Production Musings

Hanging the 4x16s

// December 18th, 2009 // Thoughts

I’ve gotten a few questions on how the 4×16 panels were actually hung so I took a quick photo of what we did. All of the materials I mentioned in the previous post can be found at Home Depot. The metal ends you see pictured is metal ribbon used for bailing cardboard or other materials and I believe it comes in rolls. Sawyer Scott designed these panels and ran the wire the length of their edges. We drilled holes in each end and used hanging wire at the tops and bottoms.  We hung from the truss and anchored to eye bolts in the stage floor.  Each panel had 4 rigging points.  As you can see, it doesn’t have to be precise or super neat.

4 Responses to “Hanging the 4x16s”

1. Colin Harman says:

   December 18, 2009 at 2:22 am

   Hey hey hey, you’re showing off our top secret sloppiness. It’s amazing what you can hide with good lighting and a substantial viewing distance…

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2. Brian Bruzzi says:

   August 11, 2010 at 10:08 am

   im curious as to how you lighted the pannels? were they set colors with pars? or leds illuminating them?

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   • Andrew Hunt says:

     August 15, 2010 at 7:00 am

     We lit them both with LEDs as side lights and with one mover per panel. The movers had multiple uses for lighting, so they didn’t always stay on the panels.

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   • Andrew Hunt says:

     August 15, 2010 at 10:56 am

     Hey, sorry Brian, I replied incorrectly. I was thinking of a different design. The panels were actually lit with Source Fours. We focused them in and used the barn doors to really focus the light on each panel.

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