katieeelauren
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Hi everyone!
I'm hoping someone can offer some helpful advice here. I am a student, and while I have experience working in a theatre, I do not have any experience with outdoor events. I managed to get myself into a project and well I guess that as a lighting student I'm expected to know what products should be bought for this venue. The venue consists of a veryy small wooden platform/stage and a grass lawn that is on a downward incline towards the stage. Events have been held here during the day but now they are looking to be able to do shows into the night. The guy in charge sent me this link: Amazon.com: On-Stage Stands Backline Lighting Stand with Truss: Electronics. Now this is where I really need some clarification. For the record, I know nothing about trusses. His interpretation was that the truss would be positioned directly in front of the stage. I looked at a lot of pictures online and saw that this is where the truss was positioned, BUT the stages were much larger than the one that we are trying to light. There's maybe a foot (if that) between the artists and the down stage edge. This led me to think that the truss should be placed a distance back from the stage... but then we run into the issue of the incline. Any advice?
Also, he's interested in getting some par cans. The only experience I have with par cans is using par64s as work lights in the theatre. I don't know what size would be reasonable for this type of project.
Any thoughts or advice would be so appreciated. Thanks!
I'm hoping someone can offer some helpful advice here. I am a student, and while I have experience working in a theatre, I do not have any experience with outdoor events. I managed to get myself into a project and well I guess that as a lighting student I'm expected to know what products should be bought for this venue. The venue consists of a veryy small wooden platform/stage and a grass lawn that is on a downward incline towards the stage. Events have been held here during the day but now they are looking to be able to do shows into the night. The guy in charge sent me this link: Amazon.com: On-Stage Stands Backline Lighting Stand with Truss: Electronics. Now this is where I really need some clarification. For the record, I know nothing about trusses. His interpretation was that the truss would be positioned directly in front of the stage. I looked at a lot of pictures online and saw that this is where the truss was positioned, BUT the stages were much larger than the one that we are trying to light. There's maybe a foot (if that) between the artists and the down stage edge. This led me to think that the truss should be placed a distance back from the stage... but then we run into the issue of the incline. Any advice?
Also, he's interested in getting some par cans. The only experience I have with par cans is using par64s as work lights in the theatre. I don't know what size would be reasonable for this type of project.
Any thoughts or advice would be so appreciated. Thanks!
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