Goldartfrog
Member
Hello everyone, thanks in advance for any help.
I'm in charge of lighting for my high school theater, and we're putting on a show that would ideally have 12 specials.
This shouldn't be a problem, as they are marked out on the stage, except that our theater has a large truss that most lights are hung from. The only way to access the lights on the truss is to lower it, move each light with no reference as to where it will end up, and then raise it back up and hope you got them right. There have also been problems with the truss cables getting caught in the winches (things that have been fixed), however I would like to minimize the amount of raising/lowering we do with the truss.
My question is: Does anyone have any formulas, tricks, tools, measuring devices, or just general advice on how to aim lights when you can't see where they are going to throw?
I'm in charge of lighting for my high school theater, and we're putting on a show that would ideally have 12 specials.
This shouldn't be a problem, as they are marked out on the stage, except that our theater has a large truss that most lights are hung from. The only way to access the lights on the truss is to lower it, move each light with no reference as to where it will end up, and then raise it back up and hope you got them right. There have also been problems with the truss cables getting caught in the winches (things that have been fixed), however I would like to minimize the amount of raising/lowering we do with the truss.
My question is: Does anyone have any formulas, tricks, tools, measuring devices, or just general advice on how to aim lights when you can't see where they are going to throw?