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It has been quite a while since I have posted anything up here. So let's see, there's been a global pandemic, a war in Ukraine, Monkey Pox, yeah that's a thing, we lost Betty White, and I could keep going on but I'm not.
What has been the bright constant in life? That theatre has survived and we're coming back at the world swinging! One of my favorite things I saw this week - when life gives you lemons, you make a lemon vodka cocktail, come on people we are adults now.
So for the technical side of life, one of the things that happened before the pandemic was that our light board got drenched from a leak in the roof of our building. We sent it out to get repaired, but it hadn't been right since. So we applied for some grants and purchased an ETC Element 2. What an amazing upgrade! A little bit of an adjustment to move to programming a true tracking board, but we're getting the hang of it. Slooooowly getting better at programming effects as well. Give me about 5 more years and maybe I'll get about 1/2 of the things this board can do under control.
Equipment is nice, but it's nothing without some awesome people to help make it work. Marty G is quite frankly the best ever at all areas of theatre tech. He's on stage in almost every performance also! It's nice to be able to call out that, "the 5 pin dmx needs an adapter to go to 3 pin for the dimmer pack and you won't be able to run power con to it because there's not inlet to daisy chain it so you'll need an extension cord", and have him know exactly what I mean. He's pretty good at aiming lights also, building sets, and a bunch of other stuff to boot.
Well our show this month is 3 Musketeers, we're doing it with The Gasoline Gypsies' music, so another medieval rock show. If I can snap a couple of pics tonight I'll talk about a new idea I came across reading other people's blogs. How in small venues you can use the lights to make the audience a part of the look.
Talk at cha later! Stay techie my friends!
Brian
What has been the bright constant in life? That theatre has survived and we're coming back at the world swinging! One of my favorite things I saw this week - when life gives you lemons, you make a lemon vodka cocktail, come on people we are adults now.
So for the technical side of life, one of the things that happened before the pandemic was that our light board got drenched from a leak in the roof of our building. We sent it out to get repaired, but it hadn't been right since. So we applied for some grants and purchased an ETC Element 2. What an amazing upgrade! A little bit of an adjustment to move to programming a true tracking board, but we're getting the hang of it. Slooooowly getting better at programming effects as well. Give me about 5 more years and maybe I'll get about 1/2 of the things this board can do under control.
Equipment is nice, but it's nothing without some awesome people to help make it work. Marty G is quite frankly the best ever at all areas of theatre tech. He's on stage in almost every performance also! It's nice to be able to call out that, "the 5 pin dmx needs an adapter to go to 3 pin for the dimmer pack and you won't be able to run power con to it because there's not inlet to daisy chain it so you'll need an extension cord", and have him know exactly what I mean. He's pretty good at aiming lights also, building sets, and a bunch of other stuff to boot.
Well our show this month is 3 Musketeers, we're doing it with The Gasoline Gypsies' music, so another medieval rock show. If I can snap a couple of pics tonight I'll talk about a new idea I came across reading other people's blogs. How in small venues you can use the lights to make the audience a part of the look.
Talk at cha later! Stay techie my friends!
Brian
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