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I am doing a show where several of the characters are in a jailhouse lineup and have their picture taken as they walk down the line. Any ideas for a quick and easy camera flash? All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks! So that now allows me to both pan and tilt, but the light is now just running through a series of various colors and strobes. I don't seem to have any control over that.

Ok, I checked and they are all set to the correct profile. Any other ideas?

So I am having a difficulty patching four Elation Design Spots 575s into my ETC Ion board. From the board, I hit [Displays] then [Patch] and then I choose the channel and set the address. From there I choose the type: I click Type, find Elation, and I am given two options for Design Spot 575...

I am working on a project, and I am dealing with the question "Why do lighting designers do what they do?". I have my reasons, but I wanted to see what other people had to say on the subject. All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Ok, I feel so ashamed for having to ask this, but does anyone know what kind of follow spots are used for most professional theater? I am not referring to the large oblong ones with a longer throw, but the small short ones that almost look like source 4s with a giant circular lense on the front...

Sorry, what I meant was that we already have lamps we want to use, but we need to get power to all of them, and I need some kind of small battery system we can have at each table. Hope the clears things up...

Hey, I am designing our musical, Cabaret, and my director told me that she wants lights on every table that appears in the cabaret. Well, I am not about to wire every single one of these little lights, and I remember (when I knew nothing about theater) we used this battery pack type thing to...

Re: Proscenium BorderSorry, I should have mentioned that it is not me who will be wiring all of this, but it is my job to come up with a design...

So my school is putting on Cabaret, and my director just informed that she wants a border around the whole proscenium that will light up. I've only been running our tech for two years, and I am not very sure where to begin. I have a descent understanding of electricity and what not, but I need...

I too would like to know the answer to these...

Oh My God...you have no idea how often the head set director and I discuss "accidentally" spilling black paint on the stage, and then being "forced" to just paint the whole thing black. Believe me, I would almost kill to have a black deck.

I usually take my team and give them a quick speech about making me proud, and that if and when something goes wrong, get it fix. Even if it isn't your job to fix it, do it. I also remind them that there would be no show without any of us, and then our final "good luck" is we get in a circle...

Wow, I wasn't expecting any responses to my post (on all the other forums I go to, people just ignore the new member threads). Well, I currently am the head tech director for my schools drama program, which was voted one of the best in the state. Every year, we put on a fall drama, and a...

Thank you so much, and so sorry for not using the search, I completely forgot about using that. Again, thank you so much.