rishardamod Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 hi,Can anyone advise on how to create a starry sky effect. I am working on an amateur production of Peter Pan. It would be great if I could have them twinkle as well if not then just a still image. ThanksRishard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick S Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 ...starcloth??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Big budget - LED starcloth.Slightly cheaper - fibre optic starclothCheaper still - old-fashioned pea-light starclothDirt cheap - strings of fairy lights behind a gauzeReally dirt cheap - little balls of silver foil on hanging lengths of black cotton, crosslit, behind a gauze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cavill Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Even cheaper than really dirt cheap: Splatters of silver/white paint on a black gauze. Otherwise, try a local marquee company, they usually stock this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishardamod Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks all. Will investigate starcloth. Thanks Nick S (I hadn't heard of it before) Sorry for sounding dumb but I had specialised in "poor" Theatre and theatre for the Opressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deranged-angel Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Hi,I made a really stunning starcloth from fibre optics. It twinkled and because the fibre optics are small, they don't look like bulky stars! Good luck!Em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick S Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks all. Will investigate starcloth. Thanks Nick S (I hadn't heard of it before) Sorry for sounding dumb but I had specialised in "poor" Theatre and theatre for the Opressed. No worries. If you need suppliers, there's a thread from a while back on the board (just do a search for it) detailing major hirers from various regions. Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaidol Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 The only think to watch out for with a star cloth is make sure that the "stars" are not in a grid formation , I have hired full star cloths before and received these horrible grid layout cloths... I have to say if you are stuck for cash the fairy lights behind a black cloth work a treat.. The only issues is trying to get Fairy lights when it's not Christmas ;-) Also the best type are the ones that have been doubled up with a twist .. When you un twist these you can make a single long cord of lights which have a bigger gap in them so you can spread them wider and more random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roryfm Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 t.. The only issues is trying to get Fairy lights when it's not Christmas ;-) Which is where the lovely people at christmastimeuk.com come in handy. They're pretty cheap too, I've used them a couple of times 'out of season' good source for battery powered lights as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckle62 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Or, on a hugely massive extreme budget, one of these http://www.djstore.com/item/kamstarcluster.htm?affid=froogle I haven't used it but It sounds good and theres plenty of demonstrations of it on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Or, on a hugely massive extreme budget, one of these http://www.djstore.com/item/kamstarcluster.htm?affid=froogle I haven't used it but It sounds good and theres plenty of demonstrations of it on youtube. Umm... That price (to buy) may JUST cover rental of a nice, large star cloth for a couple of days... and really not very "star like" - as the description mentions that the only light output is red and green, and really looks nothing like a field of stars. It is purely a disco effect (ie you shoot it through a bunch of haze and people go wow at your lasers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prolightdesigner Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Hi. Rosco makes various animation wheels. Maybe consider using (or making) one and pair it with an appropriate gobo. Get the focus right and you'll get your "twinkle effect". http://www.rosco.com/us/technotes/patterns/anim_discs.asp -Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 The trouble with that is that, by the time you've made the holes in the gobo small enough to look sufficiently "star-like" instead of just blobs of light, you're wasting almost all the light output from the profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuddy Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I once did it with tiny & very tiny spots of UV paint on the cyc cloth and UV fluorescent battens on the cyc bar, quite effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 a profile with an animation disk focoused at a masked stationary locked off mirror ball, or a few of profiles at slightley difftent angles and flicker them. hanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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