Video Highlights of My Final Show at Full Sail

The final concert lab is filmed in HD with four cameras, two were on tripods, one was handheld and one is on a jib. I was the Lighting Director for this show, however I also designed and developed the introduction, which involved creating the media content for the LED wall in the Green Hippo media server environment and composing the ambient soundscape using Apple's Logic software. I also designed the retro computer graphic that introduced the show. 

Light Plot for My Final Concert Lab

This is the light plot that I created in Vectorworks for my final concert lab at Full Sail University. This show was presented in the Full Sail Live Venue, a much larger venue than Full Sail Live 1. This venue is used for multiple purposes - Graduations, corporate style shows, benefit galas, music video filming, a sound stage for filming, even WWE wresting matches! 

The large box truss in the middle of the venue was recently installed for the filming of WWE matches that took place in the venue. Since the first WWE show was the day before my final show, I needed to add the WWE lighting rig to the existing rig so that I could determine how the WWE production would effect my lighting. This proved beneficial for me, but also for WWE's Lighting Director, who I gave a copy of the most updated version of his rig.   

Show Light Engineering Final Project

Show Light Engineering is a class at Full Sail University's Show Production & Touring degree program. This is where we are introduced to the wonders of intelligent lighting fixtures and consoles. The console that was mainly used in the class was the GrandMA Ultralight. It has recently been changed to the GrandMA2 Ultralight. There is a lab room with six of these consoles, each with a computer that runs ESP Vision to visualize the rig as we program our shows. 

Typical Light Plot for Full Sail Live 1

This is a typical light plot that I used for our live concert labs in Full Sail Live 1, which is a performance venue that is pretty much the main "classroom" for the Show Production & Touring degree program at Full Sail University. This plot was created in Vectorworks. While the instruments don't get moved for these labs, we still have to decide on a color palette for the conventional fixtures, which consist mainly of 6-PAR bars. The color representations on the end of the fixtures made it easier for me and other crew members to locate and gel the fixtures. This was necessary because we had to gel, focus, finalize programming in 2 hours. 

Cornucopia Quartet - Full Sail Live 1

I was the Lighting Director for this live concert lab featuring a local band. This is the "classroom rig" for the Show Production and Touring degree program at Full Sail University. The moving lights consist of Martin MAC 700 Wash, MAC 700 Profile, MAC 550, MAC 250 Krypton, Stagebar 54L, VariLite VL500D, High End Technobeam Iris, ETC Source Four and Par 64s. The fixtures stay in place, but the rig comes down to gel the conventional fixtures and hang the PA. The conventional fixtures are ran with an ETC Expression 48/96 console and the movers are ran with either a GrandMA Ultralight (Series 1) or a GrandMA2 Ultralight console.