Participants will learn how to use DMX for television shows and feature films. The class breaks the subject into a manageable progression of skills, starting with the basics of running DMX cables, tools required for troubleshooting, understanding the basic concepts of how DMX works, and using those skills so that the Set Lighting Technician, Programmer, and CLT can work together to implement the complex tools of control and more effectively light the set.

• How to run DMX cable

• What tools are required on set to work with DMX

• What is the philosophy of how DMX and the lighting console interact with the lighting fixtures of effect control of the lighting rig

• How to address and profile different lighting fixtures

• Determining channel vs DMX

• How to create architecture and structure to lay out the DMX, channels, and IP address of your lighting rig

DATE: November 21, 2021

LOCATION: GoToTraining

INSTRUCTOR: Chris Cotone, Lighting Programmer & Lighting Draft Person

This course is made possible through the IATSE TTF Course Reimbursement Program. If you are interested in this training, contact Local 479 for more information.