Hey New Member Here

[bradleywolak]

hey everyone, i just joined today and i would just like to know what this whole fourm is about. I am a high school student, who is the head of student lighting design and lighting operations. I typically build and work on 3 to 4 productions a year and a musical every other year. This year, i have completed a comedy improv show (in a black box theatre setting) a lower school pirate show and a elaborate high school show. I have designed the lighting for all of these shows. Right now i am also working on a paper for my production design and technology class and i need some help on the history of the intelligent lighting fixture. Thanks for everyone who replies and i am happy to be apart of the controlbooth web forum.

 

[derekleffew]

Welcome Bradley!

Since you asked what CB is all about, perhaps a re-iteration of our mission statement is appropriate:

To provide a venue for discussion, information exchange, and technical advice, related to technical theatre, in a casual and fun atmosphere that fosters friendships among its membership.

To answer your other question,
Most will point you to the Vari*lite in a bull-ring in Barcelona in 1981 for the band Genesis (see company history), but moving lights (try to resist the urge to call them "intelligent lights"--ain't nothing intelligent about them!) were around in some manner way before that.

Look in your local libraries for the book [URL='http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240812220/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0240807030&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1QG4WKCZ39H7JS8EFNB6"]Automated Lighting[/URL] by Richard Cadena, Focal Press, 2006, the most comprehensive book that exists on the topic.

See also the thread: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting/676-history-intelligent-lighting.html.

 

[bradleywolak]

Thanks for the information