The idea behind my question was not for you to design my show, this me giving you all of these details. Basically, I am asking people who have done this show, what ideas and advice can you give me that would help knowing that I have the option of renting fixtures and with the basic info I originally gave. I don't want you to design my show.
@Jon Majors Mr. Majors Sir; There's a breakdown in communications / Failure to communicate;
for example:
Posters could / would suggest fabulous lighting fixtures to illuminate your
cyclorama / sky cloth, along with suggestions for colors and which colors in which scenes et al
IF they knew you had a hard or soft
cyc or sky cloth available to you and the space / facilities to install / support / still have space for performers to cross from side to side behind it. If you have neither a
cyc nor facilities and space to install one, there's little to be gained by endless posts regarding how to best light your
cyc; with various fixtures supported overhead, (Flown,
dead hung,
ground supported, full
stage width
truss) or if they feel light from your
deck using any of the traditional choices of
ground row lighting sources would create a better look for you.
For another example: Many could / would suggest many different types of dimmers / control consoles / static fixtures / "wiggle lights" which could easily require a 3
phase; 200 or 400 amp service to
power. Again, little
point in steering you in any of these directions if the total
power available to you is a 30 amp 120 / 240 volt "dryer"
receptacle and / or its 40 amp bigger brother commonly referred to as a "stove"
receptacle.
At the yet lower end, possibly your only available source of
power is two or three duplex receptacles which may be all powered from one 20 amp
breaker OR, if you're a little luckier, each may be individually powered from its own 20 amp
circuit breaker or all the duplex receptacles could be configured as split receptacles and each powered by a two pole / common trip
breaker.
Similarly; when you say you have
Altman ERS fixtures: Which beam spreads (fixed or zooms)?
Four beams with 50 circuits total, understood but how many
ERS's do you have to populate those beams and circuits.
Also; are all 50 circuits single
phase 20 amp 120 volts OR are any of your 50 circuits single
phase 120 / 240 volt OR 3
phase 208 volts?
There's little
point suggesting you rent a quantity of (pick your favorite) automated fixtures if you have neither the correct
voltage and
current availabe nor the capability to adequately support half a dozen 60 pound automated fixtures while maintaining their supports stable without swinging due to movement of your automated fixtures.
There's little
point in anyone proclaiming the joys of (pick your favorite color) on your
cyc in combination with their favorite green backlights IF you have neither the facility to support back-lighting fixtures nor the ability to mask them sufficiently to prevent blinding your paying patrons.
Bottom LIne: I feel there are too many gaps in your: "Here are some specs of my
stage and electrics setup: " list.
@TimMc @JonCarter @jayvee Would you care to comment
???
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard