Painting the Background of Satire For El Carnaval de Cádiz

Carnaval de Cádiz is the principal Carnival in Spain and quite different from other Carnival celebrations around the world. While most Carnivals emphasise glamorous and spectacular costumes, in Cádiz...

Tatiana Massano March 02, 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?

The Heart of Rosco Our Mission and Our Values

You may know Rosco as a global leader in products such as filters, gobos, dance floors, backdrops, paint and LED lighting fixtures. What you may not know is what Rosco stands for as a company. In...

Lauren Proud February 23, 2017 Questions?

Raw Umber - It's Ugly and We Love It

Pantone 448C - The World's Ugliest Color In 2016, Pantone 448 C was declared as the world’s ugliest color. So ugly, in fact, an Australian research and marketing project covered cigarette packs in...

Angelique Powers February 21, 2017 Questions?

Stan Talks: Rosco's Beginnings

Rosco Laboratories has been in business now for over 100 years. When a company has a product range and market presence as diverse as Rosco's, it’s interesting to examine how it all began. Rosco's...

Chanda Goldsworthy February 16, 2017 Questions?

Modern Lighting Inside An Historic Building At HTV Houston

As all eyes fell on Houston for Super Bowl LI, HTV Houston at City Hall had their own field for the occasion. The Legacy Room was the backdrop for the mayor’s press conferences leading up to the big...

Sara Leeper February 14, 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?

A Photographic Guide To Our Colour Filters

The Rosco e-colour+ range of colour filters has over 200 different hues. If you have ever wondered what each of those filters looks like on camera, then you will want to explore Sergio Fabara’s...

Tatiana Massano January 31, 2017 Questions?