Recent content by mrcog

Well it would be more obvious if we used the term 'Zeebrugge' rather then belgium... :neutral:

I've never heard Turtle or Dogleg in reference too flipping something. Instead, over here in the U.K. we typically use the term Belgium... You can probably work it out yourself as to why this term is in use... James

Pinks wearing a steel ring or something around her waist which is attached to a full body harness, when she comes forward the two assistants attach her to 4 different control lines at 90 degrees to each other, this lets her move round the stadium by altering the length of each wire like a...

Doesn't the iPhone app work with the congo series of desks as well as the eos family? Or am i mistaken here!

Well then a flown grid isnt going too help you becuase you would'nt be able too lower the grid to rig your electrics! Why cant you get your rig up and powered before set goes in? Focusing on a ladder can be just as fast as by scaff tower assuming you've got two ladders and enough crew too focus...

I really would'nt worry about having multiple phases on one bar, the very chances off have 2 different lanterns, on two different phases, both having a dodgy earth, and dodgy RCD on the dimmer channel, and have a fault that turns the body of the lantern live is VERY VERY slim and therefore the...

Wow! I'm from Cambridge as well... Well Ely 20 minutes outside cambridge!What school are you at then? 30 productions a year is quite impressive!

Personally I wouldnt even go anywhere near buying radio mic's in the UK at the moment. Check out blue-room.org.uk and read some off the posts about radio mics. Basically they are changingg the frequencys that we are going to be able to use making most radio mics an expensive paperweight in 2012...

So what is the whole purpose of running the cue list too you in a different room? Why does someone other than the LX op need to see the cue list?Sorry if this seems critical, however I'm just trying to understand the whole purpose of this!Cheers,James

Try this piece of software... Okay, its not amazing but it does the job :))Announcement supplied by: Karl Software release: v 1.0 Release date: 23/06/2009Link: http://theatre-freeware.peartreeuk.com/page1.htmFeatures:Denote acting areas and set using simple geometric shapes and lines...

I thought that what the OP meant by the 'blinder function' was the very fast flashing on the strobe almost too fast for the eye to see. Its one of the buttons on the strobe controller...

I used the QMAXZ QS250S in a recent prodution becuase SE didnt have any Mac 250 fixtures left...NEVER again will i use them, first one we had broke a 2 days after we got it, a day before tech run... It wasnt even one of the 2 we had on the floor, it was one of the ones rigged! So that had to...

It's gotta be WD40!!!If it's unstuck, use duck tape. If it's stuck, use WD40... It's all you need

Ahhh. Let me introduce myself then. I'm at Kings School Ely in Cambridgeshire, Uk. Our theatre is almost non-existant but we have a half million pound renovation in the timeline but unfortionatly i wont be here to use it, unless i come back as the schools first theatre technician. Ummm, weve got...

Just thought id pop in and say Hi. Yes ive had this account for a while but never posted, so hi out there to everyone ive seen while lurking around the boards :cool:;)