Mike Berger

High End Systems offers a very cool gallery of Quicktime movies of what their lighting fixtures can do, visit. http://creative.highend.com/Movies/ After viewing, its no wonder why all the huge Broadway shows use their gear.

Another photo from Wicked

Here's an in-depth article about Wicked's design, there may be some detail about the show's lighting design in it. http://entertainmentdesignmag.com/mag/show...ocus/index.html Wicked is a terrific show, the scene I think you are referring to is "Defying Gravity" at the end of act one. It is an intelligent light fixture using a combination of a gobo, multi-colored gel, focus control and rotation. Most of the big Broadway shows are using the "High-End" brand of intelligent lights.

Thanks guys for taking the time to give such helpful advice. It is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for the input guys... Do you think that this motion effect could be a digital strobing effect or do you think think they are creating the effect in-camera by controlling the shutter speed? I just saw the same style used on a few music videos today. How do you think the pros are creating this motion effect? Thanks!

Hi folks, Your advice is needed. We're shooting a promo that involves a fast paced tap dance number. Our client is describing the desired look of an Old Navy commercial. I've seen this style of blur-less motion in many music videos and feature films that have fast action like an intense sporting event. I think I even recall seeing this motion style used in "Gladiator" during the intense battle/fight scenes. Is this motion effect achieved by controlling my shutter speed? I am shooting on a Sony DSR-570 16:9 DVCam using a 19x Canon Lens with appropriate Tiffen 4x4 filters. I plan to convert our 60i footage to 30p in post using Magic Bullet. How can I create this motion effect that seems so popular for intense fast paced scenes? Thanks for any help you can offer!