Theater Lighting?

[markf]

I am going to model and render an interior of a small theater/auditorium. Some stills and possibly some animation Planning on showing the seating area with balconies and acoustic paneled walls, metal truss ceiling, cat walks, light rigging etc. Also may show stage from backstage view with scene rigging stuff, orchestra pit and movable acoutic shell. Lot of cool potential here

 

I have done allot of exterior and some interior stills and less animation. All with Max. My feeling is I need to get up to speed (quickly) with the Max radiosity lighting, which I have not used, to do this project justice. Am I correct in thinking this is a must?

 

Any suggestions for interior lighting strategies and sources for tutorial type info would be greatly appreciated.

 

Also any sources for theater type objects, textures or anything like that would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance for any replies