Giant cyc backing

J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR · January 29, 2005

Anybody have any ideas for getting a hold of a giant piece of white backing material. Need it for a music video, needs to be about 20 feet by 30 feet. You know just something to light with cyc strips. Projection screen material would be too expensive. Anybody work with any of the Rosco materials? Could they be fashioned into a screen that size and be stretched?

Someone suggested a giant piece of Tyvek billboard sign material. Anyone use that before? I know that stuff could be stretched nice and flat on the stage truss.

Kevin Zanit · January 29, 2005

You could just rent a 20x30 silk or bleached mus. Most rental houses carry some odd size rags besides the standard 20x20.

Kevin Zanit

J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR · January 30, 2005

Thanks Kevin, I've looked into that and actually found both a huge silk and a huge bleached muslin. I was just interested to know if some of the other materials might have a better reflective surface and thus need less light to achieve a really bright background.

Kevin Zanit · January 31, 2005

Well the problem with using a highly reflective material, is that you are bound to have hot spots on it.

A good approach is to light it as evenly as possible, and then light your actors so they are a stop or two under the background. Expose for your actors, and you should have a nice limbo effect.

Kevin Zanit