[SML] Northern Lights Doozie

[Sarah McKenney]

I am not sure what your budget is for such a thing... But if it is higher
than nothing perhaps a piece of clear frosted plexiglass with a strip of
color changing LEDs shining down through one edge. If you get individually
controlled pixels you can make some neat chase effects. You would need to
get a power supply and decoder up in the grid, and depending on your
ceiling hight it may be annoying to cut lights off of, but could get the
job done.

~Sarah McKenney
Electrics Technician and Programmer
Oregon Shakespeare Festival

On Sep 1, 2017 8:37 AM, "Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft" <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>      I lived in Alaska for 30 years. And I've always contemplated how to
> do that well. I've thought of a few ideas, which I've never really had a
> chance to try.
>      This one might be your easiest and best choice for your space: Haze
> the room a touch, grab something like some old coka-cola bottles with the
> ribs on the sides (take off any paint/logo) shoot a light through the
> bottle and then through a slit, add some gel for color, and spin the bottle
> slowly. Might be best to shoot one bottle through a second. Spinning at
> different rates and at times different directions. Maybe mount the bottles
> on motors or something so you don't have to control them by hand. The slit
> at the end of it all is to control where you are lighting (think of barn
> doors for a fixture). I've drawn up a picture which I can send to folks who
> are interested if my description isn't good enough.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Lyric Opera Kansas City via Stagecraft
> Cc: Lyric Opera Kansas City
> Subject: [SML] Northern Lights Doozie
>
> Ok Everyone - Here is an really "out there" question.  Has anyone ever
> tried to/had success with creating a northern lights environment in a black
> box theatre?  No cyc, no projection surface.  We can look at pics all day
> and most of them are people standing under a well lit sky.  The people
> without the skyline don't communicate northern lights.  I am thinking about
> pushing the sky feeling directly onto the people and floor in the space,
> but I was wondering if anyone else has tried to tackle this is another
> way?  Projectors are not an option.
> Thanks,
> Nate
>
>
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