Quote:
Originally Posted by Serendipity
...This is something my lighting mentor warned me before I designed my first show. She said that every beginning designer she had worked with never puts anything at full right away and makes timid design choices. While I had vowed to put things at full, a handful of cues in on my first night, I caught myself with most of my illuminated fixtures at 25, and fixed it. ...
|
I suspect you're not communicating the mentor's philosophies as intentioned, or I disagree with her. Starting with a
channel at FL gives the designer no place to go, except down. I think better advice for a young LD would be to remember that there are more settings than FL and 00%.
Les is correct, the numbers on the screen have little to do with how the lighting on stage feels. You make it sound as though you altered levels just because most were at 25%, so how/why did you "fix" it if the stage looked correct?
Shakspeares suck, put aside Lekos and Fresnels and consoles for a moment, and see this entry:
http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/g...statement.html. A designer begins with a concept based on script analysis and consultation with the director and other designers.