Recent content by HornsOverIthaca

1. How close does it meet the director's vision of the show? 2. Does it help me land the next job?

Part one: I strongly suggest learning VectorWorks. I learned AutoCAD first and I've stuck with it, but I really wish I knew VW.Part two: Be sure to run your design ideas by the director before proceeding. It would suck to do a lot of work and find out they don't want it.

I have a "no lighting work south of the Rio Grande" policy.

I would let the console dry out for at least a week. I'd avoid the computer duster cans as you might blow propellant into it.

If you've learned one NLE you'll be able to quickly pick up other ones. Just have to learn where all the commands are. FCP was originally a knock-off of Premiere, but they made it much better than the original.

That sounds kind of outrageous. Did he cite any cases where this happened? Who does he normally represent?Lets say a parent starts filming away at a high school play or musical. Who's responsibility is it to go stop this person?

Well they do have two lenses. One for short throw and one for long throw. Currently we have all short throw in the fixtures. Removing the rubber around the fixture to change the lenses is a major pain. You can probably find the photometric data from Color Kinetics. LED wall-washing fixture -...

Countryman Mics, such as the E6, have different models with different sensitivity ranges. You don't want to try to mic a musical using the mics designed for a lecturer. The mic will distort.

I currently use Colorblasts on a similar cyc. They're only on the top. They just don't have the throw to hit the bottom. Our clients like it as we can do complex color chases such as moving rainbows. I probably have a photo of this around somewhere. We did one show with 20 on the floor and...

There will be some lag from FireWire video sources. I'd make sure the designer and directors know that. Any lag at all may not be acceptable.

That's almost the exact same path I took.I agree that Vegas is probably your best bet. I only used Vegas in college and had great success. The price point is good too. I used Premiere prior to Vegas and I'll never go back. The issues with stability were just too much to handle. However...

Wenger is probably the most used in the US. They have several models that will probably fit your needs. We use them for choir and symphony and it worked great. Also used a different Wenger model for black box theatre seating. That was painful. We had to shoot videos to explain how to...

Just cover the distraction with black gaff. That's what we did when I was at Ithaca.

This is why I could never be a stage manager, probably at any level. I just don't have the tolerance for stupidity and bull****.Wait, did you say elephant handler? Like with actual elephants? That's awesome.

Wow. Those sample questions are brutal. All I know about Praxis is that it was the Klingon Moon that exploded in Star Trek 6. Their economy was decimated!