Nelson JJ Flores Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Hey everyone, so coming up I have a VW commercial and grip side will be doing is a 20x40 overhead soft box. We'll be placing 40 sky panels (s-60's) within the frame Have people done something similar? I want to know if there are variations of this rig with the amount of units that we need to put up? Diagrams would be nice, or measurements of how people do it. I'm on electric side for this gig so I'm just curious how the sky panels will be need to be arranged. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 28, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted February 28, 2020 I've done it for a 20'x20' with maybe 12 Skypanels behind it. But the grips are the ones who figured out how to build it. Basically a pipe frame with crosspieces as I recall. 20'x40' probably means a truss frame. You should hire a good Key Grip and leave it to them since this is a safety issue. Did you see this news item?https://www.rt.com/news/481251-indian2-movie-set-crane-accident/ Big truss frame dangling from a small base crane, which toppled forward onto a video village tent setup under the arm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson JJ Flores Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 Scary stuff there. I believe the Key grip is pretty well experienced. I'm just trying to get an idea as to how they would rig it and see if the units are able to fit all together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 28, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted February 28, 2020 I assume a grid of 8 x 5 Skypanels? One issue I had was that they act up when they get wet. If pointed straight down, a little celo "hat" clipped on top would be good to keep water out of the unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Joseph Tese Posted February 29, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted February 29, 2020 What are you rigging to? Are you int or ext? I did something kind of similar very recently. I discussed it in this thread We used 6 chain hoists to lift the box and attach to the roof truss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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