Knowledge bank
How many gel cuts?
01 August 2007
Find out the approximate number of cut pieces of the same size which you can expect from a sheet of Rosco SuperGel / e-Colour / Cinegel...
How Bright is Bright
25 January 2007
For the Mike Wood series on "How Bright is Bright?"; learn more about how the human eye sees and perceives brightness, contrast, colour vision etc.
Selecon Lens Luminaires
26 September 2006
Lens luminaires are a Fresnel or a PC - which should you choose?
More About Lamps
03 June 2006
A general background guide to tungsten halogen filament lamps, the principal light sources for theatre lighting.
Lighting the Cyc
03 June 2006
Whether it is depicting the traditional sky and sunset or a backdrop for kaleidoscopic colour mixes a Cyc cloth has to be carefully and precisely lit...
More on Colour Filters
05 April 2006
Colour filters are just what they say they are … filters - they selectively block parts of the available light spectrum and let the rest through.
More on Cyc/Flood Reflectors
04 April 2006
The performance of Cyc or Flood luminaires is dictated by the reflector design and the lamp you choose to use in it....
The Usable Properties of Light
03 April 2006
Fact: you need light to see, therefore no matter how small or informal your 'theatre' is you must have some form of stage lighting....
What is a Followspot?
01 September 2005
A Followspot is a luminaire designed to be moved by an operator to light a specific performer as they move about the stage.
What is a Cyc, Flood or Groundrow?
01 September 2005
Basically, these are floodlights of the simplest type for the stage...
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