The $450,236.52 is for lighting only. We have a separate budget, another for pyro, another for sound, another for video, another for staging, and yet another transportation. For pyro, hhsrat, do you mind getting your license? Please note, we will not do this production over the weekend of June 11, and we will let you borrow the pyro setup that weekend. We will claim it's for practice :D:
I figure we need to have six
High End Systems lights. They have their own budget, separate from the $450,236.52.
Mayonnaise, we'll have you trained and get you the equipment to make gobos, along with cutting gels.
And Wombat, you will actually make your money from future shows. The first one is a little bit expensive, but once we have the equipment purchased we can talk about expanding your contract. Actually, what we will do is have hobie sell the idea of carrying this event to the movie theaters around the country. It should be an easy sale... people would be complete idiots to not want to see this, even if it is to see if someone accidentally gets killed. So along with the studio audience, you will have millions of adoring fans watching live (or roughly ten seconds behind). You are going to love the entrance... You know Cher's Final, No Really, I'm Actually Making This My Last One, And You're Never Going To See Me Again, But I Love You, So I Will Probably Do Another Farewell, But I'm Not Going To Admit It, But I Love Performing, So You Know It's Going To Happen, No Really, This Is really It, My Last Final Farewell Until I Finally Break Down And Do Another Concert, Concert? We're going to put the entire Vocal Majority choir on one of those where you will all descend from the rafters. It's going to be awesome. Okay, so it won't be a chandelier, but it's still gong to be cool.
Oh, and ktulu... I take the credit for technical director, producer, stage director, video director, occasional key grip and production baby.