Transformations and Dramatic Statements 
Award Winning Multi-Media Bar Mitzvah
April 19, 2010
In November of 2007, Eventions Productions collaborated up with the highly creative team from Table Art to produce this incredible bar mitzvah. The Philadelphia Chapter of ISES (The International Special Events Society) honored us with the Liberty Award for “Best Event Decor” for our use of lighting and video for this celebration.
The client came to the design team with the dream of a “zen like” party and showed us a picture of a blue room with these floating candles. Our lighting and video designers along with Kathy Warden and the team at TableArt worked for months planning an all-enveloping multi-media experience using floor to ceiling high definition video images to be one of the primary decor pieces. Video images of water, fire, flowers and other nature elements were projected onto the walls of the room and were synchronized to change through the night as the party progressed.
Another use of the video walls was for the montage presentation. The client had video footage of the guest of honor from the day he was born allowing Dave Williams from Cinema Cake to create a truly multimedia montage. There were 6 simultaneous video images being projected at the same time. The effect was AWESOME
We also fabricated this 10’ square floating bento box for the cocktail hour food displays.
Photo Credit - Susan Beard
One of the main features of the event was the 600 individual taper candles that we hung from the ceiling throughout the entire space. The installation of the candles took a four man team two solid days to install. As you can see, the result was breathtaking.
Here is the recap video from Cinema Cake.
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Rebecca Druckenmiller: (04.21.10 - 8:13 am) Brian,
The blog looks amazing!
Pilot - The Finished Product
April 07, 2010
Here are some shots of the finished set. We are ready for the client to come tomorrow morning to checkout all of our hard work.
CATEGORY: Behind the Scenes, Corporate, Our Stage This Weekend, Pilot
Pilot - Load in Day
April 06, 2010
We arrived on-site at the Gaylord National Hotel today to begin the load-in of the set, audio, video and lighting. Below are some pictures of the set-up. There were a ton of pre-production CAD drawings and very specific measurements made to ensure that the lighting truss was going to fit in front of the chandeliers. We were working off of blue prints that the hotel provided of the ballroom. When we got there and began installation, it was discovered that the drawings were WRONG. The Chandeliers were not where they were supposed to be. It took about a half hour of on the site engineering to come up with a solution. As the truss was being raised into position, we had to attach ropes to both the truss and the chandelier and pull them apart from each other to make everything fit. As you can see from some of the pictures, the three chandeliers, while magnificent looking, were constantly in the way of our production.
Thank goodness the hotel had plenty of hallways we could use for storage… 45 road cases take up a lot of space
CATEGORY: Behind the Scenes, Corporate, Our Stage This Weekend, Pilot , What We're Up To
Fun with Cinema Cake.
April 02, 2010
When our good friend, Dave Williams from Cinema Cake started planning his daughter’s Bat Mitzvah, one of his first calls was to Eventions to help him produce an amazing party. Dave assembled an all-star team of some of the area’s best event professionals including Melissa Brannon from Uncommon Events, Sarah DiCicco, Jelly Roll, and some craziness from Creative Juice Group.
For Danielle’s concept video Dave and his creative staff recreated the SNL video “I’m on a Boat” to “I’m on a Bus”. Dave’s staff rewrote the lyrics and music to fit the new concept. Next up was a new one for us… “can you fit a 52 foot bus into your warehouse?” Our answer was “of course… and I’m afraid to ask, but why? One cold day in January, at 8 AM the bus arrived at our facility and the transformation began to make it “cool”
Check out the video that was shown the night of the party. - Keep an eye out for a cameo from dave and his wife Sheryl as the bus drivers.
Also, take a look at the “Out Take” video that shows some of the “behind the scenes action”
For the actual party, We supplied a huge truss design with 12 intelligent lights, LED lights and diffusion fog. We also debuted our Chroma Blast LED dance floor and custom fabricated some floating lucite tables utilizing our Chroma Towers as bases. The great thing about our Chroma series of dance floor and Chroma Towers is that they all coordinate with the intelligent lighting used on the dance floor.
And here is the “sneak preview” of the party. Congratulations to Dave, Danielle and the entire Williams Family.
CATEGORY: Behind the Scenes, Business Partners, For Fun, Mitzvahs
Pilot Week 3
April 01, 2010
Construction:
The set construction is well under way and is currently being painted. We can’t wait to see it finished and installed in the space. Everyone is looking forward to the Easter Holiday weekend since it is the last time we will have to breathe for a few weeks.
Check out the different pieces as they come together.
This was the “inspiration” for the TV surrounds
These are the “Channel Dials” for the TV screen surrounds
CATEGORY: Behind the Scenes, Corporate, Pilot , What We're Up To
Oscar Party with VOA and Channel 6
March 08, 2010
Eventions teamed up with the Volunteers of America, Channel 6 WPVI and the staff at the Loews Hotel to produce Philadelphia’s only officially sanctioned telecast of the Oscars. The Volunteers of America shelter homeless people and help them find permanent housing. They also help people struggling with behavioral health issues or development disabilities and they help ex-offenders re-enter their communities, reconcile with their families, and resume their working lives. This event is their major fundraiser for the year and turned to Eventions Productions to jazz up the presentation and make this year different.
We listened to the client’s goals of making the stage and production more of a “show” They were bored of the two screens and a podium they have been doing for years. We designed a stage set incorporating two HD (High Definition) video screens to allow us to take a direct HD feed from Channel 6 and display it in crystal clarity. We also suggested a stage set with multiple plasma monitors to display sponsor logos. We originally had the idea of getting two huge Oscar statues to flank the podium, but learned that the Oscar image is a copyrighted image and cannot be used without authority from the Oscars. ( I Wonder how many other “props and décor pieces” that are used in events are copyrighted and people don’t ever think about it) We then came up the idea of having these cool statues we have seen at events magically hold the plasmas. A quick call to a friend at a prop shop and some careful engineering and we had our “floating TVs,” a sexy lucite podium and some intelligent lighting and we had a great looking presentation for the client.
The client gave us the technical requirements for their entertainment. Little did we know they were female impersonators. Cher, Liza, Tina Turner and Prince put on an amazing show and got the crowd on their feet from the second they walked in the door.
VOA arranged for about 50 Papparazzi to greet the guests as they came off of the elevators onto the red carpet. A Channel 6 on-air personality interviewed people for broadcast back to the national ABC network feed.
CATEGORY: Community, Corporate, Innovations, Our Stage This Weekend
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Renee Grande: (04.20.10 - 1:27 pm) Brian,
The blog looks great, and this Bar Mitzvah looks amazing. I especially like the suspended candles and the multiple screen video montage. Very cool effect. I can't wait to see your next post.