Recent content by sstolnack

I'm running an NSI 1616 board, using the preset buttons to switch between static scenes. Every once in a while, the light board will fade a preset out without warning. The sliders for the same lights will still work when the preset fades out, which makes me think it's not a dimmer issue, but...

I carry a leatherman Squirt with me at school. It does have a (very small) knife on it, but outside of the theatre, the multitool almost never leaves my pocket. If I use it, it's for the pliers. If I was questioned about it, I would explain that it is not a weapon, it is a tool for the theatre...

My high school has done a few of the musicals, but it was before I went there. I think they are good shows, but it does get sort of annoying to the audience when so many schools do them, you want to go see stuff, but you've already seen or worked on it. In the last few years, my school has been...

Really? That would be really nice to get the lights installed. It's a high school, though, so I doubt that we'll be able to get the money. I'll bring it up to the theatre and band teachers. Thanks!

We have Wenger, it's not bad to set up, we have a few problems with getting it hooked on our traveller, but if we have 3 people moving it, it goes fast. It does have a very small footprint in storage, if put away correctly. However, we have the problem mentioned earlier, the lights in the "sound...

You may want to put it in a table form, that could make it easier to read, but I know formatting Word is annoying. And one other thing, I noticed you have "succesful light design" or something to that effect, I would not say succesful, it makes me wonder if you need to specify that, did you have...

My school has about 46 linesets, single purchase counterweight system, except our first electric is motorized, and we have one motorized hoist to bring weights up to the loading rail.

I'm also working on an online portfolio. The problem I'm having is that with the website I'm using, I can only have 4 different "galleries". Right now I have it seperated into one highlight light design, the rest of my light designs, visual art, and photography. But I may have to change my light...

Designed Curtains at my high school last spring, photos here: Sarah Stolnack: Lighting Designer | Highlight: Curtains and feel free to give feedback, either on designs, or the structure of my portfolio!

I'm also a senior looking at college, my two top choices at the moment are Southern Oregon and University of Evansville. I've heard that some people have been unhappy with SOU, but I'm still looking into it.

Interesting, I didn't know that, I see how it could be useful. Now, however, people label both Rosoclux and Lee (the only two type of gel we use) with "x", so it doesn't help anymore...

Yeah I'm fine with people labeling it wherever, but as Arez said, it needs a letter and number. And for some reason people at my high school label it starting with "x", so it's x02 or x101, which seems pointless to me. I think it's just to make sure you're not reading it backwards or something...

I was in a stage crew class because it sounded interesting, although it was only set building and painting. I was asked to join run crew for a show, and then they needed a lighting freshman to start training, and I was the only freshman not scared of heights. So I went and learned how to focus a...

The way I've done a star drop was a dark grey drop with a bunch of small holes in it, hung a few feet in front of the cyc. We then light the cyc with ungelled cyc lights and some zip strips on the floor, so the white cyc, when it was lit, showed through the holes in the "star drop". It doesn't...

If I understand what you're asking correctly, I've done it with an Apollo twinspin, 2 gobos rotating different directions, slightly out of focus. It's not perfect, but with the right gobos it can work.