[SML] Lighting on a Budget

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Nate,
Acquiring instruments originally sold prior to the introduction of the S4
and its progeny might be a good money-saving start. In the professional
world, labor is much more expensive than materials, but in High schools,
with the availability of Student (free) labor, the reverse is often the
case. You can replace the moving lights and scrollers with multiple
Fresnels, ellipsoidals, and PARs giving you many more, but less expensive,
lights. It is possible to less expensively repair dropped legacy fixtures
and consoles, than to pay for the repair a dropped moving light, scroller,
or multi- DMX universe control console. A reasonably sized color pallette
is also important, as are the tools to create gobos. When there's a need to
enter the realm of newer technologies, the students will pick it up fast as
they do personal communication devices.
/s/ Richard
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Lyric Opera Kansas City via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> In January I will giving a short talk to high school educators about
> lighting on a budget.  While I have some ideas and advice to offer, I
> was wondering what everyone else might think is important for these
> educators to consider when trying to light a show with a minimal
> budget.
>
> Thanks for all your input.
>
> Nate
>
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/s/ Richard
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