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drawing onto scrim

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Forum Name: Lights and Sound
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Topic: drawing onto scrim

Posted By: Stuart Currie
Subject: drawing onto scrim
Date Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:24pm

Does anyone know how you 'draw' onto a scrim using a projection? I've seen this done in two productions (Improbable's "Wolves in the Walls' and DV8's recent "To Be Straight With You'. The actor makes the motion of drawing with a hand and the 'drawing' appears on the scrim. I was wondering if this is made live by a remote artist with a PC tablet connected to the projector or if its an animation paused between drawings. Thanks anyway!

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Posted By: ZFix1
Date Posted: 6/06/08 at 5:58am

I think it would be cheaper to to have it animated. Then the actor can rehearse the moves and the operator can pause the animation where needed.

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Posted By: sconjott
Date Posted: 6/07/08 at 2:18am

Yeah, using animation would definitely be FAR more reliable than finding an artist who can trace/follow the movements of an actor's hand on stage.

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Posted By: Stuart Currie
Date Posted: 6/07/08 at 2:20pm

Thanks for this, do you know what you might use to create and record the animated drawing? Can the drawing process be recorded on a PC Tablet?