Shortly after my last blog entry, Honor sent through a full script for me to review and use to create some draft lighting cues. As a result, my week was quite busy with note taking and ideation, and as such I have created some initial lighting cues for around half of the show.
I’m starting to dig deeper into Pharos Designer 2, experimenting with features such as the fade in/out movement settings:
It’s a small thing, but the Skew and Direction settings allow for lighting fades to be progressively staggered throughout all of the lights in the group, which is a great help for several of the cues used in the show. I’ll be experimenting further with these, as well as creating some custom lighting groups, over the coming week as I continue to develop the remaining cue ideas. The existing lighting groups are somewhat fragmented, and as an aside from the main project I’m working on, I’m hoping to develop some groups where the lights are organised in such a way to allow for the movement based animations to make sense.
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I had another meeting with Honor to discuss the script and share my draft cues. This was a very productive meeting, and the feedback I received was very positive and encouraging. I’d noticed there were a few segments in the script that would potentially involve some motion design work, so I mentioned that I’m capable of creating those designs if required. I don’t mind taking on the extra work, especially if it’s something I can add to my portfolio!
Another notable discussion in the meeting suggested possibly using some hired stage gear for one segment, and I mentioned that I have peers in the music scene who have used similar equipment in their performances. I asked around over the weekend, and did a small amount of research myself, and provided Honor with links to a couple of hire companies that may be appropriate.
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I’m close to being fully onboarded in the RMIT system; I’m just waiting on a security pass. Hopefully this means I’ll be able to visit the venue again soon, and hopefully I can gain some experience by being present during setup and running of other shows between now and Honor’s show in October.