I did an elementary school dance last night at my kid's school. About 125 kids in attendance. For my desk, I ditched the table and now have everything mounted inside a 16-space (vertical) rolling rack unit with an SKB AV-try on top to hold my laptop. I also built out a 3-panel lighted facade and am using a colorstrip to light it. This was the first time out and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this new setup. All my misc cables and projectors store inside the rack and just roll into my trailer. Big improvement.
On the projectors, I bought 2 pieces of 60"X9' spandex from spandexwarehouse.com ($30 each). Had channels sewn along each long end and inserted 2 10' crossbar sections. I then mounted these onto 3 6' vertical poles and pulled it tight at the bottom. By the way, these would easily stretch to 7' or 8' (vertically). I put these on the elevated stage and shot them from behind. On the left side, I shot my standard Live-Pics/Texting setup and on the right side I put some ambient DJ vids to an SD card (thanks Hank) and used a Micca SD player to have them run in a loop all night. My wife played gatekeeper and let the kids go back and shadow dance behind the right-side. BTW, DO NOT try this without a gatekeeper. She said had to keep them off my projector.
This was a freebie (my wife works there) so I used it to try out a new idea. I was pleased with the result. Here are some pics (sorry I don't have any shots of the new desk):
Before the dance started
A couple of shots with the lights down
A shot from behind the screen
Up a bit closer
A shot from behind the screens, lights on
On the projectors, I bought 2 pieces of 60"X9' spandex from spandexwarehouse.com ($30 each). Had channels sewn along each long end and inserted 2 10' crossbar sections. I then mounted these onto 3 6' vertical poles and pulled it tight at the bottom. By the way, these would easily stretch to 7' or 8' (vertically). I put these on the elevated stage and shot them from behind. On the left side, I shot my standard Live-Pics/Texting setup and on the right side I put some ambient DJ vids to an SD card (thanks Hank) and used a Micca SD player to have them run in a loop all night. My wife played gatekeeper and let the kids go back and shadow dance behind the right-side. BTW, DO NOT try this without a gatekeeper. She said had to keep them off my projector.
This was a freebie (my wife works there) so I used it to try out a new idea. I was pleased with the result. Here are some pics (sorry I don't have any shots of the new desk):
Before the dance started
A couple of shots with the lights down
A shot from behind the screen
Up a bit closer
A shot from behind the screens, lights on