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Creative lighting helps the Logos Theatre Project in Romania and Hope and Homes for Children Would your school or company like to help? Click on "Romanian Project." Foundation Stone Eurythmy Lighting and Staging research project for further information (click on Eurythmy Lighting) and Foundation Stone updates.
Need more flexibility with your existing light rig then take a look at “The
Puppeteer”
News, Drama teachers, do you have problems reaching your lights? Is it health and safety problems reaching your lights ? Does it take you hours just to get the tower out, then persuade the Caretaker to go up it? or have only a few lights, need to get more use out of them, then this is what you need . The "Puppeteer" a very useful refocusing devices that bolts onto your lights scroll down for more information. Turns your light into a refocusable unit . You won't be going up that ladder so much . Special
discount to schools in the UK . “The puppeteer” is an economical and very useful lighting accessory which drama teachers, and professional lighting technicians who have only a small operating budget are finding incredibly useful. Saves hours if not days of your time, increases the amount of lighting positions of one light to as many as you need during a production or general school use. To be able to move your existing lights with fingertip control from your lighting desk, is what most technicians need and want. It saves time and is definitely helps to get around the health and safety access problem too. The bolt on accessory unit is known as the puppeteer (See picture below.) It will be controlled direct from the faders of a DMX desk, or if you don’t have one of those DMX desks then a hand held remote joy stick can be supplied to switch between 6 units. The idea is to refocus a stage light when it has faded off, or if the light is left on then it becomes a simple moving light. If your desk is a memory desk then the positions can be saved with each lighting cue state.
Realistically its better to have more than 1 unit, the last time I used a lighting rig with 6 units during a Shakespeare production, I found these 6 units gave me the equivalent of 36 Lights! So if you can build up towards 6 or more units you would have a very flexible lighting rig and cut down the need of getting the ladder or scaffolding tower out. Being able to refocus the unit many times even during the show as well is fantastic, suddenly you have the potential to light almost any where in the on stage or even in different parts of the auditorium. If you would like further information then contact John Watson 01773 712130 or email at john@light-design-ed.demon.co.uk If I can be of further help about this or any other productions matters then just contact Creative Lighting Design.
The workshop tour inset training next term
Creative Lighting design Education Initiative a series of in-school & inset training days please phone for dates. Led by John Watson. His professional knowledge, gained over 30 years experience in theatre, allows him to present these workshops in a very exciting way, creating the live theatre environment in the class room, through the use of of a practical "Hands on" approach with his famous room size model theatre. By joining one of the inset days you can brush up on the uses of all types of common lighting equipment found in schools and colleges and small venues. No previous experience is necessary. Come and find out how easy it is to operate manual and simple memory lighting control desks. Ask as many questions as you like. "If you teach performing arts subjects at any level then come to one of these workshops. It's guaranteed to be a great help - and you'll have great fun too." C Todd, Head of Drama, Royds Hall High school, Huddersfield. See workshops for dates
For bookings and further information about this
workshop : 
John@light-design-ed.demon.co.uk "The students were just "Gob Smacked " as later lessons have shown just how much they had gained. They now can't wait to visit the theatre to put their new found knowledge into practice so much so I think they'll only notice the lighting effects! I'll certainly recommend you at the next Moderation Meeting." Ann Percival Head of Drama Thirsk School North Yorkshire. Phone:
01773 712130
Tip of the month: Did you know you can use a spot
light to project 35mm slides, or one of your own gobos designed on your PC
and printed onto plastic transparencies? I just happened to be driving past Rhelms Cathedral on
my way back from giving a workshop in Stuttgart. My wife phoned and said can I
take a picture of Joan of Arc on horse back outside the cathedral. This
was needed for the last act of "St. Joan" by Bernard Shaw, being performed at the
local Steiner school. So at 7am I was seen clambering around the statue trying to
get a good angle. Later on at home I scanned the image onto my PC and then printed
it onto an ink jet transparency. Then I cut it out and put it in the
"gate" of the new "cool light" a Selecon
pacific 12-28 zoom spot with a 600w lamp running at 57% for 15minutes or longer.
For further information take a look at Selecon's web site on Seleconlight.com or
come to one of my workshops. Caution only use a Selecon cool
pacific for projecting plastic gobos. Putting plastic gobos in all other types
of profile spots will burn! John Watson is a volunteer supporter of the Charity work of
Hope and Homes
for children. If you would like more information or a talk from
him or from one
of their speakers, information about their excellent school pack then visit their website at www.hopeandhomes.org
or contact John. A family and a future for young victims of
war and disasters. Jester for Educational Workshops 10th Oct 2005 - Zero 88 Sponsor Creative Lighting
Design Zero 88 Lighting has sponsored Creative Lighting
Design (UK) with one of their new Jester lighting consoles as part of their
ongoing educational support programme. |
