<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><I>"We moved the booms<BR> in on each side, instead of leaving them against the walls, so that they<BR> became part of the piece, like a set," says Fritz.</I><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>. . .And I'll bet they discovered that the Inverse Square Law really works.<P>Note to civilians: The Inverse Square Law states that as the distance between a source of light (or any radiant energy) and its target changes, the intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the difference in distances.<P>HUH?!?!?!?, you ask?<P>Simple. If I move the lights twice as close, the dancers are 4 times as bright (because the square of 2 is four).<BR>Let me rephrase that -- ". . .<I>the light on the dancers</I> is twice as bright; the dancers will be no brighter or duller than they were before. . . ."<P> <P>------------------<BR>Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting Designer<P>Online portfolio: <A HREF="http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg" TARGET=_blank>http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg</A> <BR>This Day in Arts History: <A HREF="http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg/arthist.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg/arthist.htm</A><P><BR>
_________________ Jeffrey E. Salzberg,
Dance Lighting Design http://www.jeffsalzberg.com
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