projecting minidv disc in a hall, HOW ?

[fleetwoodblack]

I have been asked to show my films (have them as FCP on mac) in a Medium sized hall (Bush hall London). I wanted to know if there are projectors that you load in a mini dv disc and use like a slide projector ? What is the best way of doing this if all I need to do is cover a white wall behind a stage ? Recommend where I hire one from and which one ?

 

Thanks for any replies :)

[Bryson]

First of all, mini DV is a tape format, not a disc. Do you mean mini DV or do you mean DVD?

 

A projector you can stick a tape in? Never heard of such a thing, but a normal mini DV deck, or camera if push comes to shove, can be connected to a video projector easily with S-video or composite.

 

Projection onto a white wall will be a bit rubbish, mind. You really want a Halls Fastfold screen or similar if you want it to look any good.

 

Which projector? Many variables here. I'm not familiar with the Bush hall, so don't know the sizes and audience numbers involved. Tell us the image size and number of audience.

 

Who from? Depends on which projector. And your budget!

[fleetwoodblack]

Hi Bryson

 

Its a mini dv tape 60 minute I want to show. So how you do it is conect my camera up to a projector via a s-video (take it this is a lead).

 

The hall wall is approximately 30 ft high by 50ft across, as shown on this home page http://www.bushhallmusic.co.uk/HTML/home.htm

 

Number of audience 200 people (film used as background image ambience)

 

If it is rubbish projecting onto a white wall (though the purpose is to add some colour effect rather than pinpoint film) a Halls Fastfold screen is the answer ?!

 

Any recommendation of projector ? Budget is hire for the night and is pedicatbly low!

 

Thanks !

[djw1981]

Your main issue may be that teh camera will not be next to the p[rojectir, and long lengths of S-video are normally considered a no-no. One solution is to get an S-video to Y/C splitter and then use 2 lengths of BNC etc cable to run to the projector before recombining using a second Y/C splitter. The splitters are available from most suppliers. An alternative is to use an Svideo coupler and 2 long lengths of S video, although the non latching S-VIDEO connection always worries me!!

[david.elsbury]

What about the audio from the video? You can't plug it into the projector and hope to get away with it... you need some sort of PA system.

[fleetwoodblack]

What about the audio from the video? You can't plug it into the projector and hope to get away with it... you need some sort of PA system.

 

Thank Ixdeptnz......Films will be shown as silent backdrop...there will be a pa system there so that was another issue I had overlooked and thanks for mentioning it...if I needed the films sound then..I guess an output lead to a pa system would be needed.

 

 

Where do you go to hire film projectors?

[Bryson]

Film projectors? Or Video? Film projectors are different beasts indeed, using actual, physical "film". You don't want to get involved with that.

 

Does the Tech. manager of the Hall not have a means to hire and provide this for you? Or isn't there one?

[Liquid Nik]

I have been asked to show my films (have them as FCP on mac)

If you films are allready on a computer you can you connect directly to a data projector with a standard 15 pin d sub cable (monitor link) and set your computer to external monitor.

[Pete McCrea]

If your running FCP, then I'd be inclined to dump it back to MiniDV tape. Then Hire a projector and MiniDV Deck (Something like a DSR-11 from Sony) and get the hire company to put in an SVideo lead.

 

You could, assuming you have a PowerBook, export the file to a quicktime movie, get quick time pro, mirror the desktop to the projector, and play the file out full screen from that. I'd run the second option personally, as it would save the hire charge.

 

Are you wanting/have sapce to rear project? What screen size? What level of lighting will there be? Vital questions to answer to get the correct brightness of porjector.