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My big jobs at the moment are to design the lighting rig for the Panto, and to see if I can work out a way of getting colour onto any of the floods we have available. The first is going well, but is largely reliant on the second, which isn't.
Basically, we've got no lights which are good for getting a good strong wash of colour across the stage... We've got some floods that have been tweaked to make them usable on a lighting rig, but none of them are proper stage floods... they don't have any means of attaching a colourframe, and any attempts to bodge a gel onto them so far have resulted in a burning gel.
I've got two of these floods at home at the moment, waiting for me to see if I can come up with a method of bodging it which isn't likely to result in meltyness. If can't make it work, then I'll need to resort to using the battens, which are... less good than they could be.
Edit: I may have found a place that can sell me some second hand Parcans for £15 a pop, which would be handy. I may have to mention that to the people who hold the purse strings.
Incidentally, if you know of anybody who wants in with techy stuff, set related stuff or any suchlike... get in touch. Or with general performance stuff, for that matter. Rehearsals are Tuesdays & Thursdays, but there's also techy, set buildy stuff on Sunday mornings which could probably do with more people to help out.
Health & Plagues:
Chest infection: Still lingering, but much improved. I reckon it'll be gone by next weekend.
Stomach bug: This morning, my digestive system finally worked out what it's actually meant to do with the stuff I eat.
Sleep: I managed to get an early night last night and so I'm much refreshed. I'll be trying for another tonight... let's see how I do.
Which means that I'm nearly clear of plague. It's been a fortnight, and I've kind of forgotten what I'm actually meant to do when not pummelling my immune system with multiple diseases...
The whole "early night" thing does mean that I'll probably give swimming a miss tonight.
My big jobs at the moment are to design the lighting rig for the Panto, and to see if I can work out a way of getting colour onto any of the floods we have available. The first is going well, but is largely reliant on the second, which isn't.
Basically, we've got no lights which are good for getting a good strong wash of colour across the stage... We've got some floods that have been tweaked to make them usable on a lighting rig, but none of them are proper stage floods... they don't have any means of attaching a colourframe, and any attempts to bodge a gel onto them so far have resulted in a burning gel.
I've got two of these floods at home at the moment, waiting for me to see if I can come up with a method of bodging it which isn't likely to result in meltyness. If can't make it work, then I'll need to resort to using the battens, which are... less good than they could be.
Edit: I may have found a place that can sell me some second hand Parcans for £15 a pop, which would be handy. I may have to mention that to the people who hold the purse strings.
Incidentally, if you know of anybody who wants in with techy stuff, set related stuff or any suchlike... get in touch. Or with general performance stuff, for that matter. Rehearsals are Tuesdays & Thursdays, but there's also techy, set buildy stuff on Sunday mornings which could probably do with more people to help out.
Health & Plagues:
Chest infection: Still lingering, but much improved. I reckon it'll be gone by next weekend.
Stomach bug: This morning, my digestive system finally worked out what it's actually meant to do with the stuff I eat.
Sleep: I managed to get an early night last night and so I'm much refreshed. I'll be trying for another tonight... let's see how I do.
Which means that I'm nearly clear of plague. It's been a fortnight, and I've kind of forgotten what I'm actually meant to do when not pummelling my immune system with multiple diseases...
The whole "early night" thing does mean that I'll probably give swimming a miss tonight.
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2007-10-31 16:11 (UTC)no subject
2007-10-31 16:18 (UTC)The problem is basically that we don't have the kit to throw a good amount of strong colour...
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2007-10-31 16:24 (UTC)no subject
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2007-10-31 17:17 (UTC)£15 per par can is pretty damn good.
For gels on lights generally you may get a lot of burning dust which is usually ok and stops after a while. When I can't fit gel on a light I cut it really large and tape it over the front loosly in an arc (kinda television style) so it covers the front but leaves air flow round the sides. If you are ok with some white spill firing backwards that is usually ok.
If the people putting on a panto are being tight with cash give them a slap. :-)
Amazing that people are usually happy to spend a fortune on costume and actors (which is fine) and then expect you to do wonders with nothing for lighting!
Good luck with it all!
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2007-10-31 17:43 (UTC)As for taping on the gels - the floods in question are shaped so the lamps are very close to the opening. I experimented with taping on the gels at the last production, and it burned a hole clean through the gel in just a couple of minutes!
Basically, I think I need to rig a frame to hold the gel further from the lamp, and that will let hot air escape, but in a way that's not going to let too much open white escape around it.