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Lighting Designers:How much time do you budget for writing cues in a musical. I find it can take me two hours to write a sequence for a big production number.I try to use all of the proper tools;…Continue
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David Neville replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time
"Haven't browsed the forum here for a long time so my reply might be be a little late. Anyway, I have worked for a long time as a lighting designer and have become fairly routine in my habits. I'm lucky in that I usually work with union…"
Brian Carter replied to Kimberly Weast's discussion starry sky and moon"By 'laser lights' do you mean moving lights? Of so, using them for one effect is not exactly the best return on your (rental) investment. Also, do you have a lighting designer and / or programmer to program them for you?…"
John Kimball replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time"When I get asked how much time I need for lighting cues I reply "How much time do I get?". This process varies a lot depending on the show, the director, choreographer, TD, producer, artistic director and venue.
I work in venues ranging…"
Brian Miller replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time"I agree with Mr. Shelley - you need to know what you want to do at most moments of the piece before you should sit down to create the sequence of cues. By whatever means you use, you need to be able to visualize the looks you wish to create before…"
Michael Dorn replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time
"Disclaimer: I only have conventional fixtures. To save cueing time, I generally record from stage settings during tech rehearsal. That means setting sliders and on my ETC board just hitting "rec-cue-#-enter". …"
Steve Shelley replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time"Hi Brian;
In my experience i've found that no matter how truncated the time allotted for cueing seems to be, getting initial memories recorded into the console is often directly related to document preparation.
I create what i call a Cue…"
Nathan Kelley replied to Brian Carter's discussion Cueing time"I suppose it depends a lot on what kind of instruments (intelligent or standard) and how many you have. I have 70 conventional instruments and over 80 dimmer channels. My console is a Express 250. I have my students hang the instruments and…"
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Lighting Designers:How much time do you budget for writing cues in a musical. I find it can take me two hours to write a sequence for a big production number.I try to use all of the proper tools; groups, palettes, magic sheets. Sometimes it just feels like my cueing is taking way too long.I am a one man show. I hang, circuit, color, focus and cue the shows. No ME or programmer to help out.See More
Brian Carter replied to Nathan Kelley's discussion ETC Console"I do not know who sets the 'fair market value' for used lighting consoles. In my opinion looking at new (back then) cost vs. new contemporary consoles, the used prices are pretty good.
I have seen the range in used pricing…"
Brian Carter replied to Danielle M. B. Curtis's discussion federal lighting efficiency mandate"Are there alternate lighting fixtures in the space? I know of several High School Auditoriums in my county that have flourescent fixtures for everyday use but also have dimmable fixtures for shows and events. If you do not have alternate…"
Axel Sundbotten replied to Brian Carter's discussion Consoles in the group Lighting
"GrandMA2. The closest you get to a Stephen Hawking brain in a lighting console! And yes, I have done my rock & roll shows on a 2 preset Strand console without flashbuttons in the 70-ties, so I think I have lived!"
Rick Reid replied to Brian Carter's discussion Consoles in the group Lighting"Too poor to own a camera..."
John Kimball replied to Brian Carter's discussion Consoles in the group Lighting"I recently ran a show on an ETC Ion, nice interface coming from an Expression. What I really appreciated was the iPhone RFU and might consider this a prerequisite for a future purchase. Having a RFU in my pocket was extremely useful.
My…"
Brian Carter replied to Brian Carter's discussion Consoles in the group Lighting"got any old pics of those old beasts?"
David McCall replied to Brian Carter's discussion Consoles in the group Lighting"I'm pretty cheap. "The PCstage" software is really quite capable and a far better tool than the 144 channel Leviton that came with our venue. I find that students are more comfortable with it as well. We are currently using PCstage…"
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