Air Con & punters

Hmmmm Sounds like there are fresnels on the foh lighting bar and there are dirty gels so the light is being reflected back into the auditorium. Don't know why people won't read a few good theatre lighting books because it has all been done by professionals before and profiles are the best choice for foh lighting as they can be accurately focussed so all of thier light goes onto the stage. Providing you are willing to spend a bit of time focussing, you will get a smooth focus from foh. Remember that profiles have a lamp adjustment, it is on on the bottom for conventionals and on the rear for axials. This adjustment allows you to peak the lamp for a normal focus or to flatten the beam intensity when using gobos. Before doing any adjustment with a theatre light, while it is off and cold, move all of your adjustments to ensure that they move freely. If you don't do this and the adjustment judders, you will blow a globe due to filament shock. Normally, you can expect a few years life out of a lamp in community theatre, if you are not using the lighting rig for working bees, every rehearsal etc. That is what cheap working light floods are for. Ideally, you use zoom profiles foh so you can set the beam size, then soften the edges so the overlap is not noticeable. Yes, it is easier to flood the stage with fresnels from every angle, but how are you going to get your mood and atmosphere without shadows? What a pity so few community groups applied for good quality lights during the Ignite grants. There are other aspects of lotteries funding available so it can still be a possibility to own Selecon Acclaim axial zoom profiles. The aircon needs to be put on by someone before the audience goes into the theatre, something the stage manager needs to delegate as they are in charge of a running production. Why not read Selecons articles on line, don't have to go the library to borrow that book http://www.seleconlight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62%3Aintro-to-stage-lighting&catid=59%3Aknowledge-bank&lang=en