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Rock Concert Lighting and the Meaning of Life

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Max Mednik

This is the speech I gave at Pecha Kucha SPARK in Los Angeles.

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Rock Concert Lighting and the Meaning of Life

Editor's Notes

  1. 0:00Video rock
  2. 0:20Rockaholic, student of business, technology, and lighting design, topic (2 techniques); but first, DMB story, how I got hooked
  3. 0:40rock is american dream, work hard to become a rock star (like this guy)
  4. 1:00Ambitiously work; many types of rock stars, those with talent, and those without
  5. 1:20Hero, joke, no talent, tweets
  6. 1:40Lighting makes rock star, even if she’s a freak of nature and sings about nonsensical things; what rock concert designer pioneered extended to all concerts
  7. 2:00Rock lighting
  8. 2:20Rock lighting
  9. 2:40Rock lighting
  10. 3:00Synesthesia, cross sensory metaphors
  11. 3:20Synesthesia, neurologist, exp memorable, emotional
  12. 3:40Synesthesia, effective supplementingshow, rave, dancing
  13. 4:00Synesthesia/theater/urban, my show, highlight transition
  14. 4:20Synesthesia/urban
  15. 4:40Interactivity, star of show: audience. girls get close to rock stars
  16. 5:00Interactivity, feeling exclusive, one step away from star. Lighting creates illusions.
  17. 5:20Interactivity, lights focused on audience, shining up
  18. 5:40Interactivity/theater
  19. 6:00Interactivity/urban
  20. 6:20Tonight all Rock star, takesyn + inter to world, conclusion