Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2) with PIPE id 4196750; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:00:35 -0700 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #107 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:00:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0-pre4 (2004-08-04) on prxy.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR autolearn=ham version=3.0.0-pre4 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4a3 For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #107 1. Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool by "Alf Sauve" 2. Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool by James Kosmatka 3. Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab by Dave Bowman 4. Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab by Stephen Litterst 5. Re: hey his is pretty cool by "richard j. archer" 6. call for riggers by "Karl G. Ruling" 7. Printed Drops... by thetd222 8. Re: Printed Drops... by "Richard Wolpert" 9. Re: Printed Drops... by "CATHERINE BRUMM" 10. Re: Printed Drops... by "Jon Ares" 11. Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool by "Alf Sauve" 12. Re: Printed Drops... by doran [at] bard.edu 13. Re: Printed Drops... by Kevin Lee Allen 14. Re: Olympics opening by "ayusaya" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <113101c485d7$ca0514d0$0600a8c0 [at] alf> From: "Alf Sauve" References: Subject: Re:Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:29:52 -0400 Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario. While it is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term effects on the environment. We just don't know what they will be. Here's an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role in cleaning the atmosphere! Turns out, too many whales just might be bad for the environment! http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/science/news/stories/s1178638.htm Alf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herrick" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:14 AM Subject: hey his is pretty cool > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > a city sized fog chiller! > > > > Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights? > > _Herrick > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <41249467.4050903 [at] cleveland-theater.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:52:07 -0400 From: James Kosmatka Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool References: In-Reply-To: Alf Sauve wrote: >Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario. While it >is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier >environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term >effects on the environment. We just don't know what they will be. Here's >an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role in >cleaning the atmosphere! Turns out, too many whales just might be bad for >the environment! > > > >>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >>--------------------------------------------------- >> >>a city sized fog chiller! >> >> >> >>Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights? >> >>_Herrick >> >> Not of you believe slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=118329&cid=9999751 "The Fact Sheet on Enwave's site [enwave.com] says they're gonna free up 59 megawatts. Now, I should be able to disregard a part of this as an efficiency improvement (electricity for cooling is gawdawfully inefficient, compared to non-compressive heat exchangers like this'll use), but I'll eat the inefficiency because that's the nice guy I am. 59 x 24 x 365 (megawatt-years to megawatt-hours) gets us *finally* to matching units. If I haven't completely bolluxed the calculation, we're looking at a capability of handling 3673 of these facilities. Or, the temp of Lake O going up 1/3673 of a degree." -james ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4124A0DE.6000205 [at] syr.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:45:18 -0400 From: Dave Bowman Organization: Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Cc: PIMMEL [at] mail.nwmissouri.edu Subject: Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab References: In-Reply-To: Patrick, You may have seen the "Lightbox" in the Syracuse University booth.... I am away from the office at the moment (vacation, but I needed my "fix"), but if you are interested, when I get back I can give you more details. I believe that our was $25,000 (we won a grant from the university to build it) but a lot of that is the Bosch extruded Aluminum frame (we wanted to have some flexibility in converting it, in scale, into both of the mainstage spaces) and quite a bit of R&D. I'm sure a "homemade" can be constructed for less depending on the number of emitters, heads, fiber lines, etc...... I will say that the cool thing is that the heads are within a degree or so, in scale, of your basic instruments. I love watching the kids here light up a 20 degree head on a model, then hang a 19 deg S4 in the theatre and discover that they got essentially the same beam of light..... Gotta go... the boss is getting itchy.... more on Monday if you want..... dave B. -- David M. Bowman Syracuse Stage / SU Drama Master Electrician / Adj. Professor dmbowman [at] syr.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:52:44 -0400 From: Stephen Litterst Subject: Re: Model Lighting / Mini Light Lab Message-id: <4124A29C.521CAF32 [at] ithaca.edu> Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts References: "Immel,Patrick" wrote: > --------------------------------------------------- > > I agree Joe. The fiber systems are *very* cool, but equally expensive. I > see the same drawbacks to LED's. I am thinking now about making something > using birdie PAR 16's and a homebuilt controller. Does anybody have any > experience in this? I rebuilt our model table last summer that way. The PAR-16s are mounted on spring clips so they hang anywhere on the grid. We don't use a controller per se, just 8 household dimmers built into the table itself. The Design faculty say it works just fine for their needs, and students seem to find it easy to use. You can't make a sophisticated lighting cue, but you can establish the primary idea of a scene, which is how our LD teaches. Steve Litterst -- Stephen C. Litterst Technical Supervisor Ithaca College Dept. of Theatre Arts 607/274-3947 slitterst [at] ithaca.edu ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:34:07 -0400 From: "richard j. archer" Subject: Re: hey his is pretty cool >For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see >--------------------------------------------------- > > >On Aug 18, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Stephen Litterst wrote: > >>"richard j. archer" wrote: >>>On Aug 18, 2004, at 5:14 AM, Herrick wrote: >>> >>>>a city sized fog chiller! >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Cornell uses this technique for chilled water for HVAC. We ain't >>>"high above Cayuga's waters" for nothing. It is not without >>>controversy. >> >>True, but in Ithaca, nothing is without controversy. Or lawsuits. > >Ah, some things never change :-) > >I could swear this was being discussed while I was there, but >according to the site it wasn't even being investigated until I was >long gone. > > > > >Noah > >-- >| Noah Price | http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ | >| Stagecraft Mailing List | stagecraft-web [at] theprices.net | Noah is absolutely correct despite the hype on Cornell's official site. This was under discussion when he was here and for some time before. When Cornell's theatre building was being planned back in 1982-84 those of us on the building committee knew that lake cooling was a future option. The theatre was built on the "town" side of one of Ithaca's gorges. Central chilled water was not available to theatre for two reasons 1)Cornell didn't want the cost of bringing it across the gorge (under an existing bridge) 2)Cornell claimed central chilled water was over allocated and they weren't building more plants (right). The theatre got it's own chiller so we have an air conditioned building. Naturally, they saved $ by not air conditioning the shop. It's a good thing we: a) don't work in the summer (and try not to during the school year); b)have a 16 x 20 door to the stage which, of course, is air conditioned. Hi Noah, congratulations. Dick A ------------------------------ From: "Karl G. Ruling" Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:00:57 -0400 Subject: call for riggers Cc: kgeraghty [at] mail.esta.org (katie Geraghty) Message-ID: <41248869.8126.FC39679 [at] localhost> Dear Stagecraft readers: The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) is seeking riggers to participate in a job analysis survey. The results of this survey will help define the knowledge and skills necessary for the safe practice of entertainment rigging. Job analysis is the foundation upon which to build a viable and rigorous certification examination. Volunteers will be asked to answer questions that will help determine the content of the examination. The questions will focus on analyzing rigging tasks based on importance, time spent, and consequence of error. If you are an experienced rigger and are interested in participating, please email Katie Geraghty, ETCP Certification Director at kgeraghty [at] esta.org with your: 1. Name 2. Email Address 3. Please note whether your expertise is in arena-style rigging, theatrical rigging, or both. The survey will be administered by email in the fall of 2004. The ETCP will set standards for safer working practices and reduce workplace risk in all entertainment venues. Industry experts will develop rigorous assessments, conduct examinations, and award credentials to qualified entertainment technicians. ETCP will focus on disciplines that directly affect the health and safety of performers, crews, and audiences, beginning with rigging skills and electrical skills. More information about the ETCP is available at http://www.etcp.esta.org. Best regards, Karl G. Ruling Technical Standards Manager ESTA 875 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1005 New York, NY 10001 +1-212-244-1505 Fax +1-212-244-1502 ------------------------------ Message-Id: <200408191651.i7JGpZNL025981 [at] smtp.unc.edu> From: thetd222 Subject: Printed Drops... Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:51:34 -0400 Hello all, Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already designers = are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually early, imagine th= at). Anyhoo... We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or scrim-= like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was wonderin= g if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I need to tr= y to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do it.= ) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other companies.= Thanks in advance, Will Leonard = Assistant Technical Director PlayMakers Repertory Company Center for Dramatic Art UNC - Chapel Hill O: 919-843-9817 C: 919-423-9162 ------------------------------ From: "Richard Wolpert" Subject: RE: Printed Drops... Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:05:33 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Try GROSH Scenic - www.grosh.com, 877-363-7998. They're a Hollywood company, but I imagine they'll do work on the East coast. Ask for Carrie or Amanda Richard A.Wolpert President Union Connector Co., Inc. 40 Dale Street West Babylon, NY 11704 Ph: 631-753-9550 ext. 204 Fx: 631-753-9560 richw [at] unionconnector.com -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of thetd222 Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:52 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Printed Drops... For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Hello all, Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already designers are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually early, imagine that). Anyhoo... We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other companies. Thanks in advance, Will Leonard Assistant Technical Director PlayMakers Repertory Company Center for Dramatic Art UNC - Chapel Hill O: 919-843-9817 C: 919-423-9162 ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:21:47 -0400 From: "CATHERINE BRUMM" Subject: Re: Printed Drops... try Cobalt studios www.fcc.net/cobaltstudios Kenmark Inc. www.kenmark-inc.com Dreamworld Backdrops www.dreamworldbackdrops.com >>> thetd222 [at] email.unc.edu 08/19/04 12:51PM >>> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Hello all, Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already designers are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually early, imagine that). Anyhoo... We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other companies. Thanks in advance, Will Leonard Assistant Technical Director PlayMakers Repertory Company Center for Dramatic Art UNC - Chapel Hill O: 919-843-9817 C: 919-423-9162 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <000f01c48611$415c23a0$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References: Subject: Re: Printed Drops... Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:23:33 -0700 > Try GROSH Scenic - www.grosh.com, 877-363-7998. Can anyone offer any ballpark figures for printed drops? Any war stories? Any suggestions for first-timers? -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative ------------------------------ Message-ID: <120901c48612$7f232700$0600a8c0 [at] alf> From: "Alf Sauve" References: Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:30:40 -0400 No doubt it has a tremendous energy savings. And since the outtake goes to the city's potable water system, they aren't returning the heated water directly to the lake. The thought though is that there's no free lunch. Something will be impacted by the withdrawal and heating of the lower lake waters. It would appear that the net, for the present, is a tremendous environmental plus. The article about plankton poo though shows how much we've yet to learn about how the whole ecology-weather thing works. Whoever thought that there are floaters and sinkers in the plankton world and that they would so impact the weather? Alf ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Kosmatka" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: Re: Plankton Poo or hey this is pretty cool > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Alf Sauve wrote: > > >Of course, remember this is un-naturally heating up Lake Ontario. While it > >is a neat application, and certainly does reduce some of the nastier > >environmental negatives of other methods, there still will be long term > >effects on the environment. We just don't know what they will be. Here's > >an interesting, possibly connected, recent finding about plankton's role in > >cleaning the atmosphere! Turns out, too many whales just might be bad for > >the environment! > > > > > > > >>For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > >>--------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>a city sized fog chiller! > >> > >> > >> > >>Go Toronto! Does this mean I can use more lights? > >> > >>_Herrick > >> > >> > > Not of you believe slashdot: > http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=118329&cid=9999751 > > "The Fact Sheet on Enwave's site > [enwave.com] says > they're gonna free up 59 megawatts. Now, I should be able to disregard a > part of this as an efficiency improvement (electricity for cooling is > gawdawfully inefficient, compared to non-compressive heat exchangers > like this'll use), but I'll eat the inefficiency because that's the nice > guy I am. 59 x 24 x 365 (megawatt-years to megawatt-hours) gets us > *finally* to matching units. If I haven't completely bolluxed the > calculation, we're looking at a capability of handling 3673 of these > facilities. Or, the temp of Lake O going up 1/3673 of a degree." > > -james ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1092937225.4124e6090fda8 [at] webmail.bard.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:40:25 -0400 From: doran [at] bard.edu Subject: Re: Printed Drops... References: In-Reply-To: Will, Try Grosch, RoseBrand, Garriets, and others, but also try a google search under < Grand Format Digital Printing >. You can send these companies digital files over the web, or mail them photos. We did this with a company out of South Carolina a few years ago, and we ended up happy with the final product. Though we had some touble with an unexpected center seam, the company made it right at no additional charge, and just in time for the show. I would try to find one closer the next time, because shipping on a piece of 17' rolled goods can get pretty expensive. I can't recall the name of the company we used, but I found one called Georgia Printco in Lakeland, GA that looks like they do the same stuff. Their phone is (866) 572-0146 or (229) 482-3411. Good Luck, Andy Champ-Doran Technical Director Bard College Departments of Dance and Theater Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Quoting thetd222 >We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or > scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I was > wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as well. (I need > to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell her that we can't do > it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to help me find other > companies. > Will Leonard ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: Kevin Lee Allen Subject: Re: Printed Drops... Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:43:40 -0400 I use Image King Visual Solutions in NYC, they are fast and cheap. They=20= basically do billboards, but the technology is applicable. Guy Vincel ImageKing Visual Solutions 222 East 44th Street New York, NY 10017 Wk: (646) 442-0843 On Aug 19, 2004, at 12:51 PM, thetd222 wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see=20 > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Hello all, > > Well we are getting ready to get started back to work & already=20 > designers are contacting us about their shows (this one is actually=20 > early, imagine that). Anyhoo... > > We are looking to have a drop that is an image printed on scrim (or=20= > scrim-like material). I know Rosebrand does this type of work, but I=20= > was wondering if there were any other companies that print drops as=20 > well. (I need to try to comparison shop, because I don't want to tell=20= > her that we can't do it.) So I was hoping that y'all might be able to=20= > help me find other companies. > > Thanks in advance, > Will Leonard > Assistant Technical Director > PlayMakers Repertory Company > Center for Dramatic Art > UNC - Chapel Hill > O: 919-843-9817 > C: 919-423-9162 > > ----- Kevin Lee Allen Production Designer http://www.klad.com 973.744.6352.voice 201.280.3841.cell klad [at] klad.com =F0 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <005401c4868c$c5cb6080$f0b3673e [at] fasoulein> From: "ayusaya" References: Subject: Re: Olympics opening Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:06:59 +0300 Organization: ayusaya puppet theatre Hello Big Fred and all, I do have a VHS recording of the opening ceremony of the Olympics but it is taken from the Greek TV, so all comments are in greek language. I can make a copy for you if you want it really much. Write to ayusaya [at] otenet.gr please. Stathis (from the Scenography in relation to Puppetry thread) Ayusaya Puppet Company e-mail: ayusaya [at] otenet.gr site: www.geocities.com/ayusayapup tel/fax: +030-210-5141252 ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #107 *****************************