The church I work at has a kid's ministry that does a lot of theatrical things. They have a small space (kinda black-box-ish in nature) that's a large, rectangular room with a fairly decent sound reinforcement setup. They currently have two strips of the track lights with angle-adjustable household pars that you see in 90's-era kitchens. Those are on dimmers. They are looking to upgrade the lighting for when they do their shows (they also film stuff there too) and asked me for input.
Initially I was thinking that we could remove the track lighting and the dimmer and straight patch it to a receptacle in the overhead (ceiling is not more than 12'). Get someone to install a batten and hang LED pars on it, probably with some barn doors. The ceiling is wood rafters, but I would recommend they hire a rigger to do the work. Plug into the existing power and run some DMX cable. From talking with them, they really just want the flexibility to do more color and illuminate different areas of the stage at different times instead of "on, dim, off".
The other thought they had was to find some way to have a more portable and adjustable set up. They do frequently adjust the stage (it's all movable platforms in front of black walls) so it would be helpful to have something. The only issue there is that there's a lot of kids and that makes me nervous safety-wise. The only thing I could think that would be safe would be a single piece of truss on a base plate acting as a boom or tree. In my mind that'd be less likely to tip than the older style booms.
Just wondering if anyone here had any insight in working with small spaces.
Initially I was thinking that we could remove the track lighting and the dimmer and straight patch it to a receptacle in the overhead (ceiling is not more than 12'). Get someone to install a batten and hang LED pars on it, probably with some barn doors. The ceiling is wood rafters, but I would recommend they hire a rigger to do the work. Plug into the existing power and run some DMX cable. From talking with them, they really just want the flexibility to do more color and illuminate different areas of the stage at different times instead of "on, dim, off".
The other thought they had was to find some way to have a more portable and adjustable set up. They do frequently adjust the stage (it's all movable platforms in front of black walls) so it would be helpful to have something. The only issue there is that there's a lot of kids and that makes me nervous safety-wise. The only thing I could think that would be safe would be a single piece of truss on a base plate acting as a boom or tree. In my mind that'd be less likely to tip than the older style booms.
Just wondering if anyone here had any insight in working with small spaces.