Recent content by terminalvelocity16

I agree, that's a difficult assignment. I just worked on a Les Mis production last year and I designed/built a good deal of the sets. The gates where just two stanchions made of ply wood and 2x4 with pvc gates hanging off them, obviously painted black. I cut holes in the back and put doors on...

If you can figure out/measure the velocity of the fog coming out of the opening you can multiply that by the total area of the opening to obtain a volume/time. Just be careful to use the same units.

Normally we'll select a nice lightning bolt gobo and put it into one of our Legend 2000's. The intelligent light has a strobe feature that we can use to some selected sound FX and it makes for some pretty convincing lightning.

I personally have only had a few bumps and bruises. But on the other hand I've watched others receive substantial injuries in our theatre. including crawling into a metal spike up in the ceiling rafters resulting in several stitches. Also I saw one of those metal bars that run up the middle of...

I want more stage wing space, with side doors that I can actually fit sets through, and a full run on the fly system.

I'm in the process of preparing my theatre for a very large production in April. In preparation for such a large show using many flies I want to give the entire fly system a good coating of grease. Does anyone have any idea what kind fo grease one would use on the purchases of a fly system? I'm...

Hello all. I just recently found out from my director of this forum. I've been doing theatre work in my communities elementary, middle, and high schools for the past 5 years. Graduating during year two doesn't stop me from going back to work on even more shows. Today I currently attend SUNY...