Yea, it would be really nice in that I thought we were talking about
footlights also at some
point an somewhere it became side lights or was that also moving lights kicked off
stage by the talent. In any case, jonhirsh you be nice also as if I am no doubt most above all. As long as it's understood that there is no spite, debate away and don't let me interfere. When helping others, that's another story.
Perhaps we should re-state and re-start the subject in what was this discussion about and the goals for the intent?
P.S. in my
intro to art class, an instructor of mine used to go around singing something like "Oh' Lord, it's art be humble."
Let's take the example of a
mini strip as a
shin-buster or more accurately as a side light vertically mounted. Say five feet tall and three banks of them from both sides of the
stage if not in addition to say a
wash from the front by way of
foot and top lights or all alone.
Even if all alone, let's re-design the typical application of a 50 degree
mini-strip. Such a
fixture would certainly be more dependable should it get kicked, much less have a more narrow
profile. This in addition to the fact that in the 5' of a
mini-strip, you normally have three circuits of lighting. How many circuits or colors of lighting within five
foot of a side light do you normally mount? Two color or do you try to squeeze in say nine fixtures per five
foot?
Some amount of color mixing can thus go on, or should one wish a two color side
wash, one can bulk up one of the three colors for more output given a three
circuit cyc fixture. Should one wish all one color, it certainly would have more light on target than that of a
Leko.
But for individual lamps, perhaps instead go 60 degree on the bottom, 36 degree on the middle and 16 degree towards the top of the
fixture, or even given a dual lamp per
circuit fixture mix it up. Optically, this range might just even out class the typical side light in at very least once the performers head towards the edges of the
stage, they won't be out of their light. For an amature performance, them not finding their light might be less a problem than.
None the less, this one bank of light when added to six of them from the sides and a few others, might just provide sufficient lighting. This much less a 75w but 12v lamp by way of efficiency and
beam angle might become at some
point similar in output.
As a side light is it the primary choice? Perhaps not in tradition. On the other
hand, can by design it be used? I think it's possible as a show's concept for a different look. Will it work? Don't know until tried. One can follow dogmatic training or experiment and go with a design concept.
Lamp all these MR-16 lamps for 55K in
color temperature or more possible for such lamps and it really would be unique look that might work. This in theory at least.