on Forkbeard
• Formalny Theatre (Russia)
• Robert Lepage
• Katie Mitchell
• Josef Svoboda
• Synaesthetic Theatre
• Robert Wilson
• The Wooster Group

Video Practitioners

• 59 Productions / Leo Warner
• XL Video

Dance

• Chunky Move
• Group Motion
• Jasmin Vardimon

Video Mapping

• The Macula
  • Prague Astronomical Clock 600th Anniversary

See below for Multimedia and video software

Projection Equipment

• XL Video
• Fogscreen
• Inition
• Musion - 3D 'holographic' projection (as used by the band Gorillaz)
• Wahlberg DMX shutter
• Wahlberg DMX DVD controller
• What Lumen rating projector should I use?
• DLP technology

Companies / Designers

• Ashcroft Services Ltd (Croydon, UK)
• Ben M Rogers (London-based lighting, video & scenic designer)
• Stage Electrics (London, Bristol, Birmingham, Exeter, Plymouth, Oxford, Cardiff - UK
• Warwick Corporate Events

Suppliers - General Equipment

• Audiolink - Online sales (USA)
• Audio Light Systems Ltd (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
• AV Lamps (UK)
• Cable Universe (UK)
• GearSource Europe(UK - Secondhand equipment)
• Lighting & Production Resources - data projector lamps (Orlando, FL, USA)
• Scot Audio (Central Scotland, UK)
• Stage Electrics (Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, London, Plymouth UK)
• Stage Engage Video filming, AV equipment hire (Exeter, Nottingham)
• TMC (Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK)

Assistive Listening

• Induction Loops
  • Ampetronic

Video

• Apple's Firewire page

Video Switching products

• Folsom Products (USA)
• Kramer Electronics (Israel)
• Vortex Communications Ltd (London, UK)

Stock Footage / Stock Photography

• Scene Change (London, UK)
• Foto Search (USA / UK)

Software

• Qlab - Cue-based multimedia for performance. Qlab is available for Mac OS, and is tremendously powerful and adaptable for playing back video and sound cues and using live cameras.
• Isadora - Multimedia toolkit for performance
• Screenmonkey
• ShowMagic

  Projection and Projection Mapping

  • Projection Mapping Tools
  • Dataton Watchout - blending multiple projectors together for massive scale projection

  Video Editing

  • Adobe Premiere
  • Final Cut Studio [Mac]
  • Pinnacle
  • Vegas Video

Effects

• Adobe After Effects
• Apple Motion
• Maya