Monster Lighting

noreply@blogger.com (Chris Conway) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:28:00 +0000

DATELINE January 25th 2008 a rain soaked exterior, a warm Monster truck interior.
January is almost over?? Whew! Hope everyone is ready for a great year. We are!

The end of 2007 saw Monster Lighting doing a variety of things. Commercials for Wallmart, Coke, Burger King, "Dirt" promos, "Night Rider" promos, Verizon, Subway and Victoria's Secret. We also provided gear for the pilot "Life in The Food Chain", written and directed by Eric Moe.

Starting the year out Monster trucks have been seen all over town doing spots for Bud Light, True Credit, Lexus and State Farm.
We also provided gear for a rock n roll documentary featuring Jimmy Page and the Edge.

Director Tim Claffey on left directs talent on

a recent "True Credit" spot.

(check out the Monster Lighting hoodie sweatshirt!)

"Night Rider" TV promo. Shot by Chuck Ozeas.

Notice the Monster Box on the right.

We are especially excited about expanding into Grip rentals this year. We now feature a full service grip department and have had our Grip trucks out on many commercials. As with the rest of our inventory, we pride ourselves on the quality of our gear. One stop shopping for both grip and electric makes it easy for production as well.

Look for some big changes in our website in the coming months! We are in the process of linking all our items for rent to pictures. This is a great feature for being sure what you are ordering and for showing clients what you are proposing to use. We just finished shooting our entire inventory on location a stones throw from the Bob Hope airport.

Monster trucks are fun to lean on!

We feature extra long lift gates for easy

loading and unloading.

We are happy to continue renting our Briese Lights and Monster Boxes. Every week more and more people are coming to depend on these lights for their various film projects.

We wish all good luck and good fortune in the coming year.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

See you on set.

noreply@blogger.com (Chris Conway) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:07:00 +0000

DATELINE August 24th, an ocean container in earshot of the Bob Hope Airport.
WOW. Where did that summer go? I hope you were able to squeeze in some fun. It was tough cause it's been BUSY.
Let's start where I left off...

This years Cinegear show was a resounding success! Sure, it was great to show off our Monster Boxes and our newly aquired Briese lights direct from Germany, but beyond that, it's always so much fun to see faces from the past. We also met tons of DPs and Gaffers who were very excited by what we're doing. Here's a shot of some Cinegear participants gathering around the Monster Lighting booth.

Monster Lighting also seen around town doing commercials for Texas Instruments, NFL Films, ABC Promos, DSW, Dominoes Pizza and Victoria's Secret. Also an awesome video for Velvet Revolver "The Last Fight". Now it's pretty well known I'm a musical snob. I gotta tell ya, I thought this band rocked! The song was excellent and JHawk did a mind blowing job of capturing it on film. I was happy to be a part of it.

Take a look at these Monster Boxes hard ar work on a DSW Commercial. Great, powerfull light sources with a wonderful wrap quality.

Summer is coming to a close kids. We are thankful for being blessed with so many great experiences and wonderful people.

I hope your world is bright.
See you on set.
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noreply@blogger.com (Chris Conway) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:25:00 +0000

Dateline June 1st. Monster Lighting HQ.

It's that time of year again my friends. The annual Cine Gear Expo trade show is almost here. This is THE best trade show in L.A. to see all the latest and greatest film tools as well as catch up with faces from the past. This will be the third appearance of Monster Lighting at Cine Gear Expo and we are thrilled to be participating again. Our booth will be in the large white tent just like last year. Look for us on your right as you enter the tent. Of course we will be displaying Monster Boxes, but the real big news for us this year is the addition of our Briese Lights to our inventory. Come by and see a 180, 140 and 77 Briese light up close and working. We are excited to offer these fine lighting instruments to the film community and would love to show you how they function. Stop by our booth and mention you heard about Cine Gear here and receive of FREE gift!

Go to www.cinegearexpo.com for more information and FREE registration.

CINE GEAR EXPO 2007-HELD AT THE WADSWORTH THEATER AND GROUNDS IN WEST LA

Exhibition and Premiere Seminars
Friday, June 22, 2007 - Hours: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Film Series at Cine Gear Expo
Thursday, June 21, 2007 - Hours: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday, June 22, 2007 - Hours: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - Hours: 5:45 pm - 9:00 pm

Wadsworth Theatre and Grounds Address:
11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073-1003
There is ample on site parking with easy access. Parking is $7 per day, payable at the event only.

