[SML] Haze and making it work

[Lou Poppler]

Good advice from PJ.  I also have more DF 50 experience, and recommend adding a separate fan, in front or behind
your machine(s).  Each room is different, so there is no one optimal setup.  One room I hazed many times required
putting the DF's all the way upstage on the floor, with the fans blowing 45 degrees up into the air, medium haze,
high fan speed.  Another room required putting one in each corner block of the downstage lighting truss, aimed
level and toward USC, full haze output, no fan, letting it drift down into the stage picture.

I think your V hazer has an option for DMX control ?  If your problem is too much haze, consider running it via DMX
and cycling it on/off at various intervals with various fog&fan settings until you get something you like.

On Wed, 2018-10-31 at 14:03 -0400, PJ Veltri via Stagecraft wrote:
> A trick I've sometimes used is to put it as far off stage as possible with a fan behind the hazer shooting it either
> directly upstage or dowstage. This helps to dissipate the haze a bit before it makes it to the stage.
> 
> I use DF 50s so there isn't a level, but I do try to get a good base level of haze preshow and then I'll run an effect
> with it on for 1 min, off for 3 mins for the duration of the show, turning it on to run for the entire intermission.
> 
> I've read about people putting the hazer right next to the cold air return and allowing all of the haze to be sucked
> into that so the HVAC gives you even dispersion as well.
> 
> Also, back in the day, I'd put the hazer up as high in the theatre as possible filling the flys with haze before it
> slowly fell down into sight.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps!
> PJ 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 1:21 PM Edward Hunter via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> > I'm trying to add haze to my current show and it's been a struggle to get the right balance of fan speed and pump
> > speed. I figured the might be some collected wisdom in the group I could take advantage of. We're using a Rosco V-
> > hazer on a fairly small stage, 36' opening  and low fly space. The hazer is sitting off stage left since there's an
> > exhaust vent stage right that seems to be creating some flow across the stage. 
> > 
> > Whenever the hazer is on it looks like the building is on fire. I've tired low haze/high fan, low haze/low fan,
> > medium haze/medium fan. I have a small fan in front of the hazer to direct the haze and spread it more. Nothing
> > seems to get that nice even feel I've seen in other (mostly Broadway) shows.
> > 
> > Thoughts/suggestions? What has worked for you? I think what I really need is a much finer mist entering the stage
> > area but I'm not sure how to get it.
> > -Ed
> > 
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