scottmcgurk Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Hi Guys, Wonder if I can run a lighting arrangement past you in terms of fixtures and gel colours for an upcoming production of Oz.Been lighting for a while - but we're short on tech time this time round and I'm not going to get all the tweaking time I'd like! Would the below seem suitable (ie - I've not missed anything glaringly obvious)? Front Bay 28 x S4 Zoom 3 L117 Steel Blue 3 L103 Straw 2 O/W Front Bay 1 / LX Bar 1 / LX Bar 28 x Patt Fres 1K 2 L106 Pri Red 2 L147 Apricot 2 L156 Chocolate 2 O/W CYC 8 x 1k Flood 4 L202 Half CT Blue 4 L205 Half CT Orange Additional Specials In L124 Dark Green L139 Primary Green Additonal LX Front - 2 ROBIN Pointe Flown - 2+4 ROBIN Pointe I'm a little worried about the lack of blue in that arrangement - but the director is adamant they want the Sepia toning of the chocolate gels...There will be some LED fixtures (floods) both in the front and onstage positions - would I get away with using these for the blues when required or better to stick with conventional? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Erm, can't comment on gel colours but asking us to comment on fixtures is surely a little useless when you haven't provided either a plot or photos of the space? Even then it could be very difficult to advise? If it is a 35m x 15m stage with those bars it would be different to a 8m x 4m stage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Not knowing what you are trying to achieve, or the size of the stage, it's hard for us to advise, however, Robe Pointe's seem like a very odd choice. Wouldn't it make more sense to go for some wash lights, (Robin 600's?) especially if you're already worried by the lack of blue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bleasdale Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Having just finished a run of that show last night, I'd say scrap the pointes. Replace them with a mix of LED Wash 600 type fixtures and maybe some Mac 700s. The 700s are very useful in this show. Gel choice is pretty good too. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcgurk Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Cheers for your feedback guys. Sorry - I meant to include the stage metrics but forgot to do so, my bad!I've not yet finished a full plot for the stage yet, but can include some details to hopefully help. Proscenium Opening Width - 9.40mProscenium Opening Height - 5.25mStage Depth - 7.30mTab Line to Stage Edge - 1.65m Re the Pointes - yep, strange - but they come with the standard LX package from the theatre anyway. I've been looking into some more wash fixtures to see what I can do there - not sure if I'll get the budget off them for it, but it's their show I guess! Thanks again, feeling a bit more comfortable with what's going on now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley R Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Pointe's kind of seem like an odd selection as a standard part of a rig... Would have thought say some Mac Vipers would have been more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcgurk Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yep - would've liked to have seen some nice CMY in there - but apparently not...Not to worry - managed to get my hands on some Mac Auras to use so it's all good I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetLight Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Abit concerned about the lack of red and green in the rig, especially for oz's lair and the witches castle, also for the haunted forest. These three locations are where most of the action takes place, and gives a great feel to the look of the show and works well with most costumes, especially the black of the witch. The sepia tones of Kansas should not be worried about, straw and lights with no gels create the same feeling and can be used in he entire production not just in the opening and closing scenes, I'd sacrifice the chocolate for something else more beneficial to the magical land of oz, when I worked on a production of oz last year we had a very simple rig and cyc for Kansas to reflect the basic way of living and the sepia tones, then burst throughout with a lot of colour for munchkin land right through all scene in the land of oz, even with a mild green wash at 20% building up thought the scenes to 100% in oz! there is a lot of scope and potential that your rig is missing out on.On a more positive note, the positioning of the LEDs is good and it can be used to initiate a burst of colour and will anchor your design. Sorry if it come across abit negative, it is a show that needs colour :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcgurk Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thanks Puppet - no negativity at all, it's good to hear feedback on it. I'm glad you mentioned the chocolate specifically - I'm not a massive fan of the gel in any case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top-cat Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 remember you can drop the frost into the Pointe to turn it into a nicely soft but still bright wash light. It's not really what it was made for but I still feel that beam fixtures with the frost in can make nice looking washes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXbydesign Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Seems strange to have Pointes in the standard rig though. Not exactly a versatile multi-function lamp is it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac500 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 They're fairly multifunctional with the Frost and zoom combined with the prisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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