Director by default

[dafaith]

Hi,

I am a middle school theatre director in Central MN. My teaching degree is in music and I was a pianist and music director long before becoming the stage director at school. I have a wonderful assistant(the art teacher) and between the two us we handle everything. While I did go back to school to take some directing and lighting classes, I still feel very weak on the technical side of things.

I found this site while searching for a yellow brick road gobo. I am still searching. It appears none of the retail outlets in the Twin Cities stock either the Apollo or Lee brick road gobo.

So I am happy to find a haven of experienced technical directors to guide me along.

 

[techieman33]

Welcome to the site. You'll find that gobos are almost always special order items. With thousands of different ones out there it's hard to justify keeping a large stock when some might sit there for years, or never be sold. You just have to leave yourself plenty of lead time so your preferred supplier can get them in and then to you. And if your really in a pinch overnight shipping is usually available. Or you could try to make one yourself out of an old pie pan, or just about any other thin sheet metal.

 

[lwinters630]

You can order glass gobo's, Gel a metal gobo, or use Rosco Imagepro. A LCD projector is also an option in some situations.

 

[techieman33]

Glass and imagepro are a maybe at best unless we know his inventory. A 360q or leko would destroy either of those in short order. Just in case your local suppliers aren't taking care of you here's a list of vendors used by and approved by various CB members.

Dealers for Supplies and Equipment - ControlBooth

 

[Kelite]

Hi,

I am a middle school theatre director in Central MN. My teaching degree is in music and I was a pianist and music director long before becoming the stage director at school. I have a wonderful assistant(the art teacher) and between the two us we handle everything. While I did go back to school to take some directing and lighting classes, I still feel very weak on the technical side of things.

Good day dafaith, and thanks for joining us here at the ControlBooth forum!

In addition to specific theatre related solutions such as Yellow Brick Road gobos, general lighting ideas may be had within the pages of Apollo's Playbook list. Here are several examples of Apollo's playbook series:
http://downloads.goapollo.com/Streetcar Named Desire.pdf
http://downloads.goapollo.com/ArsenicAndOldLace.pdf
http://downloads.goapollo.com/Barefoot In The Park V.3.pdf
http://downloads.goapollo.com/Cat On A Hot Tin Roof V.3.pdf
http://downloads.goapollo.com/Death Of Salesman.pdf
http://downloads.goapollo.com/Of Mice and Men.pdf

There are more listed within the Apollo website, but this will get you started!

Welcome to the ControlBooth dafaith!

 

[dafaith]

Thank you all so very much. I will explore all of these options.