The Best Boy is an in-house light developed by a company called PRG. Besides being a very good moving light it can also function as a followspot with a wide range of modes including stand-alone with manual positioning by a followspot operator, semi manual with a set of features controlled locally and some controlled via the lighting network and remote operation, where the operator uses a monitor and control system to operate the light remotely.
In this candid work video you can see me fitting one of the conversion kits for semi-manual control. When I get a bit frustrated it’s because the calibration on the touch screen sometimes drifts and it makes it hard setting the lights address on the touch screen. I’m going to be digging through the menu when I get a chance to see if there’s a touch calibration facility.
Filming is courtesy of Graham Gaw who runs the followspot department. (12 followspots on this particular job.)
