Thought I'd share something learned today from a road dance LD.
The company was a Russian Swan Lake, with a US LD. His plot specified Rosco R119 in about every ellipsoidal.
The plot was an adaptation I did from the tour plot, using 190 static fixtures that were a mix of Source 4 Pars (48) plus Source 4 19 &26's (FOH), S4 25/50 zooms (most everywhere), Shakespeare 30 & 40 degrees on the ladders (24 units used), Altman 4.5" zooms in booms (24 units.), for a total of 125 units needing frost.
The LD told me that he'd found that if he focuses every ellipsoidal to a hard shutter cut, which can be different then a hard beam edge and which is unit/manufacturer dependent, they can then specify a R119 to get the same soft edge in every house, no matter which unit or manufacturer is used
Lesson learned.
Note that it was about 18 sheets equivalent of frost at about $7.50 per sheet, so around $150.
The company was a Russian Swan Lake, with a US LD. His plot specified Rosco R119 in about every ellipsoidal.
The plot was an adaptation I did from the tour plot, using 190 static fixtures that were a mix of Source 4 Pars (48) plus Source 4 19 &26's (FOH), S4 25/50 zooms (most everywhere), Shakespeare 30 & 40 degrees on the ladders (24 units used), Altman 4.5" zooms in booms (24 units.), for a total of 125 units needing frost.
The LD told me that he'd found that if he focuses every ellipsoidal to a hard shutter cut, which can be different then a hard beam edge and which is unit/manufacturer dependent, they can then specify a R119 to get the same soft edge in every house, no matter which unit or manufacturer is used
Lesson learned.
Note that it was about 18 sheets equivalent of frost at about $7.50 per sheet, so around $150.