i was advised to use R364 for the other set of lights, the musical is based in the 1920s.
R364 is a really saturated color for a wash light. I disagree. It's not going to go really well with 333 either I would not think, as their relative trans. levels are 32% and 71%. Disagree again. You will end up with a very blue stage with both washes at full. Absolutely incorrect. Try it and see for yourself. With a gel as saturated as R364 I would also be a little worried about burn-through if you are using 1Kw PARs. I've never burned through any color less saturated than R68 with any PAR lens. Something closer to R66 might give better results. Too much green to be flattering to any skin-tone.
Of course you may also want to keep in mind that blue and pink are not complimentary. True, but mixing to white probably isn't the desired effect.
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R33 or R34 and R64 are a very standard frontlight combination for dance. Since you're limited in fixtures and control, I'm assuming both of these will be straight on FRLT and you're not trying to do McCandless? (Over-rated in my experience and opinion--read Howard Bay's book, Stage Design, 1974.) I've never been happy with R333, not sure why, unless it's just that I don't like many of the R3XX colors. Too new.
It may make more sense to just use one color of FRLT, maybe R02 or N/C, and use the saved fixtures for crosslight, sidelight, or backlight, if you have the positions.
This is a very good point. We really can't provide exact colors unless you provide us with costume swatches and painter's elevations. Also your lighting concept, as well as the director's visions for the production....If I were designing I would look at the colors in the set as well as costumes before making any decisions. Your choice of colors for lighting can really mess with their colors if you are not careful. ...
Correction to my post. When he said "burned-through", I was thinking Bonanza, not fading color--which in inself is a misnomer--I'm going to try to use "bleached out" if I can remember from now on.I beg to differ...No you don't. (It's now Tuesday and we're still being argumentative?) We actually agree. It all depends on how long it runs. L201, L202, and L203 have all been bleached out in PAR-64s at work. Though, we do long shows (~3+ hours) that have long runs (often ~8+ weeks).--Sean
Tried it this afternoon, it did produce a noticeably blue tone with both instruments at full, but it did not look as bad as I expected. Also tried it with R66, which I didn't mind though it was a bit pale. Something in between might be nice, I rather liked it with R362.derekleffew said:Absolutely incorrect. Try it and see for yourself.
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