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Tag: theater
Theatrical lighting that adjusts itself…
- By Edward Willett in Blog
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January 4, 2007
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…to the mood of the performers and the audience. Sounds like a bad idea to me. If the show stunk, the mood of the audience would give you a black-out on stage and full lights in the house, the better to illuminate the exits. And as for letting the mood of the performers alter the …
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