I'm writing a proposal outline for our TD to submit to the school to obtain funding for additional instruments. (Mind you, he has worked over 20 years in a successful regional theatre, and still works there.) With that in mind, I asked him what his feelings where, and he told me 25-40... thousand dollars. With scrollers and everything, he said. I find it very hard to believe that the school will do anything besides get angry at such a large proposal. I said we should probably discuss some of our needs and he told me to look into it and bring back some numbers.
Well I've been giving it some thought, but wanted to defer to some higher CB power on some of the points. I know my school pretty well, and I can safely say we're looking at 3-4k here, maximum. With that in mind I tried to think of where our theatre is most behind, knowing that PAR and fresnel technology hasn't had any major changes lately, I've set my sights on our 1KL6-20s, 1KL6-30s, and 4.5" Zooms (of the same series.) All of those instruments infuriate me. They're in such disrepair. My understanding is these are the instruments we, essentially, trash picked from the city's previous theatre shop, after they closed their doors. (I was working on one for an hour today at rehearsal. I ended up using my WonderBarII, great tool suggestion Ship, to pry out the lamp assembly, as it would not come out. When I went to remove the old lamp, I realized only half of it was there, the other half was inside the instrument. Apparently those instruments are really hard to disassemble, or someone used lock-tight on the screws.)
The solution, to me at least, is S4s. I was looking into what angle instruments to recommend, and I remembered Gaff's advice on EDLT: Not for highschool. The 14º instruments have EDLT standard, and cost $100 over the price of a standard S4. My next thought was drop in irises. I can throw 'em in any S4 and use 'em. I can get adjustable beam diameters, it seems like the perfect compromise. It's 75 dollars as opposed to 100, but it gives me some more flexibility and modularity. So my thought now is to add 3 S419ºs (ontop of our 5 = 8 total), 4 26º instruments, 4 36º instruments, 2 50º instruments, some goodies like 6 drop in irises, and 6 donuts, and lamps, with a few spares. Any thoughts on this? Anything I'm missing?
I'm wondering what the life expectancy of say a City Theatrical drop in iris is? If I were to leave a couple in some 19º instruments, locked in at around 14º, can I expect those to die quickly?
(By the way, I'm recommending 575W long life lamps. I figure it won't eat up our gel, destroy templates or accessories as quickly, save money on power, vs. the 750W lamp, and last for a heck of a lot longer than the normal lamp. Thoughts on that idea?)
Well I've been giving it some thought, but wanted to defer to some higher CB power on some of the points. I know my school pretty well, and I can safely say we're looking at 3-4k here, maximum. With that in mind I tried to think of where our theatre is most behind, knowing that PAR and fresnel technology hasn't had any major changes lately, I've set my sights on our 1KL6-20s, 1KL6-30s, and 4.5" Zooms (of the same series.) All of those instruments infuriate me. They're in such disrepair. My understanding is these are the instruments we, essentially, trash picked from the city's previous theatre shop, after they closed their doors. (I was working on one for an hour today at rehearsal. I ended up using my WonderBarII, great tool suggestion Ship, to pry out the lamp assembly, as it would not come out. When I went to remove the old lamp, I realized only half of it was there, the other half was inside the instrument. Apparently those instruments are really hard to disassemble, or someone used lock-tight on the screws.)
The solution, to me at least, is S4s. I was looking into what angle instruments to recommend, and I remembered Gaff's advice on EDLT: Not for highschool. The 14º instruments have EDLT standard, and cost $100 over the price of a standard S4. My next thought was drop in irises. I can throw 'em in any S4 and use 'em. I can get adjustable beam diameters, it seems like the perfect compromise. It's 75 dollars as opposed to 100, but it gives me some more flexibility and modularity. So my thought now is to add 3 S419ºs (ontop of our 5 = 8 total), 4 26º instruments, 4 36º instruments, 2 50º instruments, some goodies like 6 drop in irises, and 6 donuts, and lamps, with a few spares. Any thoughts on this? Anything I'm missing?
I'm wondering what the life expectancy of say a City Theatrical drop in iris is? If I were to leave a couple in some 19º instruments, locked in at around 14º, can I expect those to die quickly?
(By the way, I'm recommending 575W long life lamps. I figure it won't eat up our gel, destroy templates or accessories as quickly, save money on power, vs. the 750W lamp, and last for a heck of a lot longer than the normal lamp. Thoughts on that idea?)
Last edited: