Need Haze Outdoors? Make Fog – A LOT of Fog!

When bands put together dates and venues for their tours, a number of performances end up landing at outdoor music festivals. This was the case for the punk/experimental rock band Pierce the Veil and...

Joel Svendsen April 17, 2017 Questions?

Stan Talks: A Laboratory Of Opportunity

Stan Talks features interviews with Rosco’s Chairman of The Board Stan Miller, his reflections on the company’s history and how Rosco Laboratories became the company it is today. In this episode, Mr....

Joel Svendsen April 11, 2017 Questions?

A Swirling Sea Of Light Inside The SeaGlass Carousel

Millions of tourists flock to Manhattan’s Battery Park for its history, its gardens and its amazing views of the Statue of Liberty. Now, there’s a new attraction in The Battery for visitors to...

Joel Svendsen March 21, 2017 Questions?

A Knomadic Collaboration Of Color & Projection

Knomad Colab is a Denver-based art duo that "explores themes of impermanence, otherness, and the surreal through the creation of large-scale and site-specific art installations." By employing sound,...

Joel Svendsen March 14, 2017 Questions?

Successfully Mapping History In “Hidden Figures”

The Production Design team for Hidden Figures recently won the 2017 Art Director’s Guild Award for Best Production Design – Period Film. If you’ve had the chance to see the film, you almost certainly...

Joel Svendsen February 28, 2017 Questions?

Fifty Shades Of Seattle With Rosco SoftDrop

The film Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to the 2015 feature Fifty Shades of Grey and adaptation of the hit novel by E.L. James, was shot in Vancouver – even though the action of the story takes...

Joel Svendsen February 09, 2017 Questions?

Five Lighting Techniques For Dance Performance

Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar founded the acclaimed Urban Bush Women in 1984 “to create dance and to create community.” Lighting the way for UBW since 2004 is Susan Hamburger. Below, Susan...

Joel Svendsen February 07, 2017 Questions?

An American (And His Gels) In Paris

Lighting Designer Steve Woods recently traveled from his home in Dallas to Paris to light a production of – fittingly enough –Texas in Paris. He made the trip with his trusty roll of gel sheets that...

Joel Svendsen February 02, 2017 Questions?

Shooting Inside A Mini Cooper With RoscoLED® Tape

Cinematographer Christopher Lew recently shot a spec ad for Mini Cooper. The ad called for an overnight, all exterior location shoot of different colored Mini Coopers driving through the Toronto city...

Joel Svendsen January 24, 2017 Questions?

Using Color To Create Two Worlds

The opera “Winnie,” which premiered at the Pretoria State Theatre in South Africa, tells the story of Winnie Mandela, the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela. The complex story is told through music, libretto,...

Joel Svendsen January 20, 2017 Questions?