93743 - Pacero The Best Spot Lights - Eglo Contemporary Lighting

93743 – Pacero The Best Spot Lights

A spotlight (or follow-spot) is a powerful stage lighting instrument because it projects a bright beam of light onto a performance space. Spotlights are controlled by a spotlight operator who tracks actors around the stage. Morever, these are most commonly used in concerts, musicals and large scale presentations where highlighting a specific mobile individual is critical. Spotlights are sometimes located overhead on catwalks. Furthermore, in some theaters, they may also be located in the control booth or purposely built “spot booths” in addition to the catwalk.

Variety of Spot Lights

Spotlights may be arranged in a variety of patterns for coverage. For example, they can be located to the back or rear of a theater and aimed at the stage in front of them. In a concert setting, they may be in a position Front of House (FOH), while other positions may have the spotlight upstage used as back or top light. Some concerts use truss spots on a truss downstage, but closer than catwalk spots in an amphitheater-style catwalk layout. In other places, spot locations are at the mercy of the architect who designed the space.

Characteristics of a typical spotlight include:

A strong light source, often a high-intensity discharge lamp with a high colour temperature.

An “iris” to adjust the size of the spot/angle of the beam.
A color magazine or “boomerang” consisting of several gel frames which can be swung in front of the beam. And some sort of physical sight to assist in aiming is sometimes added onto the lamp by the operator.