[SML] Projection Surface

[Jacob Blumberg]

Thanks for your ideas. What I’m thinking about pitching is using foam core
an making faux brick, because it takes place at our school, where we have
lots of white brick on the exterior. Does anybody advise against that?

Jacob

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 17:46 jdunfee12--- via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I"ll add ideas to the mix, though I suspect it is not viable.  Put up a
> white or pale blue cyc, and rear-project onto it with your chosen pattern.
> Some of the projectors may be video, but other parts may be regular
> ellipsoids with gobos.
>
> To make it more "artsy", instead of just hanging the fabric, frame them
> out with wood, like a flat, but no middle Toggle member. Use various sizes
> that fit like a puzzle.  If some of the larger parts are hinged togheter,
> then they may be self-standing like a room divider. perhaps some parts hang.
>
> Of course, you generally don't want to hit this directly with front
> lighting unless you don't want the back lighting to have effect.  But, to
> reduce the amount of wash-out that you get from ambient front lighting, add
> a black scrim in front of the cyc cloth.  This is how "anti-glare" screens
> were added to computer monitors back in the CRT days.
>
> Another random idea is to use my "framed cyc" idea, but rather than using
> lighting fixutres, put christmas lights inside.
>
> -Joe
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