Spectrum Wavelengths: Purple - Just Too Awesome!

The result of mixing the warmest and coolest colors - red and blue - is the color purple. This balance of red and blue evokes a myriad of emotions - all of which can work within a design to affect...

Joel Svendsen June 30, 2011 Questions?

Share The Work — And Get The Swag

Good stage lighting work should be shared...especially if you get some great swag in return! Did you ever go to a performance and think to yourself “what a great lighting effect – I wish I knew how...

Joel Svendsen June 15, 2011 Questions?

X24 Effects Projector: Fire & Water - and a whole lot more!

Leonardo DaVinci once said that "Water is the driving force of all nature." In many instances, water also proves to be the driving force in theatrical and architectural design, which makes one of the...

Joel Svendsen June 03, 2011 Questions?

Rosco's New Gobo Rotators: Feature Rich for Budget Wise

Whether a design calls for rotating a logo at a corporate event, the shadow of a fan blade turning through special-effects haze in the latest blockbuster or undulation within a foliage break-up to...

Joel Svendsen May 20, 2011 Questions?

From Blogger to Touring Rock Star

If you said the words blog or blogger back in 2005, the word would conjure up images of a person sitting at a computer in a dark room illuminated only by the glow of a monitor. You know – kind of...

Joel Svendsen May 03, 2011 Questions?

Spectrum Wavelengths: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

This Wavelengths post turns its attention to the color Blue and its current influence on Rosco and the world around us. Keep reading to learn about the 'Light it up Blue' campaign seen earlier this...

Joel Svendsen April 08, 2011 Questions?

Special Effects Technique: Ducting Fog

It's a common problem - You want fog to appear from a specific spot, but there is no physical way to get a fog machine with all of its necessary fluid, power and control needs hidden into that area...

Joel Svendsen March 28, 2011 Questions?

Spectrum Elements: Rosco adds another member to the ASC!

In this new series of posts that we're calling Spectrum Elements, we'll take a closer look at the elemental building blocks of Rosco - the individual employees that make the company function on a...

Joel Svendsen March 14, 2011 Questions?

Using Color To Go From Dusk To Dawn from Stan Schwartz

Using color to indicate the time of day is probably part of the curriculum in every undergraduate lighting class. But taking the audience from dusk to dawn, without additional audible clues from the...

Joel Svendsen February 28, 2011 Questions?

Bridezillas - Let us hear you roar! Be the first to use our new Design-Your-Own Wedding Gobo web site and you could win a prize from Rosco!

Happy Valentine's Day! If you are one of the lucky people who become engaged over this day of love, within minutes your mind will begin planning for your "special day". Modern brides and grooms have...

Joel Svendsen February 14, 2011 Questions?