JimWebber Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Heres another thought - photoflood lamps. Available in two sizes, 275W (same size as 100W normal lamp) and 500W (same size as 150W), normal bayonet cap base. Short lamp life though cant remmber what it is. Generate lots of heat, might be "funny" if used in a normal fitting with a normal shade. I'm informed that photoflood lamps can explode under continuous use they were never inted for a 100% duty cycle. Exploding lamps in un-protected fittings could ruin someones hair-do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 The question you pose seems remarkably similar to one discused in the latest edition of 'Focus', the ALD journal. I was going to scan it and e-mail it to you but then realised there may be copyright implications, so I'll paraphrase it instead. Johanna Town was engaged to light Way To Heaven at the Royal Court's studio space. The creative team wanted to have no set, no seats and absolutely no lights. She ended up doing the following:Scene One lit by opening 3 large windows and filling in with Anytronic Flourescent banks hidden above the grid.Scene Two lit by 6 x DLH4 150w 24v PCs rigged out of viewScene Three lit by Howie battens tucked up against the roof and covered in heavy diffusion.Scene Four set in a theatre so lit with standard theatre lanterns.Scene Five lit again with the Anytronic flourescents, mixing colours in diffrent tubes. Her answer seems to have been to hide units which, when in use, don't shout out "theatre lights" but just blend in so it's not obvious there's anything special going on. Maybe the Anytronics dimmers (which she can't seem to praise enough) would be worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Can you use 12v halogen lamps 50w downlighter fittings and re-engineer them to take ELC lamps (24v 250w) or EFP (12v 100w) Can you really grab the design and make a feature of a lighting sculpture with some 8ft fluorescent tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Can you use 12v halogen lamps 50w downlighter fittings and re-engineer them to take ELC lamps (24v 250w) or EFP (12v 100w) Can you really grab the design and make a feature of a lighting sculpture with some 8ft fluorescent tubes A lighting sculpture would be really good actually to provide 'ambient' light... I think I will 'suggest' (at leatherman knife point if necessary) that the set designers insist on a lighting sculpture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Can you use 12v halogen lamps 50w downlighter fittings and re-engineer them to take ELC lamps (24v 250w) or EFP (12v 100w) Can you really grab the design and make a feature of a lighting sculpture with some 8ft fluorescent tubesPretty sure that the ELC lamps, not sure about the EFP's, use the same lampbase as an MR16 halogen. So provided the wire is up to scratch, there should be no problems- apart from, of course, the incresead heat and current draw. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I am toying with ideas for a forthcoming production and one of them is to use practicals with as little 'reinforcement' as I can get away with (yes I know I'm barking mad!). A search turned up this thread so I thought I'd revive it. Just wondering how the production in question turned out and whether anybody has any further hint's on inconspicuous use of theatre lighting to backup practicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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