<div>I've never seen this effect, in operation. Could someone take a simple single example and briefly explain of how to get the instrument to track the window as it travels? To me this is daunting without having the instrument on a loose pivot and using a long side-arm and an external rope, pulley, and a weight, to keep the focus on the window frame.</div><div> </div><div>27.07.2018, 13:41, "Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft" <stagecraft@theatrical.net>:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;">Yeah.  What Tracy said….</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"> </p><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="color:black;">Bill </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="color:black;"><a href="mailto:bill@sapsis-rigging.com"><span style="color:#0563c1;">bill@sapsis-rigging.com</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="color:black;"><a href="http://sapsis-rigging.com/"><span style="color:#0563c1;">http://sapsis-rigging.com</span></a></span></p></div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="color:black;">+1.267.278.4561 mobile </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"> </p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;">From: </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;">Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net">stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net</a>> on behalf of "<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br /><strong>Reply-To: </strong>"<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br /><strong>Date: </strong>Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 10:53 PM<br /><strong>To: </strong>"<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br /><strong>Cc: </strong>Tracy Nunnally <<a href="mailto:tracy@flyingfx.com">tracy@flyingfx.com</a>><br /><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [SML] Slow moving motor</span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;">. . . or Vertigo, Bill . . . . ;-)</span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;">I have actually done a rig like this many times for very slow moving "passage of time" effects.  45 minute sunsets, 30 minute moon box movements, etc.  Moving something slowly is often much harder than moving something quickly.  You can motorize it, but if you only need it to take 4 to 5 minutes, it's actually super easy to do with a manual system.</span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;">You can create hand crank travel system that can be geared to give you a smooth slow effect powered by a stage hand.  If you don't want to make one, I have one I can send you.</span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;"> </p><div><p style="background:white;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Tracy Nunnally</span></strong></p></div><div><p style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;">Owner<br />Email: </span><span style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:tracy@getvertigo.com"><span style="color:#1155cc;">tracy@getvertigo.com</span></a></span></p></div><div><p style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif;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