LHSTechDir Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 We are doing the play "I never Saw Another Butterfly" and it calls for a "full stage projection of butterflies". We have an LCD projector, but I am at a loss on getting a video or like sort of monarch butterflies. I wantthe Butterflies to be monarch (orange) and preferably life like. we will be prjecting on a 42ft wide 21ft high back wall (small stage) and it has a ruffled black curtain. OPEN TO ANY IDEAS THANKS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Ring round zoos, agricultural research centres, universities with biology/agriculture studies and see if anyone has a good butterfly collection. Get hold of a camera and visit them. Alternatively, pay someone a lot to computer generate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjammy83 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 We are doing the play "I never Saw Another Butterfly" and it calls for a "full stage projection of butterflies". We have an LCD projector, but I am at a loss on getting a video or like sort of monarch butterflies. I wantthe Butterflies to be monarch (orange) and preferably life like. we will be prjecting on a 42ft wide 21ft high back wall (small stage) and it has a ruffled black curtain. OPEN TO ANY IDEAS THANKS!! with it being such a large projection. a video clip of a butterfly (flies) will be enormous. You could try finding an animated image of said butterfly and using PPT to add motion to these across the back wall ( assuming this wall is white or light in colour.) I take it the Ruffled Black is a border. Projecting on this could be difficult. At the curve in leicester for there production of peter pan they projected 2d still images of fairies that moved in varying directions and speeds. HTH p.s for video clips take a look at wwwbbcmotiongallery.co.uk JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Particle Illusion has some butterfly emitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipp7pc Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Was going to say. A projection tha big would leve a few pixels for the normal sized butterfly. Why not artificially rnder them in a more abstract way. Particles, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Without being clear of you budgrt id recomend getting someone to do the video content for you and just triggering it from VDMX, Archaos or whatever video softeare/hardware suits you. This isnt a blatant plug but id recommend Jamie from http://www.abitofargybargy.com , hes a really cool dude and can potentially deliver any of your ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theatretech Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi there. I think this guy might have a DVD of butterflies that he made for a charity event last year - www.popcornmedia.co.uk - The guy you want is Alan. If you have the budget, I'd recommend using QLab, as it gives you the control of images in a way that DVD players can only dream about - again, I think the guy hires the equipment for this - not sure about your black borders though - might need to put in a false prosc. or something flet. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP144 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Heres a quick and nasty animation you can have. www.maxedia.de/msc/downloads/butterflys.7z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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