Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Making Fireflies

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I just had an idea, laying at meditation in the bath. While contemplating my big left toe & gazing into gloomy introspection!
How about using a mirror ball & blacking out individual mirror squares. Leaving a random paten of clear mirrors.
Using a fixed focused Profile lamp or Birdie, focused onto the mirror ball off stage. It could be rotated, or moved manually shining onto the  set as required. There is also the ability of using colour gel & turning on/off as reqired to suit. 

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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 9/09/07 at 10:27am
	I just had an idea, laying at meditation in the bath. While contemplating my big left toe & gazing into gloomy introspection! How about using a mirror ball & blacking out individual mirror squares. Leaving a random paten of clear mirrors. Using a fixed focused Profile lamp or Birdie, focused onto the mirror ball off stage. It could be rotated, or moved manually shining onto the set as required. There is also the ability of using colour gel & turning on/off as reqired to suit.
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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Kathy S Celebrity Joined: 8/21/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 303	Posted: 9/09/07 at 1:20pm
	Joe! That is pretty brilliant! I might have to do a show with fireflies just to use it! You come up with some pretty amazing solutions in the bath...is there something in that Australian water?
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slicksister Celebrity Joined: 3/20/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 9/10/07 at 12:23am
	I agree! How cool is that!
	The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 9/11/07 at 4:19am
	KathyS The only 'X'factor in the water is 'Mr Matey' the kids bubble bath stuff Slickster It's not that bad, I keep adding hot water, after an hour or so. Thank you both for your comments. I only hope it works?
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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vickifrank Celebrity Joined: 9/21/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 332	Posted: 9/22/07 at 9:16am
	Consider buying small flashlights, attach small flexible tubing to the end and paint the tubing black, now the light only comes out the end of the tube (away from the flashlight and the hand waving it). The stage hands wave the flashlights behind a scrim. Make sure that you can't see light along the tube, so if paint doesn't mask it, consider electrical tape..
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