Ahahha, good to see I am not the only one who has used MSN/Text speak here, I kinda got my head snapped off :
neutral: But I have learnt that spell check functions are verrrrrrrrrrrrry usefull. Finally a post that I can reply to with somting I know absoloutely! Okay, for starters, you
point it at the person. Then you check you are in the right place and wait till you hear "Spot's up in 3, 2, 1," then you use the slider either on the side of the
followspot or near it, this is called a "
Dimmer" it controlls the
intensity of the light, then, there are controlls to change the size of the beam, I can't tell you exactly how it is, becuase I have not seen it myself, (if you are considering posting more often learn that a, these guys like good or atleast readable grammar, and b, they love specs, as do I, I can just
throw it into Google, and get what I want) then you may have filters, that add colour to your spot, "Rose" or pink style filters are used just to soften the light, and all the other colours are basicly just to do
figure 8's in party/disco scenes. And to do them, you turn it in a
figure 8 shape.
Good luck with your show,
Nick