Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer HND PGDip FHEA is a Senior Lecturer in Technical Theatre Production, mentor, and consultant in stage lighting and education. As a professional lighting designer, Rob designed and programmed theatre performances, music festivals and large corporate events for blue chip companies while travelling all over Europe. With a background in theatre, he combines traditional stage lighting knowledge alongside fast moving lighting and video technology in the world of commercial events.

QLab 4 and Stage Lighting Control

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So, the much anticipated QLab 4 has arrived and with it a new branch of functionality that may or may not have caught you by surprise.  On Stage Lighting looks at the new lighting control capabilities of QLab 4 and considers future developments.

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Essential Busking Page 3 – Executors

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In the third of our experiments in the quest for minimalism in creating a setup for busking concert lighting, On Stage Lighting tackles Executors as a means of busking a show.

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Developing Apps For Stage Production

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While software already has a major impact on our lives in modern production lighting, there is much more to come. On Stage Lighting looks at three traps to avoid and encourages us all to get involved.

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Illusions, Magic and Circus with Paul Smith, LD

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Catching up with an long standing friend of the site, On Stage Lighting delves into what Lighting Designer Paul Smith of Edge of Blue is working on.  We discuss opening multiple shows at once, lighting magic tricks and the important of lighting for the safety of circus performers.

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Essential Busking Pages 2 – Palettes Only

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In the second of our experiments in search of the Essential Busk Page, On Stage Lighting sets a new set of restrictions that give us a chance to explore further techniques used in busking concert lighting systems using pro level consoles.

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Essential Busking Pages 1 – Playbacks Only

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On Stage Lighting takes on experiments in minimalism to explore process of creating the Simplest Busk Page Ever (TM).  A thought exercise as much as a design one, the application of restrictive rules is used to give every single lighting element maximum consideration. The article will be updated during the development process.

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