From: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:07:54 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Shadow lighting help


Last week I performed one of my Punch & Judy shows at Sunnyside, Home  
of Washington Irving, where the staff is still performing the shadow  
puppet show of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow using the shadow puppet  
stage that I built for them around 1982. I used single bulb  
illumination to avoid multiple shadows inside the two person stage.  
There are two bulbs inside two approx. 12 inch reflectors. One of the  
reflectors has blue light gel clipped over it to simulate night. the  
two manipulators are seated on chairs inside the stage with the lights  
clipped on above shoulders. Each light is on dimmer, one used to  
represent daytime and the other night. Hope this helps.

Fred Greenspan - Traditional Puppeteer
Ossining, New York
http://www.traditionalpuppetry.com

On Nov 4, 2006, at 10:42 AM, B. Shur wrote:

> I've been working for a company who does a shadow show of Sleepy  
> Hollow, and
> though I don't have too much shadow puppet experience, I think the  
> quality
> of the shadows isn't all it could be. We get multiple shadows and a  
> lot of
> blurring for any part of the puppet that is even less than a  
> centimeter away
> from the screen.
>
> The set-up is this-
> Three screens each about 28" wide and 60" tall side by side, muslin  
> secured
> with snaps to a wooden frame. The lights are 200 watt regular bulbs  
> anchored
> vertically two to a screen about 2" away from the screens.
>
> I'm pretty sure a  more directional light would help, as well as a  
> stiffer
> screen, but I don't know what specifically works best. The company  
> doensn't
> have a lot of money and can't afford to experiment too much. Any low  
> cost
> lighting/ screen ideas?
>
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