I agree with playtesting this concept. Could work just fine each time if set up and gelled sufficiently. (
ETC now makes a
cyc light using the
HPL lamp), but it takes focusing of the lights and how many fixtures is it per
cyc light in budget was not answered. Given a six
cell cyc light or even three
cell cyc, how many S-4
PAR fixtures does this equal for you? At some
point if talking apples for a 6cell and oranges for three S-4
PAR's, than you are loosing a
bit in beam spread.
American DJ makes a
cyc light. A shame we never heard back from the past student that found himself stuck with his school buying such a
cyc light - especially if HIR lamps were installed within it. It was not the most high tech or rated in wattage or quality of a
cyc. This but if a budget is declaired, perhaps in such a going some cheap crap
cyc light that will reflect the same light on the source and also having money in the budget left for some other equipment is possible, perhaps it might be an option if the
cyc option is not used much.
You did not mention what brand of
cyc light you were looking into either. Not all
cyc lights are created equal both by way of list price or actual quality.
S-4 cans are useful, so perhaps are more useful for the
stage a
Parnel in somewhat filling both gaps. ON the other
hand until you have done a downlight full
stage strip/
cyc light wash say for blue or some lavender
effect, you limit yourself in atmosphere. Say take them cycs and
gel them all the same or a mixture of magical colors. Than instead of focusing them on the
cyc, just create a wall of color and light so thick you can feel it over or projecting upon the talent. For an atmosphere, nothing can
beat a full
stage wash from
cyc/boarder lights. Might be ancient in technique but still can be useful.
I would go with the
cyc lights and the S-4 pars. But for the
stage, the
Cyc light is a more basic requirement than the
jack of all trades but mastering nothing
PAR.