Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars

A judging panel of entertainment professionals shortlisted Jeff Ravitz's design for Western Stars for the Live Performance Special (Music) Award in the Live for Broadcast category in Live Design's 2020 Design Achievement Awards. Vote for the most outstanding projects now!

To assure a more compact lighting system that would cover and sculpt the many positions onstage, fixed-focus non-moving lights were used. Jeff Ravitz used nuanced color, precise angle, careful intensity balance, and creative cuing to express the range of feelings articulated by the music, lyrics and performance, to result in unique looks for every song. Lighting worked hand-in-hand with the camera department, by using lower lighting levels when appropriate, that allowed for wide-open lenses, along with dexterous camera operation, to help backgrounds go soft in order to focus more clearly on foreground elements. 

"The great attention spent to highlighting the headline talent within the scenic environment is stunning. Key light balances perfectly within an impressive location environment in which we are drawn to the focal point without overstating or losing the backgrounds. An impressive balance which we often overlook with larger massive moving light shows. Bravo." — Matt McAdam, a judge for the Design Achievement Awards

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