maninashed
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Hi folks, just wondering if anyone has any advice on Robe Moving Heads. The college I work for is getting a new theatre next May (black box, 240 capacity) and we have been told we are getting 4 Robe Clubspot 250 CTs and 6 Robe Clubwash 250CTs, in addition to various Profiles, Fresnels and Parcans.
My only worry is that the CTs look to be at the cheaper end of the Robe range, and some websites selling them seem to imply that they are more suited for clubs and TV studios, rather than theatre. Our new space will be used for a couple of musicals each year, as well as BTEC acting performances (contemporary rather than classic theatre acting) and occasional band nights - so it's a mixed bag of applications really. The college does not have the funding to get anything more expensive, but I was wondering if the 'less is more' theory applies to intelligent lighting - as in, would it be better to get say, 4-6 better moving heads (Macs or better Robes) or stick with the 10 cheaper end CT range we have pencilled in to be bought for next May?
I suppose the other issue is that some students will probably get involved with using the lights, so we don't want them to be too valuable just in case some muppet gets a bit heavy handed with one of them, but at the same time I don't want to be designing lighting sequences whilst spending the whole time regretting that we got the wrong lights...
Any advice would be most appreciated.
My only worry is that the CTs look to be at the cheaper end of the Robe range, and some websites selling them seem to imply that they are more suited for clubs and TV studios, rather than theatre. Our new space will be used for a couple of musicals each year, as well as BTEC acting performances (contemporary rather than classic theatre acting) and occasional band nights - so it's a mixed bag of applications really. The college does not have the funding to get anything more expensive, but I was wondering if the 'less is more' theory applies to intelligent lighting - as in, would it be better to get say, 4-6 better moving heads (Macs or better Robes) or stick with the 10 cheaper end CT range we have pencilled in to be bought for next May?
I suppose the other issue is that some students will probably get involved with using the lights, so we don't want them to be too valuable just in case some muppet gets a bit heavy handed with one of them, but at the same time I don't want to be designing lighting sequences whilst spending the whole time regretting that we got the wrong lights...
Any advice would be most appreciated.