When You Been Running The Lamps At Full For So Long, The Burning Gel Makes It Look Like We're Running

When you been running the lamps at full for so long, the burning gel makes it look like we're running a hazer.

Press F for those poor colour frames.

unpopular opinion but i think the film and tv industries should have better labor laws even if it makes it harder or impossible to depict certain things

Driving home through Silent Hill? Who needs to see what's ahead. Pfft, reaction time.

So in true chaotic electricity gods style, post-show I did one last unplug-replug of the network hub and OH LOOK IT'S MAGICALLY ALL BETTER.

The AC giveth, and the AC taketh away.

First show of the week.

Let's boot up the ETC system, head on down to the stage, weird, the remote won't connect, back up to the booth, weird, backup won't connect, weird, 1 Thru 30 @ Full. Nope.

Cue: Unplug, power cycle, replug, power down, unplug, replug, call department head, call other venue lighting operator, unplug, replug, deep clean, power cycle.

But did you unplug that one part?

But did you power cycle that part?

But did you power cycle and unplug this part?

Okay so the board is talking to the lights!

But. Not the DMX. But some of the DMX? Universe 2 is down! But we've already held the house going ten minutes.

Park Universe 2 off! The show must go on!

Michelle Clapton, the costume designer for Game of Thrones outfits

One of the problems of being the only technician under 45 -

Is when one of the carpenters doesn't unhook enough coils off the air hose holder, and calls over to help him out, and I holler:

....

No one else gets it.

Ah well.