Why So Many Moving Lights?

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Might be what's available, or what fits in the grid from either a weight, size, or electrical capacity perspective.

 

Also, don't think that they were necessarily bought all at once. They might have bought a few to begin with and then when they went shopping again, they found something that fit their needs better, so they bought those then.

 

They could also be rented.

 

Oh, I wasn't thinking cruise ship. Usually I don't associate boats and stage lighting.

 

The MAC600 has CMY. It's one of the older CMY fixtures. It's been an industry standard for what is termed as "forever" in the modern automated lighting industry. It's a great wash fixture and still regularly goes out on tours.

 

it is like asking why does a show use fresnels, S4's, parcans, and birdies.

They all have a differnt job to do. The designer is also an buisness man. You need to figure out if a par can will do where you were going to use a s4 its economics. The same goes for moving lights. A mac 2k costs more then a mac 250 so if you can use a 250 then you get hired a again

JH

 

Exactly! However, Len's point also applies - weight, both hanging and trucking, and power are never in endless supply.

-jjf

 

Don't forget to take noise into account, or temperature. In the theatre world, noise of the moving lights is very important where it is of little concern for a concert.

 

I like using different fixtures from different manufactuers on one show. Martins Cyan is different than High Ends cyan, just like High Ends Cyan is different than Clay Paky's Cyan, which is different than Robe's Cyan. You get the Picture. So it gives you some cool contrast. Its just like Roscos's blue is not the same as Lee's blue. The most recient show I did was La Mafia, we used 12 Mac 600, 6 Cyberlight Turbos, and 6 Mac 500's. I mix martin, coemar, and highend a lot b/c thats usually what i have hanging around. I never see our clay paky's. A lot of the time you spec what you know is easily availiable. If i spec 34 Mac 2ks I know every town we go into will not have 32 Mac 2ks. So you do have to take that into consideration.