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The following | The following tips are provided and authored by Sally Simpson, a.k.a. sasmuse and posted with her express permission. She compiled this list for a sequencing lesson at the Philly Area Mini in NJ. I attended and was taken back by the way she explained these principles. I found that I had been using a few of then without actually knowing it. Now that I know about them I want to use them more and pay more attention to how I synch the lights. The following will help everyone from a their first year display to an experienced synch'er. Read below and I assure you your show will be better than ever. | ||
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1. Layout | 1. Layout | ||
-design your layout in conjunction with, or prior to, selecting music | -design your layout in conjunction with, or prior to, selecting music | ||
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'''''In-Song Strategies (ISS)''''' | '''''In-Song Strategies (ISS)''''' | ||
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1. Divide and Conquer | |||
-Divide your display into sections and assign to instrument/theme | -Divide your display into sections and assign to instrument/theme | ||
2. Reverse Psychology | 2. Reverse Psychology |
Revision as of 14:24, 23 June 2007
The following tips are provided and authored by Sally Simpson, a.k.a. sasmuse and posted with her express permission. She compiled this list for a sequencing lesson at the Philly Area Mini in NJ. I attended and was taken back by the way she explained these principles. I found that I had been using a few of then without actually knowing it. Now that I know about them I want to use them more and pay more attention to how I synch the lights. The following will help everyone from a their first year display to an experienced synch'er. Read below and I assure you your show will be better than ever.
Now that we got’em what do we do with’em?
Sequencing Strategies for Music and Lights
General Principles ( 4 L’s)
1. Layout
-design your layout in conjunction with, or prior to, selecting music
2. Listen, Listen, Listen
-I listen to a song well over 100 times before ever entering a sequence -Have your layout in mind as you listen -identify sections/themes/recurring passages -keep listening
3. Less is more
-Don’t use everything all at once all the time -Reel them in slowly
4. Leave’em wanting more…
-Don’t use everything in every song -Average adult attention span is 20 minutes -Child’s attention span is roughly equivalent to 1 minute per year of age
Now that we got’em what do we do with’em?
In-Song Strategies (ISS)
1. Divide and Conquer
-Divide your display into sections and assign to instrument/theme
2. Reverse Psychology
-Start with lights on and then turn them off
3. Light Choirs
-For choral numbers or songs with vocals -Assign particular voice to a group of lights -Everytime that voice sounds the same lights are used
4. Call and Response
-Have sections mimic each other
5. Catch me if you can
-Start a sequence and “chase” it around the display
6. High and Low
-Variation of #1 except that it uses height for the contrast -icicle lights on peaks vs. net lights on bushes
7. Ring around the rosey
-Variation of #5 except confined to a small section of display -think “mini-trees” or mega-tree
8. Step in Time or (levels)
-Use the levels to create diversity -Usually takes about a 20% change in intensity to be observable -Can be used as a step-up or a step-down
9. Point Me in the Right Direction
-Guide the observers eye through the display in a logical manner
10. Scatter
-Opposite of #9 -use lights in various parts of display with no apparent pattern