A Free-Falling Ball of Light |
Donald W. Titus |
For each performance of a recent production of Heaven, we needed an “astrological ball of light” to fall, roll, and bounce freely down a 20′ commercial plastic trash chute into an onstage dumpster. After considering and discarding several alternatives including chase effects and battery-powered light sources, we settled on the lighting furture described here.
FIGURE 1: THE ASTROLOGICAL BALL OF LIGHT
THE SHELL
To form a protective shell, I modified two Altman 360Q reflectors. Their durability and the fact that their lamp-base holes are centered made them ideal for this use. After drilling a series ...
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