Recent content by tbhatt

Hey, so I'm looking into how to do the shaving scene from Sweeney Todd for a friend of mine. If anybody has done it before or has any ideas on how to work the Sweeney/Pirelli shave-off so that the beard (false of course) can be "shaven" off cleanly post them here. Thanks so much.

We've looked into the glow in the dark paints and thats not the look she's going for. She read about the use of these scotchlite beads in a book about film costumes. It is what they used to make the ghosts in Disney's Haunted Mansion and for the Kryptonite costumes in the Richard Donner Superman...

A friend of mine is designing the costumes for Sweeney Todd, and she needs some of the costumes to shine at one point to make the characters look like memories or ghosts. She's read about the scotchlite beads that 3M makes and is wondering if they can be mixed with paint to paint the costumes so...

Rosco 80 is a favorite choice of mine... Its very cold but also versitile enough to help with creating nice night and very pretty effects in general, especially when used a a top light and paired witha pale blue (such as a Rosco 62 or 65) from the front or gobo'ed to give a mottled look. In my...

I'm with Erwin, all about the Data Flash. Super realistic when programed properly. The ability to pace the lightning effect to match the accompanying sound cue is unmatched. As for unreliability I've found that they had problems only when they are left powered up for too long. My solution was to...

Hello, My name is Travis and I am a professional lighting designer and theatrical technician in Ontario, Canada. I joined here to trade information and experiences with other people in the theatre industry to help improve all of our work.