So I'm working on a show where the final scene takes place on a train, and the set is pretty minimal, so we're trying really hard to sell it with light and sound. It's supposed to be early morning, with a sun low in the sky, and I want to create the effect of randomly flickering sunlight, as if the sun periodically passes behind a cluster of branches.
I thought about building some sort of rotator to place in front of a distant point source, but the limitations of the stage mean that I couldn't get a side light far enough away to avoid seeing the shadow of the rotator moving across the actors. Also, having essentially no wings to speak of, it would be hard to hide.
Alternatively, I'm wondering if there's some type of dimmer that would cause "random," periodic flashes, which would allow me to place the fixture relatively close to the actors, and still achieve that look. Furthermore, even if there were a dimmer that could do this, I'd still be nervous that the cooldown time of any tungsten unit I use would make the flashes imperceptible. Is there an LED unit that's capable of this? Or something else entirely?
Thanks for any guidance you could provide!
I thought about building some sort of rotator to place in front of a distant point source, but the limitations of the stage mean that I couldn't get a side light far enough away to avoid seeing the shadow of the rotator moving across the actors. Also, having essentially no wings to speak of, it would be hard to hide.
Alternatively, I'm wondering if there's some type of dimmer that would cause "random," periodic flashes, which would allow me to place the fixture relatively close to the actors, and still achieve that look. Furthermore, even if there were a dimmer that could do this, I'd still be nervous that the cooldown time of any tungsten unit I use would make the flashes imperceptible. Is there an LED unit that's capable of this? Or something else entirely?
Thanks for any guidance you could provide!