candyfreak
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So this would be my first post, somewhat informal, I know =P.
Anyhow, my school theatre was renovated about 6 months ago, and within the last month and a half we just received our new drapes (Legs, Traveler & Cyc), and I finally have the opportunity to get fixtures in the air. Now over the years it was common practice to just get as many floods as one could on the pipe and gel them RGB to try and get a nice even wash.
I want to try and maximize fixture usage, seeing as we have a pretty small inventory (16 s4's 26 degree, 21 6"fresnels 500W, & 19 Floods [asymmetrical reflector], 3 altman lekolites) so I was wondering how many (or few) fixtures I could use to evenly light the cyc from I'd say about 3 feet and how far spaced.
I would preferably like to have clusters of 4 floods (RGBA) but Clusters of 3 (RGB) are just fine.
The cyc measures about 20 feet high by 28 feet wide. The pipe is about 3 feet away from the cyc. We do have some space limitations (our stage is only 27'5" wide and 20 feet deep) just to keep in mind. As well as circuit limitations, we have 48 sockets, however each circuit has 2 sockets per box, and the circuit boxes are paralleled, meaning we only have 12 seperate circuits.
Any Help would be appreciated!
(PS the fixtures used are pictured here: Lighting - Types of Lantern - www.theatrecrafts.com first section, and the diagram to the far right. We use 500 watt linear osram lamps.)
Anyhow, my school theatre was renovated about 6 months ago, and within the last month and a half we just received our new drapes (Legs, Traveler & Cyc), and I finally have the opportunity to get fixtures in the air. Now over the years it was common practice to just get as many floods as one could on the pipe and gel them RGB to try and get a nice even wash.
I want to try and maximize fixture usage, seeing as we have a pretty small inventory (16 s4's 26 degree, 21 6"fresnels 500W, & 19 Floods [asymmetrical reflector], 3 altman lekolites) so I was wondering how many (or few) fixtures I could use to evenly light the cyc from I'd say about 3 feet and how far spaced.
I would preferably like to have clusters of 4 floods (RGBA) but Clusters of 3 (RGB) are just fine.
The cyc measures about 20 feet high by 28 feet wide. The pipe is about 3 feet away from the cyc. We do have some space limitations (our stage is only 27'5" wide and 20 feet deep) just to keep in mind. As well as circuit limitations, we have 48 sockets, however each circuit has 2 sockets per box, and the circuit boxes are paralleled, meaning we only have 12 seperate circuits.
Any Help would be appreciated!
(PS the fixtures used are pictured here: Lighting - Types of Lantern - www.theatrecrafts.com first section, and the diagram to the far right. We use 500 watt linear osram lamps.)