GUSTie Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 HII have been given the job of setting up an out door screen on the side of a building which will project video from a building across the road about 30 meters away the rough size we are looking at is about 40 feet, and we have a budget of about �£300. I have talked to a number of companies who have laughed and told me to add a zero on to the end, anybody got any ideas on how to do it on the cheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Well, you could do it in a part of South America that has no street lighting for several miles in each direction, and has continual heavy cloud cover.... Seriously, though. On a throw of 30 metres (big throw!) onto a 40 foot screen, there is no kit you can get for £300 that'll do the job. Your only hope is to get some kind of sponsorship, or simply accept that you don't have enough money. Some things can't be done on the cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Is this a hire job, or purchace? If hire, for how long? Can you scrounge kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 To do it feasibly you'll need to add a 0 to the £300 figure. Or find a sponser, or someone who has the kit that will let you borrow it. If you want such a large screen with the throw you need:1)Bl**dy huge lamp,2)focused onto good optics,3)Image capable of being in such a high intensity lamp Unfortunately these kind of things can't be bought from Maplins, which means that to own it, takes a high investment, then the owners expect a high price per hire. If you do achieve it, then please post back and let us know how you achieved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUSTie Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 It is a higher Job we can probabley get a screen on the cheep or free but the projector is the problem, when we talked to other people they were talking about not bothering with projection and going for ann actual screen, but the cheepest LCD kit that we have been qouted is in the tens of thousands, we have sucsessfully projected pictures before but video is abviosley a mutch biggger job, we were thinking some sort of screen in frount of a big f**k off light, with some mirrors and lenses to focous but every sanario we think of involves special 35mm film, wich is a fortune (normal 35mm is not a problem but is not up to that strong a light) thanks matt - SPELL CHECKER! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Russell Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 It is a hire job.We can probably get a screen on the cheap or free but the projector is the problem.When we talked to other people they were talking about not bothering with projection and going for an actual screen, but the cheapest LCD kit that we have been quoted is in the tens of thousands.We have successfully projected pictures before but video is obviously a much bigger job.We were thinking some sort of screen in front of a big f**k off light, with some mirrors and lenses to focus but every scenario we think of involves special 35mm film, which costs a fortune (normal 35mm is not a problem but is not up to that strong a light) Thanks matt As it took me several attempts to read and make sense of the previous I decided to go all crazy and use the spellchecker, add a bit of puctuation and voila we have a post the can be read and understood by most people The spellchecker is your friend, please us it!!! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Bottom line, Matt, is that the expectation that you're going to achieve a nice bright 40-foot image at a throw of 30 feet with a budget of £300 is just completely unrealistic. The budget you have simply isn't up to the job. Sorry, I know that's probably not what you wanted to hear, but to think otherwise is only kidding yourself and whoever the 'client' is. The fact that all the companies you've asked so far have 'laughed' at your request should have told you something ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonino Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 what is it for? is the building near a well travelled path? think of ways to promote the idea of sponsorship! are there companies that are looking to advertise to students in the area? look at the big finance recruiting companies as well (KPMG sponsor a fair few events at York!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 ... but every sanario we think of involves special 35mm film, wich is a fortune (normal 35mm is not a problem but is not up to that strong a light)Are we talking 35mm movies here? 40 metre throw with 35mm movies to a 40ft screen is a walk in the park, no special equipment or film needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUSTie Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 the stuff is not in 35mm but one of the clients is a processing lab. my understanding was that if you stuck a 7kw light behind it then it would burn, if not then woohoo. cheers anyway guysMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 40 metre throw with 35mm movies to a 40ft screen is a walk in the park, no special equipment or film needed.As long as you'v got the projector, lamphouse and rectifier, the means to transport them to the job site, and a suitable location for rigging them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I think there may be a little confusion between 35mm film and 35mm slides in one of the above posts. with film as each frame only sits in the gate for about 1/25 of a second, the heating effects are manageable. Otherwise, we wouldn't have cinemas :-) with slides....well....dumping 7kw through a slide is going to very quickly make it a ex-slide.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 the stuff is not in 35mm but one of the clients is a processing lab. my understanding was that if you stuck a 7kw light behind it then it would burn, if not then woohoo.7KW is OTT for your needs, 4KW would be adequate, and avoids the need (or certainly the advisability) of water cooling the gate. This is movies; a 35mm slide will self-destruct quite quickly when subjected to 4KW... As long as you'v got the projector, lamphouse and rectifier, the means to transport them to the job site, and a suitable location for rigging them!Yeah, but you can say that about anything. There are loonies organisations who have 35mm projectors in the backs of trucks and hire such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonino Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I'm guessing this is a Glasgow University Student television job? have you tried the uni av department? or is there a film society on campus? the York soc has its own 35mm film projector, maybe someone up there does too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUSTie Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 Av dose not have a 35mm projector nor dose media services I believe that film and TV do but its kind of installed in the department and evolves de-constructing a large part of the building to get it, so maybe not, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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