Jeffrey W. Hillinger, General Manager of
Automated Entertainment has over 20 years of professional experience in
technical design and lighting for the entertainment industry.
In the late part of 1986 Hillinger found that
there was a demand for the use of dichroic color filters in the
Entertainment Lighting Industry and researched the product to take to
market. This was the birth of the HD DICHROIC™. On
November 18, 1987 Hillinger started Automated Entertainment, A turn key
system design company and a manufacture of a very broad pallet of products
for the entertainment industry.
Services include full production and design
engineering. Specializing in lighting, audio, video, scenic, staging, power
and rigging properties for touring and permanent themed projects. Touring
systems are provided with technical support and operators.
Hillinger Technical Director / Designer for: SA Productions
Indonesia, King Diamond, Sophisticated Sorcery, Spellbound (Photos to the
right)
Automated
Entertainment products and special effects include:
HD Dichroic™ Color filters, and custom
Optics, "LDI 1995 Award
Winning" HD*VR™ MULTIMEDIA 3-D eyewear, Super Black Bullet™, Black
Stallion™, HDZCR MV 250 S Miniblack™ , HDZCR
400 FMH Blackflood™ "High output Black light fixtures."
HD MRS 64/1000™ marine grade
outdoor dichroic Lighting fixture,HD MRS 64/1000™ marine grade outdoor
Aquacolor color scroller, HD 4427-5DR™ underwater dichroic par 64,
AE gel-string , AE fluorescent color
sleeve, AE multi cable reel, HD Cool par, AE snow machine, the AE U86, IBM
compatible rack mount enclosure, and the Manifest Manager, a data base
inventory software program for IBM compatible computers. AE Screen Saver
Software. Up to 6 photos. Requires Windows 3.1 or Later, 256 color graphics,
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy.
Hillinger also serves as a R &
D products specialist for major theme parks and resorts with a concentrated
focus on outdoor theme environments, along with modified architectural
fixture components, and fiber optic applications and control design.
All turn key project shop area is rented separately
to suit the projects need and need of customers location. Personnel are hired
on a as need basis.
Hillinger serves as an organizer
moderator for Lighting Dimensions International annual workshops for optical
thin film development , fx optics, the use of color and ultraviolet for the
entertainment industry. Other LDI projects include bi-lingual workshops for
Latin American trade and export.
Our workshops
THE BLACK MAGIC OF ULTRAVIOLET
Learn the secrets of using ultraviolet to create special lighting and scenic
effects.
From safety issues to ambient light
levels, tackle the techniques for using black light and fluorescent expendables
in applications for theatres, theme parks, clubs, film and television. See the
latest in UV technology from various companies. Plus a hands-on opportunity to
create your own environment and light it with black light. Play with kitchen
science (using household products for special effects and make-up), raw
pigments,fluorescent substrates. And work with applications and mixing
techniques,creating depth by using specific colors. Then light your scenic
creation with ultraviolet light for a little black magic. Moderator: Jeffrey
Hillinger, @utomated Entertainment. Call for information (800)
880-6567
Projects Completed By @utomated
Entertainment:
Position:Consultant / Vendor
Client:Universal Studios Fl. Job: Retrofit Design & Vendor For Dichroic
Applications. March 1993 Job Completion Jan. 1994.
Position: System Design &
Consultant / Manufacturing Vendor Client: San Jose Sharks Job: Design And
Fabrication Of Automated Shark Control , Internal Fx And Lighting System. Job
Complete Oct 1993.
Position: Consultant / Vendor
Client: Cirque Du Soleil Las Vegas Nv. / Christian Choi Job : UV Pass
Blacklite Dichroic & Diffusion Retrofit For Automated Lighting Fixtures.
Job Complete Oct 1993.
Position: System Design Consultant /
Vendor Client: Ingram Supply Las Vegas Nv. Job: Excalibur Wizard Show , Jeff
Johnson Show designer Design Of G.F.I. Dimming & Power Distribution for
Wet Locations.Design and Fabrication Of Dichroic & Retrofit For Outdoor
and Wet Location Lighting Fixtures.Job Completion Feb. 1994.
Position:Consultant System Design /
Installation Vendor Client: Universal Studios Hollywood. Job: Fiber Optic
Upgrade And Installation For E.T. Torque Tunnel. Job Completion April 1994.
Position: Consultant / Vendor Client
: Splash Inc. Los Angeles / Las Vegas. Job: Splash Japan/Consultant To Ken
Wilson For Specification Of Automated Lighting System. Job Complete and on
going
Position: Lighting Design /
Consultant Client: Las Vegas Hilton Job: Lighting And Special Fx. System For
Las Vegas Hilton Lounge Consisting Of
Fully Automated Vari*Lite System And Associated Fx. Completed Dec. 1994
Position: Consultant / Vendor
Client:Battaglia. Job: Consultant to Ralph Raya for Ultraviolet FX Lighting
and Dichroic Retrofits for Lotte Sky Plaza, Haunted Castle Dark Ride, Korea.
Job Completion late "95"
Position: Consultant / Vendor
Client: Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale CA. Job: Consultant to in-house
Designers, for the application of custom optics and retrofits for both indoor
and outdoor wet location lighting fixtures. Jobs Complete and on going
projects.
Position: Lighting Designer / Vendor
Client: Pace / Nelson Group Las Vegas.Cypress Bayou Casino Charenton, La.
Job: Lighting, Laser System DesignAnd Programming For Permanent Outdoor Show
Display.Exterior Blacklight Fx. And Grounds Lighting Developed for wet
environment.Design of Fiber Optic Array System for outdoor
Installation.Design of Aquacolor color changing system for Tower Lighting to
AD-ART Stockton, CA. Job Completion Late "95"
Client: Paramount Pictures/ Star
Trek VIII
Job: Consultant to Art Director: Herman
Zimmerman & Director of Photography Matt Leonetti for Blacklite FX and UV
Transparent Applications.
Other Blacklite ™ projects
include: "The Nutty Professor", Alice in Chains "Again"
Video,
"The Game" ,
"Batman" , and "Practical Magic".
For
More Information About Automated Entertainment Special FX and Design
Please
Visit http://www.automatedhd.com
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