Thursday, 20 October 2011

#017 Trying out the projection with floodlights

I'm quite disappointed because the floodlight idea did not really turn out the way I thought it would. I tried it both in the day time and at night thinking that the effect might be improved if the entire place was pitch dark but I could not really get the 'washing' effect of  the projected image when the floodlight was turned on.

Daytime + Only projection
Daytime + Projection with a flood light

I thought it might due to my orange wall so I stuck majong paper thinking it might help. And tried it out again at night.
Turning my orange wall to white
Night time - Only Projection
Night time - Projection plus a floodlight
The projection was much brighter and clearer at night, but the projected image was still very obvious and not washed out even with a floodlight directed at it. Perhaps if I had 2 floodlights each on the sides might help to wash out the projected image. But when I tried with one light source I had to place it really near against the wall if not the image would be very obvious. Relating to the effect I wanted similar to 'Body Movies', I tried to lift my projector up but the image ended up to high on the ceiling. So I hypothesized that for it to work, the projector had to be placed on a high level pointed downwards. The thing is, I do not have suitable tripod or stand that could lift my projector up and tilt it in an angle. Oh gosh, stuck. The idea cannot be pursued...

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