Stephen Arment, a High School Drama Teacher in Florida, shares his thoughts and feelings about the power of light and color in theatre after installing a fresh set of gels in his lights.
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Spectrum Wavelengths: Green – Somewhere in the Middle of the Rainbow
Whether it’s used to create the verdant fields and forests of Oz or the Emerald City itself, the color green can be used to evoke emotion and create a time & place on stage. We’ll showcase this hue by focusing on three shows set in the land of Oz – The Wizard of Oz, The…
Creating My Fairytale Wedding with Rosco
By Chanda Goldsworthy Having worked at Rosco for over 7 years now, not a day goes by that I don’t see a building, movie or theatre production that doesn’t involve a Rosco product in one way or another. So, of course I would turn to my Rosco friends and colleagues to add some elegance and…
Why Rosco Bought GAM … And What It Means To You And To The Industry
By Stan Miller, Chairman of the Board, Rosco Note: This was originally published as an internal memo to Rosco employees. The interest and reaction it generated encouraged us to make it available to a wider audience. Rosco acquired the assets of GAM Products just a few weeks ago. Because the deal happened so quickly, this…
Fluorescent Light Is Alive, Well And In Color
The team at Focus Lighting created a rich backdrop out of fluorescent lights for an exhibit at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Rosco myColor: Prepare to Get Your Color On!
As Rosco’s Color Product Manager, I am both a working lighting designer, and a self-professed color geek. That’s why I am so excited to announce our new web tool, Rosco myColor. I have personally been using myColor every single day since we got it running in our super-secret internal beta testing lab. Every. Single. Day…
The Colors Designers Are Using Now … And Why
by Stan Schwartz, Executive Vice President The “Share The Work” initiative, in which we asked lighting designers to send us photos of their work, has yielded an extraordinary outpouring of lighting ideas. We are currently creating a searchable Color Resource Gallery, in which we’ll display the photos and the designers’ narratives, organized by the criteria…