Rosco Offers to Share the Swag if You Share the Work

Did you ever go to a performance and think to yourself, what a great lighting effect. I wish I knew how the designer did it. What colors were used? Which gobos? What does a director ask of the designer to get an effect like that?

Rosco reports that sharing those ideas with the lighting design community is important, which is why the company prepares and archives a lot of the really great work on its website.

However, the company says, a lot of great stage pictures are created around the country and they deserve to be seen, but they don't always get seen. So it is launching the "Share The Work - And Get The Swag" program.

It works like this: You submit a photo of a production in which you used a Roscolux or Supergel color to achieve a specific purpose or goal. You'll need to tell Rosco, in a couple of sentences, why you chose the Roscolux/Supergel color you used and what you or the director or the design team wanted to convey with the color choice. If you need more than one picture to tell the story, you can send up to five. You'll also have to fill out an online form giving the company permission to share your work along with providing some of the detail of the production as well as all the credits.

In return, Rosco will send a coffee mug, artfully colored in a Roscolux color, complete with the SED curve. (You'll receive one of the 10 different Roscolux colors chosen to be represented on a mug.)

S This is not a contest, no one will judge your work and there are no winners or losers. Everyone who submits at least one stage picture and the required text will get a Roscolux mug. Any kind of production is eligible: play, opera, dance, concert, etc. The text describing the picture needs to be at least three or four sentences and needs to include the Roscolux/Supergel color number. This program will end on July 30, or while supplies last. Submissions are limited to one entry per person.

In some cases, Rosco will share the work on its Facebook page. In others, the company may use it as part of a tutorial or in digital media. You can submit your photo(s) through the online submission form at the URL listed below.