RichardLOZ
Member
Hi there. I spent about 12 years doing audio FOH / Monitor mixes before getting fed up with touring and not being at home, then went into corporate AV / lighting. All of this was pretty much working with rock and rolll bands so pars / rays were the lamp of choice and budget.
I now find myself in the situation of having to design the lighting for a production of Cats and am a little overwhelmed to put it mildly.
To add to the complexity the producer wants the show to look just like the DVD, which would be great if I had a huge budget and loads of time for designing and programming which I dont. I have minimal budget and 1 day of tech prior to the first show, and besides what is the point of designing if I am just copying someones elses design in any case.
I have spent many hours reading through these forums so thought I would ask some questions of you people who are far more knowledgable than I.
When I watch the vid the predominant colours I see are blue and magenta / purple, mainly midnight type lighting effects. I have read many posts on here in regards to using a cool and a warm colour from either side when lighting your areas, so how does that apply in this case if I am looking for predominately midnight blue / magenta type scenes.
I do understand about dividing the stage into areas, and in the case of this show probably no different, but it always appears as through the rear scenery is in most cases an alternate colour to the main action point at the time, so comments on this would be appreciated also.
As I have only really used basic rock and roll low budget type lighting I would love some advice on lamp choice for this as well. There is a standard house rig with the ability to add additional lamps to compliment this. The inhouse crew will rig whatever design I send to them.
Any advice on lamp selection and placement would be very much appreciated. Below is the lilst of standard lamps as well as additional available.
Quantity Luminare
6 1kw 8/16 Zooms
18 1.2kw Condensers
12 650kw 22/40 Zooms
8 2kw Fresnels
16 1kw Fresnels
4 650wkw Fresnels
20 1kw Par 64 MFL
15 1.25kw Iris 4’s
100 2.4kw Dimmers
20 5kw Dimmers
1 Encore XL 512 DMX Control Console
Additional available
Quantity Description
61 1kw Profiles
24 1/2kw Profiles
4 2kw Fresnels
38 1kw Fresnels
28 1/2kw Fresnels
9 1kw Iris 2s
12 1/2kw Cyc500s
20 1kw Pallis 1s
60 1kw Par64 MFL
2 1.2kw MSR Follow spot
8 Martin Pro218 Roboscans
If anyone knows this show and would be willing to give advice it would be most appreciated. There seems to quite a bit of depth of lighting on the scenery, not sure how they have done this in the original production though. As I said I dont have the huge budget or the varilights that were used for the original production, so have no hope of desire to try to replicate this, although being able to get similar colours and the basics down would be nice.
I have also attached a pic of the standard plot which can be changed in anyway I would like as it will be rigged for the show in question. Thanks very much for your help in advance.
Cheers
Richard
I now find myself in the situation of having to design the lighting for a production of Cats and am a little overwhelmed to put it mildly.
To add to the complexity the producer wants the show to look just like the DVD, which would be great if I had a huge budget and loads of time for designing and programming which I dont. I have minimal budget and 1 day of tech prior to the first show, and besides what is the point of designing if I am just copying someones elses design in any case.
I have spent many hours reading through these forums so thought I would ask some questions of you people who are far more knowledgable than I.
When I watch the vid the predominant colours I see are blue and magenta / purple, mainly midnight type lighting effects. I have read many posts on here in regards to using a cool and a warm colour from either side when lighting your areas, so how does that apply in this case if I am looking for predominately midnight blue / magenta type scenes.
I do understand about dividing the stage into areas, and in the case of this show probably no different, but it always appears as through the rear scenery is in most cases an alternate colour to the main action point at the time, so comments on this would be appreciated also.
As I have only really used basic rock and roll low budget type lighting I would love some advice on lamp choice for this as well. There is a standard house rig with the ability to add additional lamps to compliment this. The inhouse crew will rig whatever design I send to them.
Any advice on lamp selection and placement would be very much appreciated. Below is the lilst of standard lamps as well as additional available.
Quantity Luminare
6 1kw 8/16 Zooms
18 1.2kw Condensers
12 650kw 22/40 Zooms
8 2kw Fresnels
16 1kw Fresnels
4 650wkw Fresnels
20 1kw Par 64 MFL
15 1.25kw Iris 4’s
100 2.4kw Dimmers
20 5kw Dimmers
1 Encore XL 512 DMX Control Console
Additional available
Quantity Description
61 1kw Profiles
24 1/2kw Profiles
4 2kw Fresnels
38 1kw Fresnels
28 1/2kw Fresnels
9 1kw Iris 2s
12 1/2kw Cyc500s
20 1kw Pallis 1s
60 1kw Par64 MFL
2 1.2kw MSR Follow spot
8 Martin Pro218 Roboscans
If anyone knows this show and would be willing to give advice it would be most appreciated. There seems to quite a bit of depth of lighting on the scenery, not sure how they have done this in the original production though. As I said I dont have the huge budget or the varilights that were used for the original production, so have no hope of desire to try to replicate this, although being able to get similar colours and the basics down would be nice.
I have also attached a pic of the standard plot which can be changed in anyway I would like as it will be rigged for the show in question. Thanks very much for your help in advance.
Cheers
Richard