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Hair and the Samoiloff Effect ?


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I know this forum doesn't exist to speculate on what kit was used etc etc ... so feel free to move this to Crew Room or somewhere more apt :)

 

However... does anyone know how they achieved the lighting of the "wall" at the back of the current production of "HAIR" at the Gielgud - at a guess it's taking advantage of the Samoiloff Effect techniques by using paints that react differently to (or even fluoresce under) different colours and what looks like pixeline battens from the base, top and sides..

 

But - there are some very distinct colour changes in it (bits of wall apparently painted red that become very vivid green, oranges that appear to become blue etc) - which I wouldn't have thought possible this way

 

On an unrelated note it's an excellent show, but I'm not used to having lights pointed at me for quite so long in an auditorium - it's very big on audience participation :)

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I know this forum doesn't exist to speculate on what kit was used etc etc ... so feel free to move this to Crew Room or somewhere more apt :P

 

However... does anyone know how they achieved the lighting of the "wall" at the back of the current production of "HAIR" at the Gielgud - at a guess it's taking advantage of the Samoiloff Effect techniques by using paints that react differently to (or even fluoresce under) different colours and what looks like pixeline battens from the base, top and sides..

 

But - there are some very distinct colour changes in it (bits of wall apparently painted red that become very vivid green, oranges that appear to become blue etc) - which I wouldn't have thought possible this way

 

On an unrelated note it's an excellent show, but I'm not used to having lights pointed at me for quite so long in an auditorium - it's very big on audience participation :angry:

 

its possible they may have used martins new evenled panels http://www.martin.com/product/product.asp?product=evenled

 

these seem to be doing the rounds on such shows as oliver and are used to light cycs and cloth from behind

 

its a guess but quite possible

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I had a look at the pictures on the musical's website here and of the 60 photos only about 3 show the set - the others are close-ups of the cast. However from the ones that do give a glimpse of it, it's certainly not a cyc, either digital (like EvenLED) or analogue (i.e. a piece of white cloth). I think it's best that someone who's seen the show, or even better worked on it, comments on the matter so I'll shut up now. <_<
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I wondered exactly the same thing when watching the show, as there didn't seem to be enough room between the back wall and anything to get the very fluid colour changes they achieved, but I came to the conclusion it must just some led battens being used inventively?

 

Definitely not EvenLED, since the wall is solid "brick".

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It's a solid wall, i.e. and a very good brick effect - it's got a lot of texture to it and does not move at all the end as 100s of audience members take to the stage so I don't think it's a flown piece.

 

I did find a short video meant to show the cast's arrival in London (

around 1:23) which shows what looks like lots of pixeline but as blackbird says above there are some very fluid and dramatic colour changes <_<
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  • 5 months later...

Bad form to respond to my own post from so long ago I guess... but in case anyone else finds this on a search and has the same question as me it seems worth adding useful information.

 

The fixtures used were Chroma-Q Color Force battens and the wall was lit from every conceivable angle :P

 

I don't know much more about the painting of the wall itself but I'm guessing the colours (and maybe even paints themselves) were picked in a similar way to Samoiloff - the resulting effect was quire remarkable :)

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