Diane: Are you intending to shoot against a bluescreen and then composite the video in, or to shoot it all in one fell swoop? If you are going to do it without bluescreen, you want to make sure that whatever video projector you are using is bright enough to overcome the ambient lighting onstage. I suggest something at least 1500 ANSI lumens (an LCD Video Projector such as the Sanyo 9000 or Epson Powerlite 5350 should do the trick) . It may also help to use side lighting for most of the onstage lighting so that the upstage projection area doesn't get washed out by frontlights. If you are using front projection, you also have the problem of dancers' shadows on the projection screen to deal with. I usually don't find this too distracting, but it depends on the aesthetic you want. I personally like the effect of the video textures wrapping to the surface of the bodies that you get with front projection- it seems to integrate the foreground and background into a more organic whole. But if having dancers' shadows on the screen is a problem, rear projection is the only way to go. Most projectors have a feature that allows you to toggle between front and rear projection. Hope this helps! Robynne M. Gravenhorst Artistic Director, The Anatomical Theatre ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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