light effect for driving down a neon lit street

[ahou1]

Hi - new to the site - and wonder if you can help me - from a small but creative! amateur theatre group

 

I'm trying to light a driving car in a small front of tabs area.

 

I wanted to get the idea of a car driving past lots of different lights - like a cinema/theatre district, traffic lights - onto a group of four actors seated on steps in a compact area

 

Any ideas on what lights would work/combine to make this work - I was thinking about having two forward directed light (q dim) possibly to act as headlights as well. - The road they apparaently driving down (though not actually moving) is down the middle aisle of the audience.

 

Any help would be greatfully recieved - I've got another question posted separately about a related effect ... So please take a look at that too...

 

Thanks

 

Just realised - I probably should have put this in the lighting section - but can't seem to move it - aahh

 

That's OK, I can

[woody74]

If you have side balconies, how about a followspot on each side that pans on and off of the actors, changing colors every once and a while?

[gareth]

A couple of profiles from the sides, with rotating discs in front of the lenses. Cut small apertures in the discs, cover the apertures with various neon-like colours, and rotate them at an appropriate speed (and in the direction that's relevant to the direction of travel of the 'car', or course!).

[Aran2000]

How about using data projectors (perhaps one for each side of the car?) projecting a recorded/looped video sequence onto the bodywork to suggest motion. Some processed footage of a street at night perhaps? Or maybe even some pre-rendered 3d artwork?

 

Alex.

[ahou1]

A couple of profiles from the sides, with rotating discs in front of the lenses. Cut small apertures in the discs, cover the apertures with various neon-like colours, and rotate them at an appropriate speed (and in the direction that's relevant to the direction of travel of the 'car', or course!).

 

Thanks - think we could manage this - we don't have balconies as such - but I think this might work

 

How about using data projectors (perhaps one for each side of the car?) projecting a recorded/looped video sequence onto the bodywork to suggest motion. Some processed footage of a street at night perhaps? Or maybe even some pre-rendered 3d artwork?

 

Alex.

 

I wasn't planning to have a 'real' car - but I suppose we could have - definately worth thinking about though and as we are projecting some other stuff (if you look at my other post in projections) this could work - thanks for the idea ..

[SeanT]

A couple of fixtures would help (mac etc.) if you have access to any, spend a little while programming some scenes for them to do - and then I'd use a rear projection screen surface (or several) and a projector (or several) to create the cityscape moving backdrop kinda effect - it'd cost a fortune to pay someone to do all this, but if you do all the work yourself, hire a couple of bits in and blag some other kit you could do something pretty impressive on a modest budget.

[ahou1]

A couple of fixtures would help (mac etc.) if you have access to any, spend a little while programming some scenes for them to do - and then I'd use a rear projection screen surface (or several) and a projector (or several) to create the cityscape moving backdrop kinda effect - it'd cost a fortune to pay someone to do all this, but if you do all the work yourself, hire a couple of bits in and blag some other kit you could do something pretty impressive on a modest budget.

 

Sean - thanks - got me thinking - as I am having a projection screen beind (I could project a street scene)- now I just have to find some colour film if thats possible of 1933 New York City - any ideas ?