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Lets walk through the process of how this install went with Little Rock First Baptist Church…
We first started with the original hard copy blueprints from 1972…
Original Blueprints from 1972
We took those prints to our office and converted them into a digital AutoCAD type format that works with our 3D software…
To Scale Digitized file from Original Blueprints
From this, we built the drawing up into a 3D environment to simulate the actual building…
3D Build from Blueprints
3D Build from Blueprints
After meeting with the client and deciding what was needed, we put the actual lighting fixtures in the new 3D model to see what it would look like…
Simulated Lighting with 3D Renderings
The system was approved by the client, we placed an order for all of the gear and proceeded with the install…
Actual Photo of Completed Lighting System after Install!
Actual Photo of Completed Lighting System after Install!
The install at Little Rock First Baptist is complete and they have had their first concert performance with the new system. The new Martin Lighting rig has performed flawlessly and the M1 console has been a pleasure to install once again!
I just have to say it has been such a pleasure working with the entire team over at LRFBC. The install so far has gone exactly as planned. We have the Front of House position installed and working, along with removing the old Lehigh lighting console and replacing it with the new Martin M1.
The list of gear going in at Little Rock First Baptist Church is as follows:
- 1 Martin M1 Lighting Console
- 12 Martin 700 Profiles
- 4 Martin 700 Washes
- 4 Martin 301 LED Washes
- 4 Martin 350 Entour LED Profiles
- 8 LED Pars
- 2 LED Strips
- 1 Wireless DMX system with 2 transmitters and 3 Receivers
- 100′ of XSF 12″x12″ Trussing
- 5 1/2 ton motors
This system will give them a whole new capability for events and theatrical productions or presentations. Worship Pastor, Jerry Wilson had the vision and now is able to see it coming together. We are honored to be a part of this upgrade and can’t wait to see the product finished.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Renowned Lighting Design Company Full Focus Inc Announces Partnership with Martin Lighting
Arkansas based Full Focus, Inc. is now a fully fledged member of the Martin Lighting dealer network and with this development, they will be able to offer Martin’s full line of lighting products including the latest generation LED systems.
Full Focus, Inc. is proud to announce that they have been accepted into the Martin Lighting dealer network, which will enable them to offer to their clients the use of highly advanced lighting systems heretofore only available through a Martin dealer. A world leader in crafting dynamic lighting solutions, Martin Professional has long been considered the reference lighting solution against which the rest of the industry is compared. With their acceptance into Martin’s dealer network, Full Focus will be able to leverage Martin’s latest line of products in support of the exacting demands of their clients.
Full Focus Inc, nee Digital4U2, is well known in the entertainment circuit, with its founder, Robert Dicken having provided lighting solutions to some of the country’s legendary performers such as Loretta Lynn and Willy Nelson. With its robust client base, Full Focus has had its services counted on throughout the US, Canada and Mexico. Full Focus is a fixture with several Christian based national tours, providing production services featuring lighting design that is uniquely Full Focus in look and feel. Full Focus traces its roots back to Robert Dicken’s solid performance and professionalism, and today, the company continues to evolve in response to the unique needs and demands placed upon it by its burgeoning client base.
Robert Dicken’s company is today a highly sought after service provider and its breadth of work has seen it leaving footprints in production engagements across the world. Expanding beyond its original North American presence, Robert Dicken’s Full Focus has made inroads into Europe, and has even been sought out as an architectural consultant for several cathedral styled worship facilities. In addition to lighting up permanent fixtures, many with historical significance, Full Focus also serves aboard cruise ships and has provided professional services to vessels in Finland and Germany. Corporate events are also a big source of demand, and Full Focus has delivered its services to corporate clients in Europe, particularly in Spain.
By partnering with Martin Professional through its dealership network, Full Focus demonstrates its commitment to the ever expanding needs of its customer base. With this new arrangement, Full Focus’ founder, Robert Dicken will continue to be able to stay true to his passion, and that is, working on lighting design projects in a myriad of applications, but this time with leading edge technology available through Martin’s dealership network.
“Whether the venue is theatre, cruise ship, night club, live concert or architectural sites, Full Focus can deliver intelligent lighting design with passion and efficiency. We provide total production services to our home state of Arkansas and anywhere else in the world in need of entertainment production services, including dynamic lighting design,” explains Robert Dicken of Full Focus, Inc.
About:
Full Focus Inc. provides Sound, Lighting, Video and Scenic elements for any event. Corporate Events, Weddings, Parties, Concerts… No matter the size we are able to provide you with any and all the technical gear and staff needed to make your event a success. We have over 15 years of experience in designing and executing high quality events for clients all over the world.
Contact:
Robert Dicken
Full Focus, Inc.
(site) http://fullfocusinc.com
(email) rob@fullfocusinc.com
(voice) +1-501-205-1970
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Full Focus Inc. is now an authorized Martin Professional dealer.
“Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Martin Professional is a world leader in the creation of dynamic lighting solutions for the entertainment, architectural, and commercial sectors.”
Full Focus Inc. is excited about the possibilities this brings to the local venues as well as our clients nationwide. Martin lighting is well known as an industry standard and provides road ready solutions for tours, rock solid performance for the night after night tasks of a nightclub, the elegance and proven reliability needed for architectural installations, as well as the functionality lighting designers around the globe require.
