High Res to light ceremony at National Enterprise Awards

BALLYMOUNT based company High Res Lighting are representing South Dublin County at the final of the National Enterprise Awards in June.

High Res Lighting are one of the few leading companies in Europe that provide virtual production and green screen replacement for large film and TV production companies and studios.

They are one of 31 SMEs that have made it through to the finals, organised by Local Enterprise Offices.

The overall winner will be announced on Thursday June 1 at an event in Dublin.

An experienced full service creative production firm, High Res started out as a pure lighting design company 25 years ago, but expanded into the world of virtual production and green screen replacement.

The broad industry definition of ‘virtual production’ is a collaborative and interactive digital filmmaking process that facilitates the creation of virtual environments, and enables them to be physically shot ‘in camera’, rather than added in at post-production.

Peter Canning, Design Director and CEO of High Res Lighting

The Ballymount company have been involved in some high profile projects, including the XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi, Riverdance 25th Anniversary and RTE’s 1916 Centenary Concert.

They were also involved in the 2019 Best FIFA Football Awards, pre-programming the lighting and design in Ballymount, before flying out to Milan with the footage on a USB stick.

The finalists compete for a prize fund of €50,000. Along with an overall winner, there are awards for Best Start-Up, Best Export Business, an Innovation Award, a One-to-Watch Award, and a Sustainability Award.

Previous winners include Irish Yoghurts (1998), Obelisk (2000), Simtech Aviation (2008), Digiweb (2004), Design Pro (2013), Terra NutriTech (2018), Pestle & Mortar (2019) and Bevcraft in 2021.