So when you guys say frost are you talking about diffusers? I think it's the same. We have lenses and gels to do that and I love them and next year when I have control of the lighting I will use them. As far as I know, they are the same thing (there is no Wiki entry for either)
We just finished a run of Hairspray, and it was the first time we used the revolutions for an event, let alone a show. Before that they had just been a fun toy. Aren't most!
Are Fresnels and Parnels only for overhead lighting, or can they be used as fronts. I know we have this one light that acts like a spot no matter how far you shoot it or how steep the angle, is that the parnel? When your designing, you can use whatever fixture you want for whatever you want it to do, assuming you have enough time to hang/focus and decide if it really does what you want it to. If you have source 4s, I'de use those primarily for front lighting, and use fresnels for colors or toplight.
As for DMX, I know it's what we use to control the lights and that it uses cords that look like mic cords except when you get to the batten, then it's a totally different cord to hook up to the light. How it actually works, I'm still a little fuzzy on. DMX has a dotted yellow line below it, that means that there is a wiki entry (CB's dictionary) and it has a very good description of DMX. (from the same person that brought you the Gafftaper Method) a search of DMX brings a lot of information.
Our main reason for wanting a ton of movers (Why I went crazy when I say vl's and the DL3) was to have a show where we could change the entire lighting scheme every scene, no need to be constantly keeping track of which front(all of our fronts are source fours except for the 2 revolutions) points where and which isn't used and the like, just point, shoot, record. Mover a great, and have their place, but if you are still learning about using the conventional s you have, I would suggest you get those done really well, and then move on to more advanced consoles, fixtures, and cue lists. Depending on what you have as far as fixture, dimmer, and channel counts, you could have the ability to have a very flexible system. I'd say, start with McCandless and then add specials everywhere you want something "extra"
Also, next year we're doing Chicago (One of my favorite musicals) and I want it to be absolutely perfect, so I'm trying to learn how to make our system do amazing things. I kind of had this vision of these red movers running across the stage to focus on the dancers in cell block tango then zoom out to create a red wash on the stage w/ some overhead amber to soften it on them. One of the reasons I really wanted more movers. If you have followspots, put some red gel in them, and use them in place of movers. From what I have heard, the revolutions aren't the fastest fixtures, but they could be used.
Does anyone know how to program those black boxes, by the way, it's a bit of a pet project for all the lighting people at my school. ALL of us. We have a program on our desktop called lumaedit that seems to be for that, but it doesn't contain any kind of DMX programming aspect, just customizing menus and internal settings. Also, I've wanted to replace them with this (DMX Touch Screen > Entertainment Lighting Controls > Commercial Lighting > All Products from Leviton Electrical and Electronic Products) and was wondering if it was actually the same type of thing. Without knowing what the "black boxes" are, we can't really help with that. We(as in everyone on cb) can discuss that later.
And does anyone know what lumanet/colornet/hydranet are? We keep seeing these things and we're trying to figure these out, but to no avail. Our board and our computer both say things about hydranet in connection windows. Most likely, what the entire lighting system uses to communicate with. I'd be careful messing with them, unless you are sure you know what you are doing. If I am correct, and it is part of a network, then you can do a lot of damage that would be time consuming (and possibly expensive) to fix.
Tomorrow I'll get pictures of the theatre and some of the equipment. Thanks!
Also, any more light design knowledge on here would be awesome, or if someone could direct me to another part of the forum where that kind of stuff is it would be great. The search function is a powerful tool. We have a lot of professionals and students alike who seem to be all to eager to help solve problems. And, anything that has a dotted, yellow underline, will take you do the wiki.
Thanks for all the responses!
PS I read the gafftaper method. Sounds functional.
We just finished a run of Hairspray, and it was the first time we used the revolutions for an event, let alone a show. Before that they had just been a fun toy. Aren't most!
Are Fresnels and Parnels only for overhead lighting, or can they be used as fronts. I know we have this one light that acts like a spot no matter how far you shoot it or how steep the angle, is that the parnel? When your designing, you can use whatever fixture you want for whatever you want it to do, assuming you have enough time to hang/focus and decide if it really does what you want it to. If you have source 4s, I'de use those primarily for front lighting, and use fresnels for colors or toplight.
As for DMX, I know it's what we use to control the lights and that it uses cords that look like mic cords except when you get to the batten, then it's a totally different cord to hook up to the light. How it actually works, I'm still a little fuzzy on. DMX has a dotted yellow line below it, that means that there is a wiki entry (CB's dictionary) and it has a very good description of DMX. (from the same person that brought you the Gafftaper Method) a search of DMX brings a lot of information.
Our main reason for wanting a ton of movers (Why I went crazy when I say vl's and the DL3) was to have a show where we could change the entire lighting scheme every scene, no need to be constantly keeping track of which front(all of our fronts are source fours except for the 2 revolutions) points where and which isn't used and the like, just point, shoot, record. Mover a great, and have their place, but if you are still learning about using the conventional s you have, I would suggest you get those done really well, and then move on to more advanced consoles, fixtures, and cue lists. Depending on what you have as far as fixture, dimmer, and channel counts, you could have the ability to have a very flexible system. I'd say, start with McCandless and then add specials everywhere you want something "extra"
Also, next year we're doing Chicago (One of my favorite musicals) and I want it to be absolutely perfect, so I'm trying to learn how to make our system do amazing things. I kind of had this vision of these red movers running across the stage to focus on the dancers in cell block tango then zoom out to create a red wash on the stage w/ some overhead amber to soften it on them. One of the reasons I really wanted more movers. If you have followspots, put some red gel in them, and use them in place of movers. From what I have heard, the revolutions aren't the fastest fixtures, but they could be used.
Does anyone know how to program those black boxes, by the way, it's a bit of a pet project for all the lighting people at my school. ALL of us. We have a program on our desktop called lumaedit that seems to be for that, but it doesn't contain any kind of DMX programming aspect, just customizing menus and internal settings. Also, I've wanted to replace them with this (DMX Touch Screen > Entertainment Lighting Controls > Commercial Lighting > All Products from Leviton Electrical and Electronic Products) and was wondering if it was actually the same type of thing. Without knowing what the "black boxes" are, we can't really help with that. We(as in everyone on cb) can discuss that later.
And does anyone know what lumanet/colornet/hydranet are? We keep seeing these things and we're trying to figure these out, but to no avail. Our board and our computer both say things about hydranet in connection windows. Most likely, what the entire lighting system uses to communicate with. I'd be careful messing with them, unless you are sure you know what you are doing. If I am correct, and it is part of a network, then you can do a lot of damage that would be time consuming (and possibly expensive) to fix.
Tomorrow I'll get pictures of the theatre and some of the equipment. Thanks!
Also, any more light design knowledge on here would be awesome, or if someone could direct me to another part of the forum where that kind of stuff is it would be great. The search function is a powerful tool. We have a lot of professionals and students alike who seem to be all to eager to help solve problems. And, anything that has a dotted, yellow underline, will take you do the wiki.
Thanks for all the responses!
PS I read the gafftaper method. Sounds functional.