OtisCampbell
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I'm doing a children's show and the set will have some whimsical houses in the background made out of hard (luan) flats. Basically, my idea is to outline these houses with purple light to create an "outer glow" or "silhouette" effect that will be faded up whenever the business on stage is supposed to be inside the girl's imagination. So, when the girl is in her bedroom, the silhouette lighting will be off. If an imaginary character comes on stage or if she is in the imaginary village, the silhouette light will be brought up.
The director likes the idea so now I'm stuck with making it happen. The only problem is that our theatre has a black drape across the back and the houses will be relatively close to it upstage, so backlighting with traditional stage lights will not be possible--besides, I don't think they will give the look I'm going after. (There is also no place to mount them.) In trying to come up with a way to do this, I thought that I might be able to use some 1" X 3" lumber to make a very small "shadow box" effect around the edge of the house and then put rope lights with purple gel around the perimiter. My concerns with doing this are:
1. Without the silhouette light on, it will look bad.
2. The rope lights will not be bright enough to give the desired effect.
3. I will be able to see each little LED inside the rope light through the gel material. I don't want to see them.
So, do any of you have any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
OC
The director likes the idea so now I'm stuck with making it happen. The only problem is that our theatre has a black drape across the back and the houses will be relatively close to it upstage, so backlighting with traditional stage lights will not be possible--besides, I don't think they will give the look I'm going after. (There is also no place to mount them.) In trying to come up with a way to do this, I thought that I might be able to use some 1" X 3" lumber to make a very small "shadow box" effect around the edge of the house and then put rope lights with purple gel around the perimiter. My concerns with doing this are:
1. Without the silhouette light on, it will look bad.
2. The rope lights will not be bright enough to give the desired effect.
3. I will be able to see each little LED inside the rope light through the gel material. I don't want to see them.
So, do any of you have any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks,
OC