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magicgraham Regular user Mesa Arizona 138 Posts |
Hi I have been performing my shadow box for some time now but have always used a light on handle with a long power cord, has anyone found anything suitable brightness wise that could substitute that does not require the annoying cord
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Bryan Gilles Inner circle Northern California 1732 Posts |
Try a bo-staff light used by drill teams/ dance squads... A lot of times you can get different lengths and with bright LED lights... This way, you are only running off of batteries.
Hope this leads you in the right direction! -Bryan |
styck13 Regular user 165 Posts |
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Try a bo-staff light used by drill teams/ dance squads... A lot of times you can get different lengths and with bright LED lights... This way, you are only running off of batteries. lead me a little further in this direction, where would you get that? All I can find is martial arts stuff. |
Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
http://tinyurl.com/3abebw
This is one example. Also go to Toys R Us and look at the new Light Sabres for Star Wars Halloween costumes. Some of them are pretty impressive.
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Bryan Gilles Inner circle Northern California 1732 Posts |
Look at dance equipment catalogs for the LED bo-staffs
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John Bundy Regular user USA 193 Posts |
In my experience, you should stay with a single filament lamp. Clear bulbs cast the sharpest shadow. If you could find a 12 volt clear lamp with enough lumens to cast the shadow you need, you could put a rechargeable battery under the prop. Check the low voltage counter or shelf lighting at your favorite discount hardware mega store.
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
John Bundy is correct; when the final light is dropped into the top of the cabinet, it must be capable of casting a sharp shadow for traditional transformations of a shadow to a person.
But don't be afraid to experiment with non-traditional transformations. Even with fuzzy multi-colored lighting, shadows will be cast on the front and as the person inside gets close to the front "screen," he or she will cast a recognizable human shadow and that's all you really need. You don't have to duplicate Cyril Yettmah's original invention, or compete with Fu-Manchu in order to bring this effect to life in a modern stage presentation.
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
There are handheld rechargable halogen lights of many brightnesses available. However, you have to carefully consider your routine. If your routine requires the light to fade out at specific times, with a battery operated light, your assistant in the box will have to do the fade. That can be a problem, given everything else she's supposed to be doing.
My routine had a lot of lighting cues in it, so we stuck with the cord, so a backstage hand could do the fades.
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