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Now for the rant. WHY? do you want this? If you answer "So I can focus lights from the
catwalk without having to run back and forth to the board," I feel that's the wrong answer, and here's why. Professional lighting focuses are run with a minimum of four people: #1-Person on the board in the booth (or onstage on an
RFU), #2-Lighting Designer standing onstage directing, #3-Person manipulating the
fixture, #4-Extra Person (often the ME) reading the
plot, troubleshooting, managing the crew, directing other projects. Many will say "We don't have enough people for that." To which I reply, then you aren't training/recruiting properly. Putting a newbie on the board or
RFU is a great way to indoctrinate them. Likewise, teaching someone how to focus a
fixture saves one from having to run all over the
theatre to every lighting position. Keeping the most knowledgeable person on the
ground with spare lamps/color/accessories and able to be dispatched anywhere to solve a problem also just makes sense. If you regularly find yourself the only one "doing lights," it's time to change that mindset. First, it's unsafe to work in a
theatre alone. Second, it's lonely and boring.
Theatre IS a collaborative art, isn't it? /rant off
As others have said, any iPhone-as-RFU-application will be console-specific. And will never be as fast or complete as using the actual
console or manufacturer's dedicated
RFU/RRFU.
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