Tooltip Tags: Lighting

Combo Box

A six pocket stage box that can be converted from three-phase four-wire to single phase three-wire operation.

Cookie

A perforated material which is used to break up light or create a shadow pattern. Also known as a cucoloris.

CYC Lights

Row lights for evenly illuminating a cyclorama or other background.

Breast Line

A guide line attached to anything being hauled up on a crane or by a pulley.

Broad

A rectangular open-faced light which is used for general fill or for cyc illumination.

Brute

A brute arc light, usually 225 amps DC powered.

Assorted nets, silks, solids, and griffions which are used for light control; usually 5′ x 5′, or 6′ x 6′ frame size. Commonly a 12′ x 12′ or 20′ x 20′ is called a butterfly kit, however, it they should be called an overhead kit.

Baby

Usually a reference to a 1K light unit. It is also used to describe any light unit which is smaller than a standard size unit of comparable intensity (i.e. baby 1K, baby 2K, baby 5K, etc.). For grips, it refers to anything with a 5/8 inch stud (i.e. baby plate)

C-47 [CP]

Ordinary wooden clothespins which are used to secure gels to barndoors. They are also known as a #1 wood clamp.