First F:light for the RSC Goes Like a Dream, ET Now

'The recent production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Novello Theatre London implemented the innovative F:light system, which allows moving lights to follow the motion of automated scenery and performers, whilst remaining fully under the lighting designer’s control...Simple to configure, F:light uses real-time automation data to accurately follow objects as they move, not just with pan and tilt but also with constant beam-size. F:light acts as an additional lighting console, providing seamless focus information to any fixture on demand. The system is as useful for following stage trucks and flying scenery as it is for complicated 3-D moves and performer flying...'

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This article first appeared in the February 2009 issue of Entertainment Technology Now magazine and is reproduced with kind permission of ET Press.

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