G/046 Lighting Rig

Power

The rig eats a lot of juice: It is fed from two 32amp Ceeform plugs on the wall (same wall as fire escape). According to the Mains Circuits page, both are on the Yellow Phase.

Dimmers

Pulsar status dimmers: (2 of)

• 8-pin Din analogue signal in, 0-10v
• With pre-heat (good for not shocking cold bulbs if they suddenly get turned on, this increases lamp life.
• 6 5amp channels each.
• IEC plugs on flying leads out.
• If they're buzzing, they're happy!

Eurolite DPX-405: (1 of)

• DMX512 control Via 3pin XLR. Pass Through.
• 4 5amp channels each.
• IEC sockets out.
• No Preheat.
• 13a Plug currently.

Desk

Zero88 Sirius24 see Lighting Desk

Hardware

• On the ceiling is a home-made steel pipe frame, with some IWB's here and there (IWB's not connected).
• More pipe clamps, lamp clamps in box under lighting desk.

Cables

• Box of various lengths of 15a in Techie room.
• Also, some UK ->15a adaptors.

Patching

• IEC Panels feed the plugs on the ceiling.
• IEC leads from dimmers. MAX 5a (1Kw).

Lights

Furse fresnels: (2 of)

• Old fresnels.
• No barndoors
• TUNGSTEN

Selecon Asymetric floods: (2 of)

• Not old! - still incredibly popular as of 01/10
• Asymetric! not even spread of light. spread gets better, the further they are from the wall. Remember, big side at bottom.
• Use to light back walls evenly, rather than a large "splodge" of light at the top, and not much at the bottom.
• The above makes them very useful when doing Chroma_key work.
• Lamp access by flipping the catch on top - whole fornt of fixture is hinged to allow lamp change without re-focusing.
• Colourframe located by flipping open the cover at the top. Not the catch! Slide out colourframe from top.
• No Barndoors (selecon do still sell them though)
• TUNGSTEN 500w

Selecon Symetric Floods: (1 of)

• As Asymetric, but even.
• No colourframes.
• No Barndoors (selecon do still sell them though)
• TUNGSTEN 500w

Berkley Colortran Floods: (1 of)

• Compact, yet bright.
• With bardoors.
• TUNGSTEN 500w

Generic bar of 4 floods: (2 of)

• normal floodlights
• 3 functioning bulbs per bar.
• DIY colourframes from gridding - bend to suit...
• 300w / compartment

Generic floods: (3 of)

• normal floodlights
• DIY colourframes from gridding - bend to suit...
• 300w

Strand patt 123 Fresnels: (2 of)

• The funny egg shaped ones.
• No colourframes.
• T17 / T1 lamp.
• TUNGSTEN 1000w

Strand patt 743 Fresnels: (2 of)

• Adjustment control at rear, and behind barndoors.
• Rotating barndoors.
• Colourframes in cupboard.
• T19 / T11 lamp.
• TUNGSTEN 1000w

Pole-Op Fresnels: (2 of)

• With rotating barndoors
• adjust Pan, Tilt & Beam Via knobs.
• Colourframes - the octagonal ones. in cupboard.
• Rotating barndoors.
• HALOGEN 1000w
• These are more "orange" than tungsten, so bear that in mind when colour balancing...

Gels

• We have some!

Colours

• Lee 132 (medium blue)
• Lee 106 (primary red)
• Lee 049 (purple)
• Rosco 65 (pale blue)
• Lee 117 (steel blue)
• Unknown dark blue, marked as "199" (probably Lee regal blue)
• Unkown purple (possibly congo blue lee 181, looks like UV - but isn't really)
• Unkown green (various & dark)
• Rosy Pink
• yellow

Diffusions & scrims

• Scrim - looks like tracing paper, but made of plastic and not nearly as flamable. Like gels, will melt if touching the glass of a flood. Use this to soften light - you can also put over only some of the fixture (called half scrim) to soften light e.g near to the source only. Very useful, but underused.

Colour Temperature Filters

• 1/2 CTB. Lee 202 or eqiv. Looks grey. decreases output of lower CT's (orangeyness reduction). Makes thing noticeably dimmer.
• 1/4 CTB less strong CTB.