Full Focus is also pleased to offer the Martin Lighting line of controllers. Our entire team has had the opportunity to use the Martin Maxxyz on several of the NCL cruise ships as well as specifying the Maxxyz on several of our corporate events and we are in love with it! They have taken it even further now with the compact and much more affordable M1, which Full Focus has specified for the main lighting console at a local worship facility, and we plan on putting this console in stock as part of our rental inventory.
Martin also has a huge line of very cutting edge LED products. LEDs are taking our industry by storm and Martin is right there on the edge growing with it! They have the new MAC 350 Entour that is an LED answer to the moving light consumer. It’s simply amazing! No need for buying new lamps, it runs cool, its small form factor makes it easy to use as an architectural fixture but it has enough punch to use in a theatre setting as well. And the 350 is only one of many LED products Martin has done right. So stay tuned for more LED solutions.
Martin lighting has a strong environmental and ethical focus which makes them great fit here at Full Focus! Please take a look at the Martin Lighting product line on our online store and please call us for competitive pricing on all their products. Once again we are proud to offer you Martin products and stand behind their products 100%.
As we move into this new era of LED products we are getting a ton of questions from clients about the benefits of these fixtures hitting the market and what applications they might have. I will address the power benefits in this issue and go over other benefits in the next newsletter.
The transition to LED fixtures has huge benefits for so many reasons. The power that LED fixtures consume is just a fraction of what convention lighting requires. Which in turn means lower power bills, but it also allows you to have several more fixtures operating off the same power source as your old fixture. OK stay with me, while we do some simple math… Say for instance you are using a 1000w par can. You can assume that light will be using 10 amps, a normal breaker is rated at 15 amps, doing the math allows for only one 1000w par can to be operated on a 15 amp breaker. However an LED par would be in the range of 90-120w or 1 amp, allowing you to put 10-15 LED fixtures on that same power source. This is a saving if you are doing an upgrade as you don’t have to have more power run to those old locations. The same plug-in but now you can plug 10-15 LED lights into that one plug!!!
This is also good for those that travel with their band and lighting gear as there is no longer a need for a larger power source to run a light show.
Next month I will discuss the features of the LED fixtures and how much more they can do than the older conventional lights.
Till next month… RTD
Architectural lighting is becoming a very important element worldwide. I have seen some amazing lighting on some amazing architecture while traveling. There are many things a business, home or any facility can do to create a new look to their building both inside and out. As a designer I am always looking at what is done to buildings and taking notes as to how we can assist those around us to create exciting new looks with architecture but keeping in tune with the design of the building and its surroundings. I feel it is so important to understand that it doesn’t have to be huge or extravagant to be perfect! There are places where a ton of expensive lights are what is needed to create the look, however it is often over-done and sometimes the simplest design is what is exactly needed.
I also want to say just a few more words about the use of natural lighting. I can’t count how many museums I have been to where the only light on the displayed objects is natural light that has been directed or allowed to fall onto the object architecturally. WOW! I mean it is amazing to look at a sculpture, painting or some ancient artifact with natural lamination. Then to think the architect had the vision to create that path for the light when designing the space is even more incredible. Now that isn’t always available in our modern designs but to take that concept into our modern forms and use the correct lighting is always a possibility.
Please don’t get me wrong, I love the LED movement and think it has a huge place for us designers and even the end users, but we must always keep in check what is actually needed for the effect or task and make sure we stay true to what we know is needed and not have our hands forced by new technology. Till then keep up the good work!
Full Focus Inc. is proud to introduce the Flurry™ Wash Lumiere. This is a great little moving head wash fixture that fits in the palm of your hand and packs a punch!
This little fixture can be assigned to 5 or 13-channel DMX, and has LED RGB
color mixing capability. Features built-in color macros for a quick effect. The Flurry™ Spot also features variable electronic strobe, speed control for multiple channels, user-selectable pan and tilt ranges, and built-in movement macros.
Full Focus is pleased to be providing a neat little fixture like this one from Blizzard Lighting. The features of this fixture are below:
Features
Pan: 540°, 360°, 180°
Tilt: 180°, 90°
Specs
173mm x 173mm x 249mm
Lighting designers Rob Holland of AVI Staging Technology Group and Robert Dicken of Full Focus Inc. were able to successfully co-design the lighting package and control for the Silpada Designs 2010 National Convention in Missouri. Silpada is one of the nation’s largest sterling silver jewelry home party companies, with over 28,000 independent representatives. This year’s three-day annual conference at the Kansas City Convention Center attracted nearly 5,000 sales representatives and featured presentations, an awards night and an entertainment night.
29 semi trucks carried the support for the multi-purpose rig that consisted of about 100 Martin lighting fixtures with a few conventional channels for audience washes. Two Wholehog 3 consoles were used for control. The majority of the work load was placed on the MAC 2000 Performances. They were dedicated to the framework around the LED portals. All in all the Martin rig was at about 99% the entire show, having only to replace one fixture that was not responding as it should on day one. Props have to go out to Martin for this one. I dont know of many rigs with this many moving lights that would hold 99% throughout the week! Also props go out to Christie Lights for taking such good care of their rental gear.
Cory Combow from Full Focus was the ME for the show and did a great job keeping us up and running as well as taking care of all the satellite rooms the show had throughout the week. 
As far as control… The Hog 3 consoles we used on this one were rock solid as well. Joshua Gillespie from Full Focus found the new software seems to be hitting on resolving some of the old annoyances that were becoming “the norm” for the Hog 3′s. We were pleased with the rig as a whole on this one. Rob Holland did a great job with fixture placement and type making it an easy task for me to design some great looks for the client on this end. It was a great show!
RTD
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