help for my starting screen

[kio]

just wont to know if a white bed sheet nailed to the wall, may be
a "good" screen for a proiection

thanx a lot
kio

[AetherPan]

I think a bedsheet is enough. But iron it first!, elsewise it looks crappy.

[illectric]

..put a long,heavy pipes if you have it.(you must have it)..on the top and bottom..

[kio]

thanx:)

[VirtualVisuals]

Always fireproof your screens if they are not inherantly fireproof. You should be able to get flambar from any theatrical/club suppliers. Also number your screens and keep records of when they were fireproofed that you can show health and safety/environmental health if they request.

Bear in mind that flambar and - to my knowledge - all similar products will disolve in the humidity present in a club, so you'll need to reapply as per instructions.

Health and safety / environmental health are perfectly within their rights to come into any venue and try to set fire to your screens. They have done this to companies that I have worked for in the past. I think that the screen has to resist a naked flame (usually a lighter) for about 15secs, although I'd look this up to check!

Otherwise, cotton is a very good choice for forward projecting, for back projecting, make sure that the screen is above the projection source, this way you'll minimise the 'hot spot' in the middle of the screen.

[wellREDman]

a lot of the issues involved in using sheets for screens is covered in this thread http://www.vjforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1921

oh and cheers virtual visuals for reminding about the fireproofing issue, it is really important, and im feeling a fool for not rememmbering it on tother thread :(

[liquidl]

Recently I played a sort of nice and intimate art event/rock show and we had three projectors. Some people hung up a white sheet in the middle of the room, so I set up a laptop with resolume set to random clip mode, hooked it up to one of the projectors, and pointed it at the sheet. As it happened, this turned out to be a great effect as the images could be seen equally from both sides of the sheet, and people had a lot of fun dancing in front of the projector, casting their shadows over the images. In short, I think it's definately a trick I'd use again in a party situation.

[bluntfaktory]

if your going to use bed sheets , a good way to get wrinkles out is to hang them evenly top and bottom then sprits it lightly with a water mister of some kind . when it drys out , any wrinkles should disappear , in theory . don't forget to wash them after every show if you can with a drop of starch , nothing looks worse than setting up with dirty screens .
a hot tip is to use light gray sheets they don't reflect as much ambient light to keep a room just a smige darker , and they don't show dirty as easily if there is any , which there shouldn't be .
using cheap shower curtains , is a good tip if your on a tight budget as . they wipe down easy , they have pre-made hole in them to hang easy and if you wreck um , you can chuck um when your done .
if you want nice screens , buy some stretchy lycra in 1.5m widths if you can and get them to cut it for you 2.5m lengths . if you want to go crazy see if they will put a small a grommet in each corner for you so they don't scrunch up when you hang them . shop around at fabric shops and look for sales , they always have them . stretchy screens are nice as you can hang them on an angle and over lap the corners screen over screen for a cool installation look . :nod:

[komart663]

if you want to have a fireproof sheet,just put it in water with a lot of salt,this a trick from theater people, these guys know thier job,you can trust them,if you don't,just try and burn your salted sheet and you will see ( you need a lot of salt !) :)

[charlielangridge]

Althought salting sheets is a known method, i would always recomend using a purpose chemical rather than a cheaper DIY method. A chemical such as flambar is recognised by the health and safety guys, where as salting sheets is frowned on.

[Ollie]

absolutly, there's no point in skimping out on fireproofing. the chemicals are relitivly cheap, and you can rest assured that you are legally safe when in a club. salted sheets is'nt exactly offical so your better off staying away from them, and doing it properly. least then you won't be liable.