This Spectrum Wavelengths post showcases the color Blue and its influence on Rosco and the world around us: Light It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day, R361 Hemsley Blue and the Hemsley Lighting Program and our new Off Broadway scenic paint color – #5375 Navy.
It’s a common problem – You want fog to appear from a specific spot, but there is no physical way to get a fog machine with all of its necessary fluid, power and control needs hidden into that area of the set. The solution is ducting the fog from an area off-set to the spot…
Using color to indicate the time of day is probably part of the curriculum in every undergraduate lighting class. But taking the audience from dusk to dawn, without additional audible clues from the performers on stage, is a somewhat more complicated artistic challenge. That’s why it’s instructive to see how lighting design masters do it…
Happy Valentine’s Day! If you are one of the lucky people who become engaged over this day of love, within minutes your mind will begin planning for your “special day”. Modern brides and grooms have so many choices in creating their special day. The possibilities are endless as to color schemes, dress styles, reception locations…
In this installment of Spectrum Wavelenths, we were inspired by the BIG GAME coming up on Sunday to look at the color Yellow. We’ll examine how the color became a part of one team’s color scheme, how one particular Yellow is doing some good in our entertainment community and why the crew of GLEE chooses…
Placing a protective filter between your gels and your hot lights on set is a great way to extend the lifespan of your filters. Find out why Rosco Super Heat Shield™ is the best choice!
Bono and the color red have been thrust onto the stage of my awareness from three different sources recently. This Bono – Red Convergence seemed like just the inspiration we needed to start a series we are calling Spectrum Wavelengths, where we’ll pick a color from the spectrum and examine how it’s being used on…
One of the videos on our Rosco YouTube Channel illustrates how to create low-lying fog using a Rosco Fog Machine and the Rosco Cold Flow. The video was posted up just in time for Halloween, which is an obvious time for using low lying fog to create a creepy effect. Low lying fog is also…
Not long ago, I wrote a post here, offering my thoughts on the remarkable lighting and set design by, respectively, Herrick Goldman and Beowulf Boritt. Within a week or two of its appearance, David Barbour reviewed the same show in the magazine he edits “Lighting & Sound America”. The contrast between our articles is worth…
Lighting Designer Paule Constable founded WiSE in order to identify, examine and address some of the problems that affect the female lighting designer, technician, and industry member in what is still basically a male-dominated industry.