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SM_Ted
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Joined: 7/31/10 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
 Posted: 9/13/10 at 8:21pm |
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The "Roll Up" drops are called Olio Drops you can find info about them online and in any good stagecraft handbook.
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JoeMc
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Posted: 9/13/10 at 9:57pm |
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From Vicki Franks previos post some time ago;-
Which covers her article on olio [oleo or tumblers]
This topic may cover it better;-
Edited by JoeMc - 9/13/10 at 10:47pm |
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vickifrank
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Posted: 9/14/10 at 12:03pm |
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You can travel a scrim--if its non stretchy (like our Chameleon scrim is non stretchy). You also can use a scrim for a roll drop like an "oleo", but again it works best if the scrim is non-stretchy and doesn't need a side seam. Sharkstooth is stretchy and needs to be anchored off stage to prevent the hourglassing from damaging the effect. Chameleon overcomes those issues, but has a size limitation.
Contact me if you have any questions. You can call 1-800-359-2964 if you want more information about Chameleon, or check out our site http://studio-productions-inc.com Also the Oleo article on our site has been recently updated to correct a few ommissions: http://studio-productions-inc.com/white_papers/wp_oleo_olio_rolldrop.html
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http://www.studio-productions-inc.com 1-800-359-2964 The theater scrim people |
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JoeMc
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Posted: 9/16/10 at 12:43am |
The curtain clips I posted are used on the side of the scrim to stretch out the cloth to reduce the 'hour glass' effect a.k.a 'stretchers', however as mentioned by Vicki her scrims, don't suffer from this problem.
Normally backdrops, scrims, drapes & flown coths have eyelets[grommets] spaced out on the top so it can be tied off onto the head batten or tab track runners. I found over the years it is easier to use releaseable electrical cable ties, rather than the old tie off strings/rope.
Edited by JoeMc - 9/16/10 at 1:01am |
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Theatermama
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Joined: 7/23/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
Posted: 9/19/10 at 6:47pm |
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I do theater in a very small black box and once we needed a projection scrim, actually they used them several times in different ways. All were homemade and they actually worked quite well.
Once was a wood frame with white sheeting material stretched and stapled and then it was wired on one end to the grid and they rigged a pulley system to lower it and raise it out of the way. That was more of a projection one.
They have hung one from the edged of the curtain rod that hides the back stage and just cover it with moveable set pieces when it is not in use.
The high school has very little fly space and they use a professional roll down one.
I also saw 2 different uses in theaters where they put a scrim on a wooden frame that sat on the floor and was moveable and that worked very well.
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