Greetings to all masters of lighting out there! Noob here,I have a question about the setup needed for a performance. Me and the wife, we have a puppet group here in Greece and we're staging Pinnochio. Don't think of small, glove puppets, but more like human-sized puppets. The puppeteers also move independently (without puppets I mean), like actors-narrators. There is a curtain, like a screen,and the puppets and the actors move freely on stage, in an area of about 4 meters deep and 5 meters wide and emerge on top of the screen. Check this clip out to understand (36 seconds)
So these are the needs. We need to light actors and big puppets in an area of 4x5 and on top of a screen for a theater stage. I should point out that it is very important to make the puppets as children-friendly as possible, we don't want them to look creepy or anything (by lighting them from below, for example). The lights will be controlled on stage, by one of the puppeteers, who also changes the music tracks. So we are also looking for a console with at least 20-30 scenes. The budget is limited, 1500-2000 euros, and portability is important, as we are a traveling group! Any advice,suggestions, links would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
