I have been tasked with procurring the lighting equipment for my church as we move into a new permanent facility. We are a contemporary church (full band), and will have a few motion lights and color changers. However, my primary question concerns the front lighting.
The quote that we got from the lighting supplier has a mixture of fresnels and Source-4's as the front lighting. I have never used fresnels as a front lighting (I always used them for downs). I believe the concept that the company is proposing is to use the fresnels to create a flat wash across the stage and use the S4's for special lighting.
I am a relative newbie, but I have always used ellipsoidals for front lighting. I am basically familiar with the McCandless lighting method and 3 point lighting. My vision (before I got their quote) was to use two S4's per lighting position for front lighting at roughly 45 degrees from center, and to add back lighting for depth, and color changers for down (effect lighting).
Does anyone have any comments about using fresnels for front light? What are the advantages?
We will also have a haze machine, and I am not sure whether that affects the ellipsoidal vs. fresnel question.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
James
The quote that we got from the lighting supplier has a mixture of fresnels and Source-4's as the front lighting. I have never used fresnels as a front lighting (I always used them for downs). I believe the concept that the company is proposing is to use the fresnels to create a flat wash across the stage and use the S4's for special lighting.
I am a relative newbie, but I have always used ellipsoidals for front lighting. I am basically familiar with the McCandless lighting method and 3 point lighting. My vision (before I got their quote) was to use two S4's per lighting position for front lighting at roughly 45 degrees from center, and to add back lighting for depth, and color changers for down (effect lighting).
Does anyone have any comments about using fresnels for front light? What are the advantages?
We will also have a haze machine, and I am not sure whether that affects the ellipsoidal vs. fresnel question.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
James