adam2 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 At very short notice a political event is to be held at a local farm. It will consist of a couple of speeches and a question and answer session. In the open air if weather permits, or in the event of bad weather in an open sided barn. Neither time nor budget permits of hiring anything much. I propose the following for lighting. If outdoors in bright but cloudy weather, nothing required daylight should be fine. If outdoors in direct sunlight, then a single high power daylight discharge source to fill in the shadows. (they have a single ARRI Fresnel believed to be 4K) If in the open fronted barn, then several telescopic stands each with 6 industrial floodlights. 2 stands left of stage, 2 stands right of stage, 2 stands behind the stage so as to light the background (which is not particularly interesting or relevant, but I think that it will look like a black cavern if not lit.) Over the crowd will be strung at high level several festoons of building site type lighting with a total of about 100 lamps, each 100 watt GLS. At rear of the crowd will a MEWP with two more stands of industrial floodlights, directed downwards and lighting the whole area. Generous lighting is required to facilitate photography, amateur video filming and possibly filming for local TV news. It is not my intention to state for what party the event is as we try to avoid politics here, though presumably lighting politicians is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Sounds like your lighting will do the job nicely.If you do have any LED kit it may be worth setting them to stand alone on the back drop in the party's colours, whatever they may be.Edward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Presumably there is a decent supply? I had to film in a barn that only had a single 13A socket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Power is ample, more than many proper venues ! There is a 3 phase 200 amp supply, already fairly heavily loaded, but also a second 200 amp 3 phase supply intended for an electric grain dryer, this is be used for lighting and also about 30KW of electric catering equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 More likely to be LED lights in the festoons than GLS? Try and position things so there's a camera location not shooting through the light strings to the stage. Some form of footlights on or near the state may be useful. Is any emergency / escape lighting needed or will daylight on the open sides suffice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 The festoon lights are 100 watt incandescent, not LED. The light strings are high up and well out of view from any likely camera position. No proper footlights, but a few portable halogen work lights at low level are a possibility. No proper emergency lighting is being considered due to the presence of daylight. If for some reason the event turns into a private party and continues into the hours of darkness, then there is the option of turning on the ordinary work lighting in the barn. This is supplied from the other 200 amp service and is backed up by an auto start generator. If all else fails, there are plenty of vehicles, the headlights of which may be directed into the barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 This was yesterday, and it went well. The event was held in the barn due to light rain and forecast of heavy rain. A few halogen work lights at low level served as footlights, as suggested. The sound equipment was plugged into a random outlet and worked fine, I would not expect simple non dimmed incandescent lighting to cause any interference. The only problem was cows blundering around and getting in the way. These animals have never shown any interest in the barn before, but just HAD to investigate anything new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 The only problem was cows blundering around and getting in the way. These animals have never shown any interest in the barn before, but just HAD to investigate anything new! Insert joke here about bovine excrement at a political event... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 More important to know that cows are inquisitive and will approach anything to to test it by licking it with their 60 grit tongue, sheep on the other hand will run away and graze elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 More important to know that cows are inquisitive and will approach anything to to test it by licking it with their 60 grit tongue, sheep on the other hand will run away and graze elsewhere.Sheep are mostly interested in finding a new way to die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Canford used to sell 'sheep proof cable' for just such events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Canford used to sell 'sheep proof cable' for just such events.http://www.canford.co.uk/Index/Sheep-resistant-cable now discontinued, as is the rodent resistant version. I hope the mains wiring complied with the special regulations for locations containing livestock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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