JerSegal99
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Hey everyone,
I've just discovered this forum. What an amazing resource!
I'm working on a show right now with several tech challenges that I'm hoping you guys can help me with.
1. We're using the Cyc for shadowplay, but there's not a lot of space from behind the Cyc to the US wall. What kind of lights can I use that would be small enough to not take up too much space but still be able to create nice shadows?
2. The theatre is equipped with a Trampoline (Tension Wire Grid) instead of a typical grid system. We have to rig the Cyc to drop down to the floor. Any ideas?
3. After the Cyc drops, we're going to have the doors at the back of the stage open up. There is a fair amount of space in the backroom to place equipment. The idea is to make the doors seem like a 'gateway to Heaven.' We want to create a really great lighting effect.
Either with lights from top to bottom in the back room directed towards the audience, creating a brilliant (but maybe blinding) doorway of light.
Or, I'm thinking I may be able to get an equally interesting effect by having lights inside the back room on either side, facing each other; using a hazer or smoke machine.
Any advice as to which one would be more effective? Or any better ideas?
4. Once the back doors open, we want to have a ton of feathers blow out from within.
We will need a fan to do this. Any ideas on what kind of fan would be powerful enough to blow the feathers onto the stage without blowing them all the way into the audience?
Also would love to have the feathers float around in the air until a specific cue when they would begin drifting to the ground. Would I use fans SR & SL to keep them afloat? Or is there some sort of suction fan I should place in the trampoline?
Any advice on using feathers? Is it just a giant mess that's going to cause a huge headache of problems? Would it make a difference if we used larger feathers?
5. The stage is black linoleum. We want to make it reflective and glossy. What would one use to do this?
I know it's a lot of questions... In the future, should I make separate threads in more specific forums? ie ask about the Cyc dropping in the Rigging Forum, shadows in the Lights forum, etc.? Or is it better to just have it all in one thread?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Cheers!
I've just discovered this forum. What an amazing resource!
I'm working on a show right now with several tech challenges that I'm hoping you guys can help me with.
1. We're using the Cyc for shadowplay, but there's not a lot of space from behind the Cyc to the US wall. What kind of lights can I use that would be small enough to not take up too much space but still be able to create nice shadows?
2. The theatre is equipped with a Trampoline (Tension Wire Grid) instead of a typical grid system. We have to rig the Cyc to drop down to the floor. Any ideas?
3. After the Cyc drops, we're going to have the doors at the back of the stage open up. There is a fair amount of space in the backroom to place equipment. The idea is to make the doors seem like a 'gateway to Heaven.' We want to create a really great lighting effect.
Either with lights from top to bottom in the back room directed towards the audience, creating a brilliant (but maybe blinding) doorway of light.
Or, I'm thinking I may be able to get an equally interesting effect by having lights inside the back room on either side, facing each other; using a hazer or smoke machine.
Any advice as to which one would be more effective? Or any better ideas?
4. Once the back doors open, we want to have a ton of feathers blow out from within.
We will need a fan to do this. Any ideas on what kind of fan would be powerful enough to blow the feathers onto the stage without blowing them all the way into the audience?
Also would love to have the feathers float around in the air until a specific cue when they would begin drifting to the ground. Would I use fans SR & SL to keep them afloat? Or is there some sort of suction fan I should place in the trampoline?
Any advice on using feathers? Is it just a giant mess that's going to cause a huge headache of problems? Would it make a difference if we used larger feathers?
5. The stage is black linoleum. We want to make it reflective and glossy. What would one use to do this?
I know it's a lot of questions... In the future, should I make separate threads in more specific forums? ie ask about the Cyc dropping in the Rigging Forum, shadows in the Lights forum, etc.? Or is it better to just have it all in one thread?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Cheers!