To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:55:44 -0600
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] using photo light tripods for building free



Thanks for the input, puptcritters. You're right about the tripods - too many legs. Now I am considering plywood cutouts - using Korean hinges for the long, back piece. Then I can just cut windows and put rear projection screen in them for the front ones for the shadow puppets. I could hold those up with French braces and sand bags.... The shadow puppets are flat - regular shadow puppets, not dancers.

If each panel is 7' x 4' or smaller, I can fit them in a mini-van........

Pam

> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:40:57 -0800
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> From: eye-AT-independenteye.org
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] using photo light tripods for building free standing	sets
> 
> >The screens will be muslin - what is the best source for focused light?
> 
> Best focus for us comes from unfrosted incandescent bulbs, which will 
> keep a figure in focus through greater depth.  If you're using 
> regular shadow puppets held against the screen, that's not an issue 
> for you.  We've often used live dancers or 3-dimensional puppets in 
> shadow, with moving light sources (mechanic's trouble lights with the 
> grid removed, and 300w unfrosted bulbs, the intensities controled by 
> dimmer).  Not clear from your description, though, whether the 
> dancers are holding the lights behind the screen and then coming out 
> into view, or whether they form the shadows.
> 
> Cheers-
> Conrad B.
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