candjartists Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I need to project a black and white movie into a glass sided cube of 80cm sides with edges set slightly apart . The cube is fixed and cannot move. It sits on a white 80cm square plinthThe movie is literally black and white - no greys.I want to get the effect of being able to see the movie distorting and the surfaces it reflects from gentley moving/ rippling/ casting the light off at odd angles so that the movie can be only partialy understood at any one viewpoint and always moving a bit.I have thought of using small amounts of smoke to project onto but I don't know how to control such small amounts.Maybe some sort of slashed screen and a wee fan? a sort of glitterball? a combination or something else entirely.The cube will need the effect to last for about 6 hours a day for a month in each of four locations (1st Scotland, then France, then Denmark, then Japan).Naturally I have a very small budget and almost no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have no idea what you are trying to achieve. I'm assuming this is installation art, but you've not described it in a way that really tells me what your vision is. I think the best advice I can give is to get in touch with your local theatre and see if any of the lighting/video/props people want to collaborate.They won't do it for free though, especially if time is pressing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Thoughts... 1) Don't try to make the distortion effect work 'in the cube', it won't. Don't even think about smoke. Process your video source (I assume you'll be playing back from DVD?) before your burn the DVD. 2) You don't say how many sides you want the movie to be seen from at any one time. It will be difficult for it to be more than 2; not impossible just difficult (=money). If you could make your 'box' out of an opaque material then you could rear project from inside. Put the video projector in the plinth pointing up; have a half-silvered mirror inside bouncing the image onto two opposite faces of the box. You could then slowly rotate either the box or the mirror to move the image around. Or, take the front mirror off a moving mirror lantern and use that to bounce the image. Program it up to move around the inside of the box in an interesting way. If your box needs clear sides then inside you'll need something to act as a screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candjartists Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Thanks for all that. Note the box cannot move. The reason I thought of "smoke" was a. to act as a screen and b. provide the "depth and distortion I would like".I think the rotating mirror would certainly work but it would be horribly "there" BUT of course I could make a surround screen that hides the mirror. The screen can be irregular and move too.You have both helped the grey cell process. Thanks - more ideas welcome though. What would make the most invisible screen?? p.s. My local theatre is 105 miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Would these be of any help...? Transparent Projection Screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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