ideas and suggestions
Wed, 7 Apr 2004, 08:14 pmryno7 posts in thread
ideas and suggestions
Wed, 7 Apr 2004, 08:14 pmI've got some questions about the rig I'm planning to use as LD of a small budget musical. It will be performed in a community hall. The stage is about 6x7x5, raised 1m off the ground, and the two FOH lighting bars angled into the stage are on the ceiling and about 5m out, one on prompt and one on O/P. I can't use our pushup stands as they don't achieve enough angle to stop washing out the cyc.
1. Would a pattern 23 be of considerably less intensity than an acclaim 650w PC? And would using 2 PC's across the front of stage at a 5m throw illuminate adequately? (I have no central FOH rigging position so I'll split the stage in two, and using 4 PC's across FOH will increase costs since I have two major lighting states gelled up differently).
2. I have to use 4 pairs of 110v par 64's somewhere as we are at a premium with lights to hire. I'm thinking of using them (at 50%) above stage as a general wash, however I'll need to diffuse them. How can I control the spill though? I'd rather use them on-stage rather than FOH since the spill looks worse when seen all over the proscenium rather than all over the stage.
Any opinions, suggestions?
Thanks,
Ryan Alexander
1. Would a pattern 23 be of considerably less intensity than an acclaim 650w PC? And would using 2 PC's across the front of stage at a 5m throw illuminate adequately? (I have no central FOH rigging position so I'll split the stage in two, and using 4 PC's across FOH will increase costs since I have two major lighting states gelled up differently).
2. I have to use 4 pairs of 110v par 64's somewhere as we are at a premium with lights to hire. I'm thinking of using them (at 50%) above stage as a general wash, however I'll need to diffuse them. How can I control the spill though? I'd rather use them on-stage rather than FOH since the spill looks worse when seen all over the proscenium rather than all over the stage.
Any opinions, suggestions?
Thanks,
Ryan Alexander
Re: ideas and suggestions
Thu, 15 Apr 2004, 11:28 pmThanks to the people who replied to my first post, it did give me some ideas. The gist of my final rig goes something like this:
Beyond my control, four of the eight par 64's are now 240v wide beams. These combined with my four 110v pairs will be my wash lights from the LX bars, since when they are combined they now cover the whole stage. Possibly getting some heavy spun frost gels to diffuse the pars a bit.
I am bolting 3 C hooks to the girder that runs across FOH, both on O/P and P. Then clamping a standard alloy pipe on each side across the three C hooks and rigging a limited amount of lights off them, including FOH wash lights (Pattern 743's) and some QI's for a wash down on the hall floor, where some action is taking place.
Pattern 23's as well as some Par 38's (which i would like to barndoor somehow? lol) will be my on stage specials as we have them available and it keeps hire costs down.
So there you have my best solution...any comments?
Ryan
Beyond my control, four of the eight par 64's are now 240v wide beams. These combined with my four 110v pairs will be my wash lights from the LX bars, since when they are combined they now cover the whole stage. Possibly getting some heavy spun frost gels to diffuse the pars a bit.
I am bolting 3 C hooks to the girder that runs across FOH, both on O/P and P. Then clamping a standard alloy pipe on each side across the three C hooks and rigging a limited amount of lights off them, including FOH wash lights (Pattern 743's) and some QI's for a wash down on the hall floor, where some action is taking place.
Pattern 23's as well as some Par 38's (which i would like to barndoor somehow? lol) will be my on stage specials as we have them available and it keeps hire costs down.
So there you have my best solution...any comments?
Ryan