File spoon-archives/puptcrit.archive/puptcrit_1999/puptcrit.9906, message 199


Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:53:03 -0500
Subject: Re: PUPT: Lighting shadow screens
From: "Diane & Stu" <fwpearls-AT-mn.mediaone.net>


For my shadow screen (also made of shower curtain vinyl) I simply use 3 
hardware store - variety clamp lights with 150 watt incandescent bulbs. With
a smaller screen, one would work fine.

Diane

Freshwater Pearls Puppetry
http://www.fwpearls-puppetry.com/

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>From: "Bill Woodburn & Marie Jeanne Welsch" <bwmw-AT-flash.net>
>To: "PUPTCRIT" <puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
>Subject: PUPT: Lighting shadow screens
>Date: Wed, Jun 23, 1999, 9:05 AM
>

> I've recently built my first shadow screen - 30" x 48" of white vinyl shower
> curtain - but am having trouble lighting it well.  I bought a 36"
> fluorescent fixture (30 watts) as the book I'm using suggested, but find it
> creates a band of intense light on the bottom six inches of the screen then
> peters out about six inches from the top.  My assumption is that more watts
> will only increase my diffusion problem.  Looks like a I need another way to
> do this.
>
> I'm interested in hearing from others about what you use for lighting, where
> you place it, and how you control the spill.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Woodburn
> Random Acts Puppet Theater
> Austin, Texas
>
>
>
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