The light shoots through a 3/4" thick disc of Lucite plastic. The disc is well supported on the steel truss that makes up the standard trap filler plug.
The class focuses the spotlight straight up to the hole in the stage. There is plenty of distance for safe heat dispersion. (By the way, until this building is completed, we have no costume shop, so the costumes have to be stored in this damp basement).
The 19 degree lens on the Source4 spot shoots right up through the gap in the steel I-beams. The actor simply stands there...like the "transporter pad" on Star Trek!!!
So here is a test of the final effect that I want. Kerne stands on the Lucite disc as we hit him from below. Surprizingly, there is no heat on the disc at all. (Click to enlarge photo).
Dana, that has to be the coolest effect I've seen you pull off. I'm gonna miss the show so please keep posting your pictures -- especially funny ones of Kerne!
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