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Argo and Homeland win big at Golden Globes

jeffc — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:27:20 +0000

Winner! Congratulations to the cast and crew of ARGO, the Golden Globe recipient for Best Motion Picture (Drama.) Illumination Dynamics provided the lighting equipment for the project, which also garnered the Best Director Globe for Ben Affleck. ID is also thrilled for Homeland on the Golden Globe wins for Best Television Drama, Best Actor (Damian Lewis) and Actress (Claire Danes) in a drama series. With the support of our parent company, ARRI CSC, the ID Charlotte facility supplied all equipment for the ARRI ALEXA camera packages to the acclaimed Showtime series.

Argo Receives Five Golden Globe Nominations.

jeffc — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:27:52 +0000

Illumination Dynamics would like to congratulate the creators of Argo on its five Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture and Best Director. Click Here to watch a behind the scenes featurette.

Illumination Dynamics provides the extensive Lighting Packages for ARGO

jeffc — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:54:45 +0000

Ben Affleck’s directs and stars in his latest thriller “Argo”, playing the real-life CIA agent who devises a seemingly impossible plan to rescue the six Americans held hostage in Iran by performing a little Hollywood trickery — disguising the Americans as members of a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a sci-fi movie.

For their third consecutive collaboration, Director of Photography Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC and Gaffer Randy Woodside once again chose Illumination Dynamics to provide the extensive lighting packages.

Illumination Dynamics Provides Camera and Lighting for The Hunger Games

jeffc — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:56:34 +0000

Illumination Dynamics, an ARRI Group Company, is a prominent, high quality equipment rental company in the United States that provided all cameras and camera equipment for The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games, based on the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins cost approximately $90 million to make, but is expected to open to a larger audience than Twilight. The much-anticipated film will be released worldwide on March 23rd. Illumination Dynamics in Charlotte, North Carolina provided the ARRICAM Lite Camera package, main grip package and numerous drop loads for the camera, lighting and grip departments as well as service and support for the film.

ID Charlotte is Searching for a Digital and Analog Camera Technician

jeffc — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:52:17 +0000

Illumination Dynamics’ Charlotte location needs a qualified Camera technician. Please see the job posting information on the link at the top of the North Carolina Camera page, listed on the left hand side of the Motion Pictures, TV and Commercials page, as well as on our Facebook page and ARRI CSC’s website and Facebook page.

ID Provides ESPN With Power and Lighting for The X Games and Super Bowl

jeffc — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:51:16 +0000

From January through the first week of February, Illumination Dynamics supports ESPN’s busy winter schedule by providing equipment for the Winter X Games and the Super Bowl. ESPN’s 12th year of the Winter X Games didn’t disappoint with the world’s top extreme winter sports’ athletes competing for the coveted X Games Gold Medals. This year, for the first time, slope style was scheduled at night and the athletes competed under the lights making for a spectacular show. There was also complete 3D coverage providing spectacular images for those at home. The addition of these two components called for added lighting and power distribution. Toughing out the brutal weather in Aspen to assist in the broadcast was Illumination Dynamics for their 11th consecutive year. ID provided redundant power for the nine mobile units, two uplinks and the Super Pipe Control Tower that was the hub for all TV on Buttermilk Mountain. To power the lighting on the Slope Style and Super Pipe, as well as the catering, office trailers, athlete lounge, VIP tent, special guest tent and sponsor tents, ID supplied an additional eight generators, for a total of fourteen, ranging from 60kW to 300kW. In addition, ID was proud to supply the lighting gear needed for the X-Center shows, the award stage and the X-Fest area. Three tractor trailer loads of distribution, cables, transformers and more than half a dozen of ID’s broadcast crew also joined ESPN in the freezing cold to provide lighting and power for the four day event. The 16th Winter X Games was an amazing success and a project ID is always excited to be a part of.
As the X Games competition was preparing to begin, ID was also busy at Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis, this year’s the site for the extensive TV compound used to broadcast ESPN’s coverage of the Super Bowl. ID provided redundant power for the compound which broadcast several ESPN programs such as: SportsCenter, NFL Countdown Shows, Mike and Mike, Sports Nation and ESPN International. In addition, ID powered the studio and demo field and provided an extensive lighting package to Lighting Designer Michael Franks. Inside the stadium ID provided lighting and a lighting director for ESPN’s international feed for the Deportes and ESPN Brazil pre- and post-game shows as well as their announce booth positions. While the weather in Indianapolis was a vast improvement over Aspen, the ID crew was equally busy, helping produce more than 110 hours of successful broadcast from Pan Am Plaza.

Illumination Dynamics Provides Camera Package for Golden Globe Nominated “Homeland”

jeffc — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:10:59 +0000

Beating out veteran hits such as Breaking Bad and Dexter, Showtime’s new hit drama, Homeland, has been nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Drama Series. In addition, Claire Daines, who plays CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison, was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Damian Lewis, who plays American Marine Nicholas Brody, was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series. All camera packages for Homeland were provided by Illumination Dynamics Charlotte Camera Department with support from ARRI, CSC. The hit drama is one of the first shows to use the ARRI ALEXA Plus. ID is proud to work with the crew of such a popular and well done show and would like to congratulate the cast and crew, including Nelson Cragg, the show’s Director of Photography.
Homeland is an American psychological thriller television series from the Executive Producers of 24, based on the Israeli series, Prisoners of War created by Gideon Raff. The series stars Claire Danes as a CIA operations officer who has come to believe that an American Marine, who was held captive by Al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now poses a significant risk to national security.
Watch The Golden Globe Awards Live on NBC on Sunday, January 15th at 8 pm ET/ 5pm PST.

North Carolina Camera and Dolly Departments Added to Website

jeffc — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:03:54 +0000

Illumination Dynamics’ website has been updated to include the North Carolina Camera and Dolly Departments! Visit the Motion Pictures and Commercials department on the ID website to learn about which cameras and dollies the Charlotte facility has to offer, technical specs and more.
With the full support of our parent company, ARRI CSC, the ID North Carolina Camera Department carries a full range of digital and analog cameras; lenses and support equipment, including Alexa and ARRI 35mm and 16mm cameras; along with technical support and skilled technicians available 24-7. Camera dollies are also available at the Charlotte location. The knowledge and equipment available at ID Charlotte are guaranteed to make filming your next commercial, show or movie easier and more efficient.

Vote for Winter X Games

jeffc — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:23:46 +0000

TransWorld SNOWboarding is currently running a poll on their facebook asking “what’s your favorite snowboard contest?”. The poll can be found on TransWorld SNOWboarding’s facebook page, posted on Nov. 18th. After the poll concludes on Friday, the poll results and winning event will be printed in the Reader’s Poll issue of TWSnow. Voting is easy and will only take a moment, so please go to http://on.fb.me/vWbmnT and vote for ESPN Winter X Games when you can!

Please Tell Us What You Think About Our New Phone System

jeffc — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:58:27 +0000

We have recently installed a new automated phone system and would like your feedback. If you have recently called Illumination Dynamics and have any comments or questions about the new phone system please contact Maria Carpenter at maria@illuminationdynamics.com. Thank you!