mbthegreat Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 We have a production of The Pajama Game on at school in a few months, and as you may or may not know there is a section involving a dance, in which each member of the chorus holds a lit match, during a dance. However having naked flames on stage is a no-no, so I have been asked to think about how we could achieve the same effect. Budget isn't huge, but it is there (blimey last year we spent £50 renting a mirrorball for, quite literally, 5 seconds of effect). Any ideas on how we could achieve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 LEDs? Probably flickering ones. Or grain of wheat/pealight lamps? Model railways or dolls houses may be a good source of flicker units. Conceal battery and control in the hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 You can get a pack of 10 tea-lights here for less than £15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg198 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I did the show last year and we used cheap led kyring lights which the actors hid in their hands and uplit their faces as they say their lines on an otherwise black stage. As they sing the bit 'you're in HH', the stage lights came up to reveal the complete scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 LEDs are very directional, and would not in my view, be a good simulation of the all round light from a match flame. Also white LEDs are a very cold white and nothing like a flame, whilst the yellow ones are a deeper/more saturated colour than a flame. I would suggest a small torch bulb or pilot lamp powered by a battery. Options would include a mini-maglite bulb powered by two AAA cells, or a 12 volt pilot lamp powered by a 9 volt battery, under running the bulb thus would give a more yellow light like a flame. If desired the bulb could be affixed to a small wooden stick, so as to ressemble a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg198 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 LEDs are very directional, and would not in my view, be a good simulation of the all round light from a match flame. Also white LEDs are a very cold white and nothing like a flame, whilst the yellow ones are a deeper/more saturated colour than a flame. I agree but we decided to minimise costs as much as possible (you need about a dozen of them) and gelled them with some yellow gel to take the harshness away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbthegreat Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 We need 20 according to the director, we could do LEDs but any effect involving the actors having to do something is to be avoided, half of them will probably forget to turn them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBeattie Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 What about hiring Wee Willy Winky candles? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_s Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Maglite Solitaire (or similar) minus the lens cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Try using a reed switch in the base wired N.C. so that when they are put down ON THE MAGNET they are off. Or simply use tilt switches or just lift off switching. See Lightnix about LED effects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1.carson Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hi people, Unfortunately I think most of you are well off the scale of costs, 20 minimags for instance :) , I think for a school production it's more a case of one battery, one bulb, and a piece of wire to twist together, although if they have a hot melt glue gun, a build up of glue around the bulb looks ok. Max. P.S. How about some Christmas lights from the Pound shop, battery driven, I'm sure one of you guru's could send a wireing diagram for using one bulb [LED] at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbthegreat Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 Well I'm currently waiting for the tea lights mentioned above to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbthegreat Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 well, they arrived yesterday and are perfect for the task, thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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