Kai Hirota 広田カイ

@assistantwizard

⚡LA-based CLT (Gaffer) 💡SLT, DMX Tech and Eos Programmer 🏳️‍⚧️ | 東京出身日米ハーフ | 🇯🇵 Tokyo raised ✨lighting as a tool for storytelling✨
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80 FOR BRADY promo featuring icons @trixiemattel , Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, Rita Moreno and Jane Fonda! Dir @johnmarkcreative DP @schwingzies CLT 🙋🏽‍♂️🎉 Our goal as always with our famous drag queens is soft beauty light!✨ We achieved this with two @hudson.spider Redbacks with Stealth boxes and classic @litegear Litemats. The cyc was colored with @kinoflolightingsystems fluorescents with L192 Flesh Pink gel, alternating with LM Spectrums in a slightly bluer purple, mirroring PD's lovely game show table!♀️ How lovely to get to set lighting for this INCREDIBLE talent! I get to see them walk into my setup, look absolutely gorgeous, and watch them do their thing✨ Gorgeous gorgeous gear from @thefunton 🔷
127 7
3 years ago
Stills from horror fantasy Tu:li. Glad to gaff this one and support such a lovely team🌟 Writer/Dir: Carrington Holritz DP: @ino.dp PD: @leight_winter CLT: 🙋🏽‍♂️✨ Key Grip: @josegcldr Swing: @waterloo1015 1st AC: @ko_lenalee 2nd AC: @tonyshaazam G&E gear: @thefunton
69 1
3 years ago
🌟Some of my work from earlier this year!🕺🏽 "Electricity," a drag showcase starring @xoxosunsetblush and @nova.jina ✨✨ It was lovely programming the lighting console and running the cues for these queens and the team. Always grateful to lift up my lgbt+ family👏🏽👏🏽 Director @jack_art_denny Producer @javieralexj13 UPM @wenderscolor Choreography @krumpmasterkrump HMU @makeupedder DP @haley_minyoung_kreofsky Gaffer @davewilwayco BBE / LCP @assistantwizard KG @eriqueduboise BBG @vintagedom_p Swing @carlos3dee Steadicam @themerlinshow 1st AC @lightg0ddess Art Director @jrbauer00 Art PA @thekatsong CCO spicytati.tot Lighting console: @blackoutlightingconsole G&E gear: @blackstone_entertainment
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3 years ago
It's almost been a year since I moved to LA to work in the film industry as a CLT and lighting technician. I tell people all the time that I was so lucky to get the rose-colored glasses that was my first gig: this beautiful, colorful, moving, queer film called Playland. I don't know when it'll be out of post, but my fantastic DP @jojolamdop posted this still, so I thought it was time to start posting my work to my main ig feed!! I worked as ACLT and lighting console programmer to @davewilwayco , who I'm so grateful to for taking a chance on me and for continuing to be an incredible mentor. I'm so glad to be in this city, to be meeting fantastic colleagues and artistic collaborators.
204 8
3 years ago
A year and a half after shooting during the first COVID summer... I love seeing shows I've worked on thrive🥰 . @byathread_film Dir:@jtragash DP:@tuxfordturner Lighting Design&G&E:👋🏽
86 1
4 years ago
here's an update: We're now based in LA!!✈️ Artemis and I made the big move out West, I've got a gig lined up, and I'm so ready and excited to light stuff up.💡
124 6
4 years ago
Grandma and my cat, birdwatching😌
52 1
4 years ago
俺も 男として やっとの卒業。#wes2021
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4 years ago
I had such a lovely time setting up the lights for a performance recording with @toxicholidayofficial . Cheers to @liltinyshed for hosting us✨🎥
70 1
5 years ago
i miss working #16mm dir @f.k.sas g&e @assistantwizard
30 1
5 years ago
just tryna get shit lit🌛 #gaffer
105 0
5 years ago
Got to gaffer some very fun lights for a gorgeous set and a v exciting film, @chromafilmwes . i love lighting in all its many forms✨
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5 years ago