Lasermike
Well-Known Member
Our next show is Newsies Jr, the director would like to try projection with this show. This will be in the space mentioned here. It's a 65ish foot across the center dodecagon or 12 sided room. The entire stage and house is in this space so it's not terribly big.
Based on what she read at Broadway Media, the source of the files they'd like to project, we need a minimum of 5K lumens. She was told that it would be about 20K to buy, I don't remember the rental cost. Based on that I went, of course, to Amazon which led down a rabbit hole. I eventually found the Veiwsonic LS921WU, an installation rated 6K lumen short throw projector for $4000 at B&H Photo. She mentioned that she we may have a sponsor to help defray costs. I am not married to the Viewsonic brand, I just stopped looking when I found a brand I recognized.
The calculator at Projector Central says we would see about FL of 33 at an image size of 205" by 128" with the projector at 14'-6" from the screen. I doubt we will see that much it's a painted wall rather than an actual screen. The wall is actually nearer to 30' wide and 13' tall, there's no way a 16:9 will fit that without looking quite odd so I've scaled down her expectations to something I hope can actually be done. The question is will this even be visible? I've no concept of what a single FL looks like let alone 33 of them. I'm thinking it would work if we set the scene with the lights low then fade into the background as the lights come up. If it won't work as she'd like, I think she will rent something. Which means I'd need a recommendation for a rental.
Michael
Based on what she read at Broadway Media, the source of the files they'd like to project, we need a minimum of 5K lumens. She was told that it would be about 20K to buy, I don't remember the rental cost. Based on that I went, of course, to Amazon which led down a rabbit hole. I eventually found the Veiwsonic LS921WU, an installation rated 6K lumen short throw projector for $4000 at B&H Photo. She mentioned that she we may have a sponsor to help defray costs. I am not married to the Viewsonic brand, I just stopped looking when I found a brand I recognized.
The calculator at Projector Central says we would see about FL of 33 at an image size of 205" by 128" with the projector at 14'-6" from the screen. I doubt we will see that much it's a painted wall rather than an actual screen. The wall is actually nearer to 30' wide and 13' tall, there's no way a 16:9 will fit that without looking quite odd so I've scaled down her expectations to something I hope can actually be done. The question is will this even be visible? I've no concept of what a single FL looks like let alone 33 of them. I'm thinking it would work if we set the scene with the lights low then fade into the background as the lights come up. If it won't work as she'd like, I think she will rent something. Which means I'd need a recommendation for a rental.
Michael