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Thank you everyone for the useful information! I was just looking into doing this as a side project, and from what I'm hearing it is more work than I thought.

Hey guys and gals! I've been thinking of making my own moving light that's affordable for community theaters and schools, and is ideal on the included features. But I have no clue what goes into making one.So, what do you guys know about manufacturing a moving light? How do I find a factory to...

Front wash is 20 Source Four Lekos, 750w. The stage will be split into 10 sections. US Left, US Center Left, US Center, US Center Right, US Right, same thing DS. They will be gel'd with R33 and R68.I was just looking at the Colorblast TRX as an option. I have a slew of other fixtures as...

I love the blue that ColorKinetics fixtures produce, hands down one of the best. I'm going for full led leko front wash for this show, my power is limited to 200A and I still have a bunch of movers to power besides these leds.I was thinking of doing 6 to 12 per electric to get a really nice...

I had a feeling the beam shape might be weird.... Are they still punchy under 750w lekos though?

Hey all, I am doing a production of Rock of Ages in September and the theater wants to look at both renting and purchasing lights. I found a steal on ColorBlast TRX fixtures with a PDS and would buy them if they will be a good use for overhead light. I've personally only have used them for...

I work with a few people that use Avo Pearl Experts. Any Avo console would be great for your application of busking like that and using conventional fixtures as well.I myself am about to buy Avo wings for myself for all my small festivals that don't require a big board.Avo is a great...

I see taping it, but then why not just use a prop knife at that point?I think a show called PSYCH had an episode in a theater where they used a kitchen block with real knifes and one of them was the prop knife. Turns out one night doing the show the actress pulls what she thinks was the prop...

Well here's the good news. My mom and I talked a bit earlier about expenses for college and she said that shes paying for EVERYTHING. Yes you read correctly, EVERYTHING, tuition, room, meal plan, and books.I'm not so worried about the books, I looked at UNCSA's book a few months ago and almost...

Yeah, I figured PRG would be a tough one...I originally didn't plan to go to get a degree on lighting just because a lot of people I have talked to say its useless and usually people look more at your work, which I do believe is pretty true. Just because you have a degree doesn't mean your...

Haha, ya I hope so! Loans are something that we are both worried about but are hoping to not need to take out large loans.Post graduation I would enjoy working as a lighting designer or even lighting technician for a large rental company like 4wall and PRG who do tons of production work. If...

I worked in a high school in my area with no loading gallery... your school at least colored the weights that had to stay. The school I worked with you would take the weight off little at a time and check the line to see how out of weight it was. We tried to keep it down to around 7 people...

I really believe I am going to stick with lighting. I have and still am investing a lot of money into it. I really enjoy it and you meet interesting people. It teaches you a lot even when you think you already knew it all.

We plan on sitting down in the next month and going over all the costs. I know I am paying for my books which won't be too bad.

So far I am not really paying anything for college, mostly parent's.After college I'll have a place to stay in Ocean City, NJ at our secondary/shore house. I'll also have a job available to me during and after college with the theatre I've been working for in Ocean City managing the systems...