Recent content by TimeWarpedSR

techiesdoitinthedark and I have said the phrase "Lets get it on" before ever show since the 8th grade..like she said..it alwalys proves for a good show..that and a little bit of pre-show face stuffing with my famous opening night cookies....

I recently saw the phantom of the opera, and during a few scenes there were candles that seemed to rise up and float just above stages and move all around, maybe in patterns..can anyone tell me what this effect is and how its done?

Schniapereli, thats it, and I read through the manual but I was still lost, the sensitivity is as far up as it can go, but the problem is I need it to keep on, when its in the stand alone mode, it clicks off every time the orchestra stops playing. My getto-rigged fix was to stick an earbud of an...

Our director recently got us a new toy, called the Oceana, but the problem is, I'm not really sure how to get it to work properly. I can make it flicker on and off, but that's about it. It says its suppose to "Project a wave-like pattern of blue multi-rays due to an exclusive "S" shaped linear...

if you do use cap guns be careful...some stupid actor managed to shoot a small hole through the scrim...now you have nice little pin of light if you light it from the back...

Our theater group wanted one so bad during Les Miz and Titanic...if only if only...our getto rigged version..chicken wire and a 'ell of a lot of christmas lights set to twinkle mode...not even joking....*sigh*

Oh boy do i know about hated equipment. I'm the head light tech, and we have to work with the stuff that the school.."provided" (we get no funding from them). We have had to resort to what our crew refers to as "ghetto rigging". That means making safety cables out of old wiring removed from the...

Hey, I know how you feel, low budget high school theaters can't afford gaff tape..so we've been told. Just remember the second secret weapon...goo

In my booth, due to poverty we use duct tape, I found that Goop-off works well on the duct tape, so you might want to give it a try.

Hey Guys, I'm glad to be aboard and on cue, I come from a small town with a tech group that believes firmly in getto-rigging and duct-tape (gaff tape is to expensive for us). I am The Light Mistress (head light tech) and work along side my good friend TechiesDoItInTheDark who is are resident...