Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Lens: Gel Sheets

In stage lighting they are called gel sheets, or gel cuts. They are the translucent lenses placed over the stage lights, for lighting the stage. I like to think of them as personality traits.

I wear amber prescription sunglasses for the same purpose, my personal downtown stage lighting.

Changing the color of our lights is probably the single most powerful artistic change we can make easily. Gel filters are the media of choice for this purpose. Gel sheets are generally 20" x 24" and can be cut with scissors, mat knife, or a paper cutter to cut the gel size to your fixture's needs.
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