Wow, what a brutal show. The pilots did not have the "reverse dim" onboard. Too old I guess.
They stayed @ 100% through three days of shows. Did I mention that the shutters have no "close"!!! The lowest value was very slow strobe. Sheesh, such a pain.
I had to do "something" with them in every single scene, back out, set change, walkin/out.... argh. I could almost get a blackout by pointing 'em away from the house, towards the sky in the darkest color, gobo and out of focus. I hit the floor area bedind the set alot and also put them on the cyc to slow things down a bit, lots of wash stuff. I had to be carefull 'caust no matter what move I made, It would show... all in all... I'd say it "worked" and only I and the client knew or noticed the issue but it felt corny and "hillbilly" to me.
That show was lame..... Sorry, but I just needed a shoulder or two to cry on for a min.
edit---> The client did not even know his pilots were supposed to to HAVE dimming. He thought you turn them on and they just "stay" on...