Recent content by mikeschulz530

Our high school is putting on the producers this spring. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, during "Springtime for Hitler," the set is a staircase which leads down from a set of double doors which are cut out into the shape of an eagle. we don't have an way to have the set hang...

(First off, I would like to say that I dont know if I'm posting this question in the right place and if there is somewhere else on the site that I should be making this post, someone please tell me and I'll gladly move it :p)I'm the set designer for my High School's shows (I'm a senior this...

We always do a fall play and spring musical. 25th Anual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Beauty and the Beast Neil Simons Rumors & Hairspray Lend Me A Tenor & Legally Blonde This year we're doing Arsenic and Old Lace... ( not sure on the musical yet) in the past, they have done Clue, Bye...

Not too familiar with the stage version, (only saw the movie) but depending on your venue, you could do a few different things. The one that I see as being the easies, is making some sort of a movie almost, and somehow project the visual onto a screen of some sort for the audience (if you have...

Just an update: The main issue WAS the lamps! they were all out! before the district came and replaced them, we only had 10 lights working out of the 35+ we have in our system.

The LED strips are (guessing here) about 4 feet each? They are permanently set up into three rows along 3 different fly bars. The pattern alternates strip and spot, with 6 strips and 5 spots on each. However, the LEDs are not very close to the bar we will be using for the cyc and it were almost...

We do have a good number of LEDs (15 spots and 18 strips). They light out stage very well with excellent colors. Could they be on a different universe? And could we possibly use these instead of cyc lights and get somewhat good effects? Also, would you recommend changing all of our lamps at...

Thank you so much! When you said alternative solutions, sorry if this is a dumb question but what are scoops? We have talked about renting more fixtures, but if there's an adding that could possibly give us a more perms any solution, is this it? And I have checked all of that, and still no...

Hey, alright so I've got 2 questions, and I'm hoping someone is able to help out!First, I'll give you some background; I'm a HS Student who is COMPLETELY in charge of our lighting system, so going to ask my teacher/director for help isn't really worth the time. We have a less than 2 -year-old...