IJWesley Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 If you can get a small tilt down on the screen you should be on to something of a winner as well. it should remove quite a lot of the lights. I wish I had thought of that 6 weeks ago! Unfortunately, the build team have gone to great lengths to engineer a perfectly vertical mirror that glides effortlessly in one plane, and there is absolutely no chance of tilting it. Looks like it's the spray option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Even half inch 1 inch block at the top of the mirror in the frame not the frame its self might do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJWesley Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 So, we ended up having to degrade the front surface of the polycarbonate with a very fine glass paper. Here are a couple of photos of the final effect: With projectionhttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n3G_wME56e53bzlLzaxxSWgFmypuAN8F8qBwyIFfZA=w960-h639-no Without projectionhttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lbtm5HEQ6Q8uqs15sAxTj3svh0ShJk5TBbXZENLDTA=w960-h639-no Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlinford Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Nice effect. How did you do the sanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJWesley Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 How did you do the sanding? Low tech - block of wood wrapped with fine glass paper, and a very light hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 In answer to some questions: The mirror is notionally 1200 x 900 mm (the size of the polycarb sheet that I have conveniently available - I know LCD TVs are cheap these days, but a it would still cost more than my entire scenery budget (this is Community Theatre Land), and as I said, we have already purchased the short throw projector and screen, so that's what we use. Good thought on the shutter - it is something I have not thought of. An alternative might be a black curtain in front of the screen that is removed just before the projection begins. Something to experiment with. The idea is to video the talent. They effectively have to duet with themselves, so we will video them as their alter-egos mumbling along with the music, and then have the duet vocal sung live by another singer (offstage). The only problem is to sync the video, and I plan to do this by having the video start cued to the live music, and including a discrete tempo mark in the corner of the video to give the MD a fighting chance get the correct speed (this worked very well in our last show). Once we get this working, I'll try to get some photos and video for future reference. Thanks again Ian Maybe worth a look on Ebay for a Cheap 42" LCD or Plasma TV with Screen defects or Issues listed as "Spares or Repairs" Whilst no use in a residential enviroment , the "Damaged" set may be suitable for use in this instance ?? Just a thought ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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