Lighting for underwater effect

[nunny]

I personally have used the source abyss to create the underwater feel with reasonable results.

 

http://www.bassbound.com/hire/hire_stock_view.asp?S=38

 

(This is the only link I could see with them on.)

 

The reason I post is because about a month ago I spoke to a gentleman from squires sound and light

 

Norman.firkins@squiresoundandlight.co.uk

 

He bought all the source products when they went bust and had a lot of these units for sale at a good price (I cant remember exactly how much )

 

Thought it may be a cost efficient way to proceed

[Ynot]

I personally have used the source abyss to create the underwater feel with reasonable results.

:) ** laughs out loud **.

That was my first posted comment, though I mentioned Chauvet Abyss (basically the same beast).

 

I have 3 of 'em.

[Jonny DMX]

In my experience it is often difficult to use smoke/haze effects in a school, however if you do get the go-ahead I think a cluster of 50deg source 4's with a combination of DHA/ROSCO 903 and 99664 gobos slightly out of focus with a L202/203 gel could work well on a slow chase. With a wash of L352 and L354 could look really nice.

 

However if budget and Haze is more of an issue I would have thought that a video projector or two (most schools have these available these days) which when focused properly and slightly out of focus could work really well. You'd just need to spend a bit of time generating the right video content - you could even film a tray full of water to get the effect you need! I would imagine that you would have a way of playing back a loop of video through a projector onto the stage from above.

 

Hope you manage to sort something, good luck I’m sure it'll look great.

 

Jonny

[Sarah Q]

Many thanks for your help guys - will pass all the ideas onto my friend, and hopefully get some photographs in return of the end result!

 

:)