See you at Cine Gear!
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noreply@blogger.com (Chris Conway) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:16:00 +0000

Attendees flock to the Monster Lighting booth at the 2006 Cine Gear Expo show.

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Allen) — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:24:00 +0000

Cinematoghrapher Mark Plummer (smiling) and first AC Bob Smathers, share a laugh on a recent AM/PM commercial shoot. Key Grip, Mike Millela (blue tank) monitors the crane.

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Allen) — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:02:00 +0000

Director Mark Pellington of Crossroads Films (seated) with cinematographer Ramsey Nickell (standing with meter) and First AC Dan Venti (on focus). On downtown L.A. location with English female vocalist Natasha for her upcoming music video.

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Allen) — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:01:00 +0000

A veritable bee-hive of bizzzzzness at the Monster Lighting HQ.
Monster Lighting saw action on:

Hilary Duff's new music video from director Fatima Robinson of Black Dog Films teamed with cinematographer Paskal Lebegue and gaffer Chris Conway.
Huggies Diapers commercial with cinematographer John Perez and gaffer Mazi Mitchell.
Kelloggs Cocoa Krispies with Director Melodie McDaniel, cinematographer Wyatt Troll and gaffer John Tanzer.
AM/PM markets with Tool of N.America director Erich Joiner, cinematographer Mark Plummer and gaffer Jim Young.
Natasha (English singing sensation) music video from director Mark Pellington of Crossroads Films joined forces with cinematographer Ramsey Nickell and gaffer Ken Allen.
Oreo Cookies (MMMmmmm!) Director Adam Stevens from 24:7 Productions with cinematographer Sacha Riviere and gaffer Lee Spencer.

noreply@blogger.com (Chris Conway) — Thu, 03 May 2007 04:11:00 +0000

Dateline May 2, 2007. Old Hollywood, the ghost of Lucy brushing by. Renmar Stage 4.

Has it been a month already?? Where did that month go? Monster Lighting very busy doing Commercials and Music Videos. We have been providing lights for Form productions doing a Wells Fargo commercial, Janusz Kaminski shooting a Blockbuster commercial and Michael Bernard doing a spot for Victoria's Secret. Our new Briese Lights played an important role for the Victoria's Secret shoot along with Monster Boxes and conventional lighting.

As mentioned, working at Renmar Studios on a Flyleaf music video being shot by DP Jim Hawkinson. Lots of flying paint. Should be fun.

High point of my day....seeing my old friend Mike Trim working here on the lot. He is the DP for the hit TV show, "Weeds".
We go way back and it was a stone cold gas to see him today. A great guy and a great DP.

If you're reading this you have already experienced the new Monster Lighting Web Site. Some great features and information. Sorry, no more videos of Kenny driving the truck!! Check out the Lighting Rentals page. You can download and print a pdf of the order form, fill it out and fax it in. OR, the new super stealth way, go to the online order button and fill out the various fields to order your lights online. When you submit, a copy is sent to you for your records as well as a copy sent to Monster Lighting so we can get busy in giving you the kind of service you have come to expect from the worlds best lighting company. Thats right...the best.

As my father in law says in his Italian accent, "Be careful, everyday is a good day when you wake up". See you on set.

Until then,
Later
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noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Dateline April 2, 2007: Monster Lighting H.Q. somewhere on the Eastern shores of the Bob Hope Airport.

There’s new lighting gear here at Monster Lighting. The biggest addition to out lighting inventory is the recent addition of Briese Lights. These popular new lights are available for rent now. We feature the sizes, 180, 140, and 77. They can run either 2k tungsten or 2.5k hmi. We have made our Briese lights extremely user friendly and know you will enjoy the fantastic light that these units put out.

Also new in our inventory is a complete line of grip gear. We can now offer productions one stop shopping for grip and lighting gear. Our grip gear is top of the line and features rags stands and flags from American Grip.

Monster Lighting’s very own Monster Box continues to amaze clients on every level of film and video productions. Recently Monster Boxes could be seen working on stage at Disney Studios for the filming of "Carpoolers", a new pilot for Touchstone. The boxes were rigged by rigging gaffer Ken Allen and provided beautiful top light and soft wrap for the cast.

We have also recently provided lighting gear for Tool Productions on a Sony Playstation commercial. This was directed by Sam Cadman and shot by Mark Plummer.

Monster long sleeve "Mexican Wrestler" t-shirts seen all over Hollywood in every level of film production. Often heard on sets where Monster Lighting is working, "Dude, I dig your shirt. Can you hook me up?"

Until then. Later,
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