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During my undergrad work I was an Acting/Director major. Which shows how long ago this was. I was so interested in All Things Theatre http:/wwwtekgoddess.com that I took every tech course allowed and just lived at the theatre and learned a lot. Much of my lighting knowledge was learned on top...

I love HONK! I did it several years ago. The blizzard is a challenge. I tried my moving fixtures (your gobo rotators might be good for that.) But I ended up getting a large piece of cheap blue fabric. I put white gloves on the deck crew. They rippled the fabric and we had the actors (three; cat...

Re: Quiet snow machines?Thanks, I don't feel so old; snow cradle I know.

Cool idea. Let me know if it works.

Re: Quiet snow machines?We did a Christmas pageant using the rice snow. The carpets in our chapel will never be the same and our operations guys are STILL bitching about it 5 years later.Can anyone tell me which snow machines will work for a long time, quietly. We need quick evaporation and...

Re: Quiet snow machines?Good idea to proof read but dang if I can find spellcheck on Control Booth. Let's be gentle with others. Just a passing thought. tekgoddess

I thought I was old but..what the heck is a snow bad (bed)?

I think this post is probably pretty old... but for what it's worth. We just put The Crucible in b/w to bed. It turned out pretty awesome after much hand wringing. The biggest issue turned out to be skin tones. We used blithe spirit and cadaver grey makeup with great sucess. But the hands. We...

I live in Fl. so I can't help your research. I agree you need to go outside and LOOK! But I firmly believe audience members associate lots of blue with cold and night. I light The Nutcracker (or as we lovingly call it crackmynuts) every year and blue rules Snowflakes. I would think you might...

Does this all mean I should wait to buy LED's? Doesn't ETC have something new?

OK. I've found a website for latex body paint (with sponge paint brushes) and then we're using cadaver grey and blithe spirit Ben Nye Aquacolor for highlights. I like the body paint as it doesn't rub off hands once it's dry. No color blue and grey (98, I think) gels are working well. We're...

I'm finding sucess with Rosco 98 and NC blue. The makeup was tricky but I'm going with Cadaver grey as a base for most actors with Ben Nye Grey 23 as lowlights, rouge and some lips CLown white mixed with coal dust also gives some great foundation shades. Be sure to add areas of high and lowlight...

OK. I know Rosco 98 grey is a neutralizer. I've added some NC blue and get a little of the black and white film noir look I'm going for. Any other ideas? Sepia ajn sienna and choclate as someone kindly sugessted just look brown.

Yeah, what the heck happened to Theatre Cratfs?

I saw a film of Joseph McCarthy and I just got a vision of doing The Crucible in 1954 b/w. I envision shadows and maybe even some flickering w/strobes when the girls are accusing Mary Warren in court. And can't you just see Elizabeth Proctor in a Donna Reed era kitchen? A risk, I know but I'm...