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[SketchyCroftPpl]

I dunno if the way we do it is really weird then. We have people building and painting the set for a few months (4 hrs a week only mind you) for a few months before the show starts. We each don't have specific jobs but if Lights need to get done then we do lights and if a scene needs building then we build it. About a week before the play they assign crew and LD and Sound Director and everything. In about 3 days they write all the cues for the show, then the dress rehersals for 3 days, and then the show goes up. But the entire crew has been working with the sets and script and everything for a few months beforehand. The only other thing that we do on the fly is concerts and such, but for those we just figure out a basic amount of light that looks good and use the main fader to take it down and up between acts.
~Nick

 

[Inaki2]

Thats fine, that how we did it in my school and it s a great way to do it in school...winging stuff is more part of the "real life" kinda thing, when budgets and crews and stuff gets in the way

 

[propmonkey]

we only program our plays and muscials. everything else i just run off subs.

 

[SketchyCroftPpl]

We also clear our lightboard after every show so that its new and "clean" and ready to be redone ... so that also makes it very hard to just have a bunch of standard cues for shows.
~Nick

 

[Inaki2]

Floppy disks?

 

[SuperCow]

The shows are programmed, and everything else I do live and often setting up from just our base house plot. So I hand all the lights, set up blocking with the SM, program the board, run the show, and take down all the lights I hung and reset the board. All in one day.

 

[RiskyWaves]

Thanks again for making this such an informative topic. I think I' just going to try and get some equiptment form my future director, when I get there.

thanks, Josh

 

[SuperCow]

Oh my god, I swear I'll get you for that... Matt, back me up on this!

Just kidding.

 

[Foxinabox10]

Where can you download demo versions of the lighting programs, especially High End's and Martin's?

 

[Inaki2]

High End has Hog PC at:
http://www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/downloads/

Martin has LightJockey for free and other stuff at:
www.martin.dk

 

[len]

The most up to date version of LJ is 2.6.8, officially listed as a beta, which can be accessed from the links in this post

http://www.martin.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7964

There's some new fixtures, and some bug fixes.

I'm starting to compile a feature list of some of the main features of various pc bmx programs.

This thread has more info.

http://start.prodj.com/viewtopic.php?t=20537