Subject: RE: Intensity distribution for stage instruments

From: [email-masked] (the Wondering Wanderer)
Date: Sun, 7 May 95 23:20:00 +400

Spots have the ability to either have a very sharp fall off (a sharp edge) or a
very slow fall off (a soft edge). A Fresnel (a member of the floodlight family)
has a very soft edge only. For a text _Lighting the Stage: Art and Practice_ by
Willard F. Belman (ISBN 0-810-20040-6) has excellent sections dealing with the
technical side of stage lighting.

It would also help for you to go to a supplier and see first hand how the
various lights compare.

p.s. - rec.arts.theatre.stagecrafts follows all technical threads of this
nature.

- mike
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