Five Backdrop Techniques From The Filmmakers Behind Station Eleven

HBO’s hit show Station Eleven is based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel and is set in the Chicago area after a fictional pandemic. This proved to be somewhat ironic because filming, which began...

Joel Svendsen January 31, 2023 Questions?

Creating An Underwater Lighting Effect For The Opera Edward Tulane

Minnesota Opera recently debuted the world premiere of the new opera Edward Tulane. The libretto, which is based on the best-selling novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo,...

Joel Svendsen December 08, 2022 Questions?

Creating A Horror Look On An Indie Budget With DMG Lights

Ashleigh Coffelt is an award-winning Filipina American director, cinematographer, and Rosco Ambassador. One morning, shortly after completing principal photography on the short horror film Blood...

Joel Svendsen October 28, 2022 Questions?

A New Tool For Comparing Diffusion Materials

Rosco Ambassador Richard William Preisner is a London-based cinematographer who works on short-form content such as commercials, branded content, fashion, and music promos. His passion for lighting...

Joel Svendsen August 24, 2022 Questions?

Three Ways To Use Rosco Color Effects Filter Kits In Dance Photography

Jaqlin Medlock is a dancer and a photographer who works in the NYC tri-state area. Her experience as a dancer and as a model influences her work as a photographer. She relies heavily on her intuition...

Joel Svendsen August 09, 2022 Questions?

Want A Better Green Screen For Your Livestream? Try DigiComp® HD Paint!

As a marketer for the Cronulla Sharks Rugby League Football Club in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL), Scott Maxworthy noticed how powerful and effective social livestream video was...

Five Techniques For Creating Spectacular Lighting Effects With Rosco X-Effects®

Lighting Designer and Rosco Ambassador Nick Diaz recently worked with Rosco to develop new recipes for the X-Effects LED Projector. While making these recipes, Nick discovered new techniques he was...

Joel Svendsen June 09, 2022 Questions?

OPTI-SCULPT™ Lenses Provide Consistent Lobby Lighting For Immersive Van Gogh

Jason Hand is a Toronto-based designer with a passion for creating the lighting for large-scale musicals, operas, and new works. Without much need for that type of work during the pandemic, Jason...

Joel Svendsen May 19, 2022 Questions?

Five Ways DMG Lights Can Help You Shoot Alluring Commercials

Alberto Ulloa is a Mexican cinematographer and camera operator with an extensive and varied artistic background. As a Rosco Ambassador, he had the opportunity to use Rosco’s DMG DASH™ Pocket LED Kit,...

Joel Svendsen March 29, 2022 Questions?

Two Set Design Techniques From HBO’s The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age on HBO Max is a period drama that pits two nineteenth-century families against each other. The van Rhijn family represents “old money,” while the Russells, who just moved into a...

Joel Svendsen March 18, 2022 Questions?