Road Test: Strong Technobeam, page 40 - PLSN.com

www.plsn.com MARCH December 2008
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PROJECTION, LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS
Production Profile
Working with lots of lights on a big stage is easy. Cramming an
ambitious show into a small space is not, according to Jack Kelly,
LD for Rabbit in the Moon.
Wide Angle
Ozzy Osbourne, the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness, doesn’t shrink
from the light. Just don’t try to bring any bubble machines anywhere
near him on tour.
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CONTENTS
Features
22 Inside Theatre
One of the challenges of Ice! How the
Grinch Stole Christmas is to light —
and not melt — 2 million pounds of
sculpted whimsy.
28 Installations
At BYU-Idaho, a lighting upgrade in
a former gym gives a professional
touch to student-run productions.
30 Pump Up the Glam
So you want to get your visual groove
on, in a nightclub setting? An insider
provides some tips.
34 Product Spotlight
When it comes to rigging, “statically
indeterminate structure” is a lot more
dangerous than it sounds.
36 Lighting Up the Score
Video Games Live pits an orchestra
and lighting crew against random
gamers from the audience.
38 Mega Truss
The Tacoma Dome is home to one of
the world’s largest super grids.
40 Road Test
Can a Technobeam by another name
be every bit as strong?
41 Buyer’s Guide
LED and conventional striplights,
borderlights, cyc lights and multicircuit
lights.
44 Vital Stats
Nick Freed, Noel Duncan and Gary
Mass of Inner Circle Distribution.
54 PLSN Interview
We talk with Bill Conner of Bill Conner
Associates, LLC about a theatre
consultant’s role.
Columns
4 Editor’s Note
Don’t worry, be friendly.
51 Video Digerati
How video cameras and the human
eye process RGB color signals.
56 Feeding the Machines
Don’t just have a backup plan for
your automated lighting system.
Know how to implement it.
58 The Biz
The WGA strike’s huge — and lasting
— impact.
59 Technopolis
Theatrical hoist brakes, strategic
redundancy and the dangers of
complacency.
60 Focus on Fundamentals
Understanding electrical load
calculations.
64 LD-At-Large
A few lighting guys sit around and
talk about their vocation.
Departments
5 News
6 Letters to the Editor
15 On the Move
16 International News
18 New Products
20 Showtime
45 Projection Connection
46 Projection Connection News
50 Projection Connection New
Products
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