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  Silhouettes

  Posted by Justin Maldonado on August 21, 2013 at 5:03 pm

  Hi,

  So I’m working on a play. In the play there are a few scenes that involve silhouettes. Now these are live actors behind a white screen. I need to light them form behind but i have no idea what to use.

  I’ve tried some lights, and none are giving me the effect I want.

  First I tried a row of LED Chauvet colorPalettes (cheap lights i know) and they didn’t work because it casted multiple shadows.
  Second I tried one colorPalette and that casted multiple shadows that were much thinner in distance.
  Next I tried an Elation Opti Tri Par and that worked better, but still casted multiple shadows.
  Next I decided to use try a regular Par64 without its shell (just the lamp holder and the lamp) and that casted a weird beam on the wall simply because the beam was altered by the pattern on the lamps glass encasement
  Next i tried using a 50 degree source 4 ellipsoidal and that worked well but didn’t cover enough of the wall and I dont have enough source 4s cover each spot of the silhouette.

  Lastly just to simply satisfy the producer for that rehearsal, I used a High End StudioColor 575 and that worked well enough to create good shadows, but that isnt a wash light so it left and bright circle where the beam was strongest and the intensity of the beam got weaker as it got further from the center.

  What can I use to make these silhouettes look good?? How should I set it up?? How can I assure that the shadows projected on the white screen will be nearly focused??

  Thanks
  Justin

  Justin Maldonado replied 12 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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