This is a video timelapse of the video wall installation I performed at Grace Church in Tracy, Ca.
Author Archives: Chris Mears
Curved video projection screen
I collaboratively designed and built this booth for my company’s 2017 USITT trade show. It features 3 Laser projectors and blending technologies to create a single, curved image with a final resolution of 4800×1200. I was able to set this up so it ran autonomously with choreographed lighting.
The Precise Temperature of Time
This is the video of my most recent design work,
Lighting a piece for UNLV’s Spring 2014 Dance concert “In Flow”
The piece is called “The Precise Temperature of Time” Choreographed by Caine Keenan
sophie dance
Sophie
Rehearsal Videos
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Video Lightbox Completed
Below is the video of my completed Video Lightbox. Its taken me a while to get it built, but i think it looks phenomenal. Integrating the wireless router into it was a great choice, as i can put it anywhere and only have to run power. Control is accomplished via its own dedicated wi-fi network.
Video Panel Goes Wireless
Below is a Video of the next step on my LED Video Panel… It will have its own accesspoint so I can control it from my tablet Via WiFi
HDR Works
These are some of my more vibrant works, All of these are HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures, created with multiple exposures for a greater range of color.
Larger images can be found in the Gallery.
LED Video panel
I created my own video panel as a pixel mapping experiment
I used WS2811 LED strips, these are digitally addressable RGB strips with 8bit dimming for each pixel
The strips were controlled using Pixel Invaders (http://pixelinvaders.ch/) to generate the effects, which outputs ArtNet to an Arduino Mega with Ethernet Shield then gets converted to SPI and sent to the LED’s.
Below is a video of the strips in use as part of my UNLV scenic design final.
Dont forget to check it out full screen in Full HD! Filmed using my canon T3i
Lighting Design
I am a skilled lighting designer who can effectively wield the power of light to bring an added dimension of emotion to the stage. Knowing that great lighting can make or break a show, I approach each design with new enthusiasm as I collaborate to achieve greatness.