Hi, all,
I'm a Theatre teacher who did, literally, one hang-and-focus in college before getting a costume-shop scholarship. When I inherited this theatre program, lighting was all students-teaching-students, which certainly has value, except for when they're teaching incorrectly, and causing damage to instruments. So, here I am, educating myself on lighting beyond the basics that I teach my level one actors. I have a huge stock of ETC Source 4s of varying age and state of repair, and a handful of much newer (within the last 12 years) Strand SLs. The master electrician for the county just told me that he has ordered 36 new instruments for us (no details on brand, degree, whatev). It'll be some time before I get them, and I'd love some help in order to tell my kids the right things now. All of our source 4s are fixed degree, and the SLs are moveable. What's the benefit of each? (BTW - yes, I know that the SLs are done for.) Our stage is 52'x52', with 22' of the depth being DS of the proscenium. We have three overhead electrics, and a 36-channel catwalk. The apron gets the most use: assemblies, meetings, concerts, outside user groups (we're slammed with them because of the size of our facility), one-act festivals, Scripps spelling bees, etc. Our lights are all varying degrees, from 19 up to 50. What's the best to use in the cat? We also have 5 ancient cyc floods that we leave up on the third electric, and a handful of PAR cans and fresnels that we use on the 1st and 2nd electrics. I'm sure we're not using anything to the best of its capability, even our irreplacable SLs. So...help a costumer/director/teacher out? Even just book titles/resource lists would be great.
Thanks!
Meghan
I'm a Theatre teacher who did, literally, one hang-and-focus in college before getting a costume-shop scholarship. When I inherited this theatre program, lighting was all students-teaching-students, which certainly has value, except for when they're teaching incorrectly, and causing damage to instruments. So, here I am, educating myself on lighting beyond the basics that I teach my level one actors. I have a huge stock of ETC Source 4s of varying age and state of repair, and a handful of much newer (within the last 12 years) Strand SLs. The master electrician for the county just told me that he has ordered 36 new instruments for us (no details on brand, degree, whatev). It'll be some time before I get them, and I'd love some help in order to tell my kids the right things now. All of our source 4s are fixed degree, and the SLs are moveable. What's the benefit of each? (BTW - yes, I know that the SLs are done for.) Our stage is 52'x52', with 22' of the depth being DS of the proscenium. We have three overhead electrics, and a 36-channel catwalk. The apron gets the most use: assemblies, meetings, concerts, outside user groups (we're slammed with them because of the size of our facility), one-act festivals, Scripps spelling bees, etc. Our lights are all varying degrees, from 19 up to 50. What's the best to use in the cat? We also have 5 ancient cyc floods that we leave up on the third electric, and a handful of PAR cans and fresnels that we use on the 1st and 2nd electrics. I'm sure we're not using anything to the best of its capability, even our irreplacable SLs. So...help a costumer/director/teacher out? Even just book titles/resource lists would be great.
Thanks!
Meghan