From: Daniel McGuire <dandmcguire-AT-mac.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:07:28 -0500 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] lighting questions for shadow puppetry Thanks for these tips - the "two dimmers flipped" idea is what I've done; it worked great with normal bulbs - and today I tried it with to OP's and it worked well. Need to figure out the wiring to the fan - make it independent of the light - so it can be kept on throughout. Nice thing about the dimmer vs blocking the lights method is that there is less light bleed, and also I can put the dimmer right beside me, on the floor, under the screen. Basically, I am trying to create dissolves and montage effects. The dimmer method works much better than the light block method - which is basically a clean "cut". Cheers, DMCG On Jun 15, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Kurt and Kathy Hunter wrote: > For a very simple one handed cross fade, I've just mounted two > household > slide type dimmers into one box with the slides working in opposide > directions. Moving the two slides together in the same direction > (with one > hand) fades one down and the other up. > > Kurt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Hudert" <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com> > To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] lighting questions for shadow puppetry > > >> Not sure about a dimmer for the light, but it should be possible >> since most OP have a switch for light and fan and fan only. I THINK >> you >> could just interrupt the supply wires to the light after the switch >> and >> add your dimmers in there. That would not give you a one handed cross >> fade, but I don't think you will get that with a simple set up anyway. >> If you are good with wiring you could put an additional switch on each >> projector that sent the power to the light in one position and to a >> separate dimmer then to the light in the other position. You could >> then >> make a dimmer box where the dimmers could be mounted side by side, one >> upside down from the other (assuming you use slide rather than dial >> dimmers). That would give you the on in the up position for one and >> the >> off in the up position for the other. Then when you slid both from up >> to down, or vise versa, you would fade one down and the other up. Does >> that make sense? It is a bit complicated and I hope you understand the >> idea of the wires that would be needed to add the projector lamps to >> the dimmers. >> However, a simple but quite effective way to black them out is to >> create a hinged hood flap that mounts on the top of each projector >> head >> (rather than the glass where you will be working). When you want a >> black out of that projector, you flip it down. The light stays on but >> it is as if you stood in front of the projector - no light or >> projected >> image gets to the screen. You can then go back and forth between >> projectors raising the flap as needed. You can even project from both >> at once if needed. For a cross fade you just need a bit of practice on >> the timing. >> Using the flap on the head means that you can place other things on >> the glass for scenery etc. We have used things layered between plexi >> to >> create scenes and still have a smooth flat surface to work the puppets >> on. >> Let us know what solution(s) you end up using. >> >> Christopher >> >> On Jun 15, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Daniel McGuire wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> I am trying to rig up two overhead projectors for shadow puppetry. >>> The >>> idea is that a single dimmer would control the light for two >>> overheads >>> - as you slide the dimmer, you would raise the light on one >>> projector, >>> and darken the projector on the other side, so that you'd essentially >>> get a dissolve from one overhead to another, tag-team style. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >> Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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