As many of us may be, my school's theater has rather limited budget/facilities. We are looking into purchasing a backdrop-sized scrim for our show. While we would do alright for this particular show with a plain opaque background, we would be glad to use the opportunity to purchase a sharktooth scrim, that may come in handy later.
The objective would be to light it at a steep angle for the opaque effect, at least for this show. However, I am not sure if we have instruments that could manage this. We don't have any borderlights, and renting/hanging may not be an option. There are fresnels and ellipsoidals we have that could be mounted on the fly just downstage of the scrim, however, because of limited resources, they may be best suited elsewhere in the plot.
We do have two three-cell cyc lights that we usually use for lighting backdrops. I'd love it if they could effectively light the scrim without shining through/making it transparent or translucent, but I am assuming because of their very wide spread, this may not be possible. My question would be if it would at all be possible to effect this, or if it's simply not doable w/ a cyc light...Any confirmation/denial/suggestion on this issue would be greatly appreciated![/b]
The objective would be to light it at a steep angle for the opaque effect, at least for this show. However, I am not sure if we have instruments that could manage this. We don't have any borderlights, and renting/hanging may not be an option. There are fresnels and ellipsoidals we have that could be mounted on the fly just downstage of the scrim, however, because of limited resources, they may be best suited elsewhere in the plot.
We do have two three-cell cyc lights that we usually use for lighting backdrops. I'd love it if they could effectively light the scrim without shining through/making it transparent or translucent, but I am assuming because of their very wide spread, this may not be possible. My question would be if it would at all be possible to effect this, or if it's simply not doable w/ a cyc light...Any confirmation/denial/suggestion on this issue would be greatly appreciated![/b]