Air Con & punters
Mon, 26 Oct 2009, 02:49 pmJoeMc18 posts in thread
Air Con & punters
Mon, 26 Oct 2009, 02:49 pmJust a thought, as the weather is warming up at day time Matinée, especialy if it has not been used for a while. A good idea is to run the system for while prior to opening the house, this allows the air return system filter to clean up the air. Especialy in very old buildings with open frame roof viod structures.
I went along to Garrick for the Sunday Matinée of Hotel Sorento, when I took my seat in the back row the ceiling fans were on, but as the show started they switch from fans to the ducted air con. Good idea as the bcollected heat of the punters started to rise, as most were from the blue rinse set it started to become cooler. Then about 10 minutes into the show the coughs & weezes started, brought on by the dust in the air & became like a mexican wave for a lot of the first half. By the end of the act the air return filters had caught up & scrubbed up the air & the coughs abated.
It's something to think about as we come into summer, especialy when considering our punters in preference to economy.
One thing which I though was quite specky was the blue light spill from the FOH bar lights. It was a great effect on the back of the heads of the front row punters. It realy set off the rinse in thier hair do's.
Also the ambient light coming from under the eaves of the roof into the auditorium, assisted the odd punters going to the loo & helped the warm props moving around the set in the blue outs.
I only seen the first half, I enjoyed It & the set worked well!
Housekeeping is a good
Mon, 2 Nov 2009, 10:17 amHousekeeping is a good piont Don! I'll have to remember next time I'm in garrick to have a quick sqiz at what is on the Foh Bar. Last time I was tghere the bubble in my Maglite had blown. I do need to get to Alltronics & pickup an LED conversion kit - Although I might wait, as there is only about 50 odd shoplifting days left untill christmas! might hang in there & wait in great expectation?
i wonder how many venues actualy clean thier gear & especialy the air con filters, seeing we are about to hit the swetty season again.
Invarabily as they out of sight & mind they are forgotten. Much the same as a lot of lights hanging growing cobwebs and acres of dirt 'n dust. Where by a quick clean will impove thier efficeincy, life & output.
As for what lamps are used where or why? In most cases the tendancy it to just work with what ever is hanging & focus from there, because it's quicker to just change the gel or why worry just leave them in open white - Gawd we are slack!
I'm afraid I'll keep using fresnels or even floods where ever, not restricting them to just the 'X' wash or work lights.
Adrian Samoiloff got some great effects from the use of Sunray batens, when Strand developed them back in the 40's. The Paul Robeson pajamas or the Ascot scene from My Fair Lady comes to mind, where the costumes colours changed completly at justthe flick of a light switch, all down to the Samoiloff effects & the mood use of floods.