Light Show Design Goals

When doing high school dances, I prefer rave style/club style. Color theme being blue, and green... Lights that produce sharp beams(no wash effects). I think the Vertigo, and Avenger effect has gotten old, and out of style. The younger audience enjoys a less bright floor, they feel more comfortable being 'hidden'. Lot's of people have a negative look on this type of scene, because they think students will be doing unapropriate things... Some schools keep a light on at the dance, and it kills the mood... People express(they actually dance, and have a good time instead of stand around) themselves better, when it's harder to see them. Effects like the old ADJ ET(in cool colors) work well. Some guidlines I use... Use interesting lights (not too bright). Don't make it so dim that people can't even see 3 meters in front of them. Don't spotlight on people. Experience with lights(colors, patterns, intervals of flashes, gobos) and see how the crowd reacts. Try to include intels in your light show, they are real useful (if the crowd dosn't like something, intels let you simply change it). Pick a few people in the crowd as indicators... See what they do when the lighting changes... What makes them come out? What makes them stop dancing, and burry themselves back into the back crowd? Look at how many people come out when you use strobes? Try to have fun with the crowd.

vertigo and avenger old? naa i got 2 vertigos and 1 avenger and i love em there some of my best lights

Well they have been out for more than 3 years, and almost every mobile DJ has them. Chances are the audience notices.

ya theyv been out there but there still some of the best lights you can buy for the price

from my experience in the lighting idustry you
should go with some lazers and intels for
example four ultra scan 250 and 4 power wash 250
and show designer 1 . Having the ultra scans set up with two on each side about 17 feet high but each light individualy
spread widely apart and the washes in the center but also spread out have them about ten feet high
so they scan just over the crowd with out lighting
the audience with with dark colors and then put two lazers between each pair of scans. when theres impulsing sounds have the washes flash white and the scans strobing. then when theres a calm part in the song have the lights scan slowly across the audience. that should be a killer show.