Today, we can send one photographer to any location to photograph the landscape and capture lighting for that environment, and then back in our studio digitally place a vehicle within that setting.

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Richard Mall received perhaps the greatest applause of the night, for his invention of the Matthews Max Menace Arm, a portable device which allows studio lights to be moved and positioned all over a set, often where normal lighting cannot be used because of on-site restrictions or other difficult conditions.

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Coming from theater, Mr. Sher was used to a standard month or more of studio rehearsals, followed by as many as two weeks in the theater to work out lighting and sound.

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The studio where the bands perform is decorated with old signs, while a specially built stage and modern lighting give an intimate feel.

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