peter Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Hi I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of a cheap video library which would contain a video of rain falling, of the style that I could use on stage to project across the whole stage to simulate rain fall. Does that even make sense? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 cant you use a rain machin or an fx projector of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 The show already encorporates a video projector and I'm trying to cut down on costs and cable runs. It would be much easier to play one video effect than rig a new light, run DMX, hard power and dimmed power, one more light to focus, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Maybe it would be worth filming your own. If you do, the same considerations and techniques apply with regards to making the droplets appear in a rain curtain- i.e. cross light and possibly add a bit of colour (CTB?) depending on the effect you are after. I take it that a 'proper' rain curtain is out of the question? My $0.02David <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 The projector is intended to be located FOH, washing the stage. My main concerns about making the video myself are:- I don't have a camera, although I could arrange one, arranging the rain is slightly more difficult- I need a pretty much perfect black background to the rain, in order to maintain the stage wash with just the rain falling If anyone has any tips for arranging for it to rain, that would be cool <_< As for a rain curtain, the staging doesnt allow for it. I could go down the VSFX or Patt 252 route - how reliable are these and do people get good results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 what kind of projector is it, a pro one, are you going to have many lights on at the same time, they might outshine each other etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 30, 2004 Author Share Posted August 30, 2004 Its a 2000 lumen projector, which I've used in this venue before so I know I've got enough brightness to compete with my washes. The topic is about the source material, not about the projector <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Try googling on the web, I had to create a thunderstorm for our show and after a bit of searching found an AVI file that worked. with a bit of editing in Premiere and exporting to file I had an AVI that played automatically and looped in powerpoint when the slide was selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 Googling tends to point to the Artsbeats library, which although lovely, is $149 per clip <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben... Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 A gentle poke of google reveals this, which is only $49 per clip :)http://www.feedbackvideo.com/rainfx.htm Or, alternatively, you could try software generated rain;http://www.elasticsystems.com/rainy/http://ladydovescreensavers.surfhoo.com/javarain.html And my suggestions for videoing rain would involve black card, a shower (or garden sprinkler,) and some very bright lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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