[SML] Super Titles

[e-mail frank.wood95]

As an engineer, LD, and opera goer, I am baffled by this topic. All
the opera houses I visit have, or seem to have, a long, shallow back
projection display. With my engineer's hat on, I can see ways to do
this, but they need seriously specialised equipment. In no case have I
detected front projection.

Again with my engineer's hat on, all the proposed solutions seem to me
to be grossly inefficient. Using perhaps 1/8 of the frame is not only
inefficient, but presents problems as to where the other 7/8 of the
frame goes. Projector black is not real black. Look at your computer
monitor. Before you turn it on, it looks dark grey, depending on how
long it is since you last cleaned the screen. Once on, it shows a
strong black and white image, when told to.



On 6 August 2015 at 17:51, Villem Teder via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> Here at the Canadian Opera Company, we use a medium-dark grey screen the
> full width of the prosc. Often it is also used as the first border.
>
> We use PowerPoint 2010 (PC). It has nicely variable fade speeds.
>
>
> Villem Teder
> Toronto
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