Theatre content from Live Design Magazine: This past September marked an interesting moment in the history of incandescent lighting: the European Union’s final deadline of the phase-out of household incandescent lamps. Starting with 100W lamps in 2009, then 75W and 60W lamps in 2010-2011, and finally as of September 2012, all 40W and 25W incandescent lamps were phased out of manufacture and banned from import into the European Union, including the UK. This means that stocks already in the country can be sold, but no new stock can be purchased or imported. Concerned about the need for stage practicals and naturalistic moments, many theatres have been preparing by stocking lamps, and several European-based lighting designers have commented that they also now have closets full of incandescents.
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I very much agree with the sentiments expressed by the lighting designers interviewed in this article. Tungsten lighting just has a very specific look that people have grown up with, and associate with certain things. The comment by one of the designers interviewed about the red glow of tungsten fixtures associating with fire and candlelight really resonated with me. The statement of a single bare bulb hanging from the ceiling is something that cannot be replicated with other means. Along the lines of tungsten vs. LED lighting, I feel that based on my limited experience tungsten definitely still has a place in the entertainment industry.
This was a much more helpful article than the other one on the same topic (which I also commented on). This provides a much more thorough argument and the actual reasons why Tungsten is better. I don't know enough to comment myself on the lighting uses but what they are saying makes sense to me. I wonder if they will be able to get a hold of them int he future or if the ban will be too much for them to get around. I also wonder if the same thing is going to happen in the US. Or maybe in a scientific world such as this science will provide us with a combination of the two, an LED bulb that has that warm effect.
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