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Motorised lights
Introduction
Motorised lights were introduced on a large scale for the disco scene closely followed by the pop groups on tour, for road shows and live concerts. The idea of moving the light beams by either a mirror or moving the luminaire was a progression from purely placing colour and patterns in them. Eventually, TV and film borrowed the techniques to create, in their own media, a simulation of a live pop show.
The technical designers of lighting soon discovered that the pop/theatre and TV requirements were poles apart. The pop and theatre industry required extremely fast movement for effect with as many colour changes as possible, using multi-layer dichroic filters, all combined in a lightweight portable unit that ...
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