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For my production of Hamlet, I will be renting a few seachangers. Unfortunately, I will not be able to rent as many as I would like to and I have to try to emulate them by using a five color RGBYW par64 wash (I know this isn't the best option, but it's what I gotta do). Does anyone know what...

-Michael Thanks for the advise. Trust me I would never dare put any sort of live electrical cable into a river of water and confidently allow an actor to plunge their head inside. I am very aware of my duties as a technician and my influence on the less competent actors. Just to clarify, my...

My high school will soon be embarking on a production of the play "Eurydice", and in our production, there will be a river (probably about two feet wide and 6 inches deep) that runs along the front of the set. I would very much like to put lights under the water but I would prefer not to ask...

Hello, for my high schools spring musical (Cabaret) we are renting an ETC Ion console. Along with the board, we are renting scrollers and some movers. I have learned how to patch a scroller into the same channel as a dimmer (By adding a second part to the channel, and adjusting the channels...

Hello,I an currently a junior in high school and I would like to go to college for light design. My parents have decided that we should start touring some colleges this year and I was wondering if any of you know of any good schools for this, if so please help me out. I'm already thinking...

After reading the instruction manual, this seems very very complicated. In order to make this work, would I need to tear DMX apart? Also, does it come with a power source or is that for me to figure out?

It doesn't matter. Even if it does save money, frequently turning lights on and off rapidly heats and cools the filiments, although this is fine for a preformance, greatly increades the chance of a lamp buringing out. A 1kw lamp is pretty expencive, and I'm pretty sure electricity is, on...

It will happen more than once probobly for no more than 5 minutes at a time.

Re: favorite gelsRosco 39. "Scelton Exotic Sangria". The most wonderful color ever. It is very good in dream sequences/ fun to look at. Butfor practial applications, I like r09 for warm, and R62 for cool. They work nicely together. Especially for "inside" lighting. If you have and...

Hello All,I am currently designing "Caligula" for my high school. During the show I need seven 500w lights (I believe they are called mini's, we rarely use them so I'm not sure. They're kind of like little source 4's.) to flash one by one (they will be arranged in a circle so it will look...

Thanks a lot.

At the end of the Summer, my high school is putting on the show "20th Century". For those unaware of the plot, it is set on a train. The set will consist of two train cars on stage with windows in each car. My technical director thinks it would be a good idea to project moving scenery onto a...

Do you remember which seen? I'll have to look for it if I ever see it again.

Give her a copy of the board's instruction manual, reading it is quite annoying, but you learn everything that the board is capable of.

There are a few Dip switch apps available, they're great if you're either not very good at math or don't have the time to figure it out.