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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask or if I am giving enough info, but at this point I would just love creative input.I am a junior stage management student who has experience with lighting design and basic skills in all other areas except costuming. I am needing to propose a...

Our university recently purchased a Personus A1 series mixer. How would be the easiest way to connect a mac laptop so I can run qlab through the board? Thanks for your help.

first 5 of these are The Drowsy Chaperone and the last 2 are a Circus show. High School Senior year.

Thank you all so much for all the recommendations on classes. MPowers: Thanks I'll have to get ahold of those books. They sound great. chawalang: My goal is to teach at the university level after a few years of work in professional theatre. Footer: Yes, I was simply asking for recomendations so...

I had considered art history and film courses (I did the lights for my high school's film department last year and enjoyed it). Though I had not thought about electrical engineering, thanks! I definitely plan on attending grad school so I'm glad you say the art history course is helpful.

I want to know what courses outside of the theatre department would best support a technical direction/lighting design education. I've chosen to go to a smaller inexpensive college to get all my basic education courses out of the way because finances are a problem. But I understand that, with...

Thank you so much! Working under tight constraints has become normal for me at this school. Learning how to do a proper light plot and put together a good portfolio for college interviews this year is going to be the tough part. hslighting, yes it helps tons, i usually make a channel sheet and a...

derekleffew, thank you for the advice and the very long entertaining thread. When i graduate i guess i can drop that lovely "ie". I hadnt thought about not being able to adjust the warm and cool... leaving one unused seems like the best idea so far. Would it be possible to find 2 gel colors that...

Thank you so much! Is there a good way to utilize duplicating circuits? Is focusing them to the same spot and using one as a warm and the other as a cool my best option for a wash? I definitely do despise it, i just transferred into this school, my last school wasn't like that, im having a hard...

Im glad to be here, thanks. The board I'm working with is a Leviton Innovator series. Proscenium stage, 2 electrics and a catwalk. The first electric at this theater is labeled "11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22" so that the duplicate numbers are patched...

Hey everyone! My name is Britt i'm the main student at my school interested in lighting, i'll be handling all of the lighting this year and i still have tons to learn. But, i do every part of tech that needs to be done, I've stage managed, set construction/design, and most everything else. I...