Footlights
Wed, 25 Feb 2009, 09:31 amkarlae19 posts in thread
Footlights
Wed, 25 Feb 2009, 09:31 amHi all
looking for some antique looking footlights that you would use in a theatre show.
Ideally, I would like to find ones that have the antique shell design on the back that faces the audience, or just the simple circular tin shape.
Any ideas on where to find these or even how to easily make them would be appreciated.
Thanks,
CFL's
Sun, 1 Mar 2009, 06:17 amFrom my experience CFL's don't dim worth a damn. Heat isn't that much of an issue if you use 60w household globes which in my experience work really well if you use the sort of numbers they used to in the old theatres. I used about twenty the last time I did this and that gives a total of 1200w which is heaps for what footlights should be used for. This shouldn't be a major part of your lighting.
There are some LED based light bulbs finding their way onto the market, they dim and are also very cheap to run. I haven't played with them yet.
Those of us who are showing our age around the chin (male and female) like footlights as well, they can really smooth things out
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