Thread: Cheap Scrim

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I couldn't find any place that sold scrim for a decent price, so I started going to fabric stores to see what they had. I ended up with shadow gray poly gauze. It has the same properties as scrim, but only cost me $15 for a 10x 12' section.
Sorry for the crappy video, but the "actor" wasn't cooperating!

okay please explain to dumb girl what im seeing and what "scrim" is...? yes sadly im serious. lol

Don't feel bad. The video didn't come out to well. Scrim is a fabric the hides scenes that are placed behind it. when you put lighting on that scene the fabric turns almost transperent and shows the hidden scene. It's used in dream sequences a lot on stage. I'm just going to hide behind it in my garage until the tot's come in. Then I'll hit my strobe lights so I can be seen and jump through the scrim

okay rnr, you don't know how useful this is going to be. i didn't know what scrim was either. we want to do some year a scene from the ring and keep having the person get closer and closer but like black out sequences, this will work. thanks, this is great

Glad to help. I wish I was able to get a better video. So that Ring idea aounds sweet. How are you going to set it up?

well, you know in the ring she crawls through the tv, i found on city wide trash day someone had thrown out a big mirror free standing frame. of course, the mirror was busted out so we grabbed it. we were going to have someone crawl creepily through that but hadn't figured spacifics yet. now with this material idea you just posted, you would see the material and it could be the mirror glass. then with the flashing strobe you could have them keep coming forward, it would give a creepy look. on this side of the mirror have some big boxes set to the side and an extra person sitting inside. at one point the person coming forward would duck to the side behind the vision of the boxes, and the person in the boxes stand up like they came through the mirror. what do you think? i loved the ring. when she came through the tv it was freeky. oh, so we have a room with the mirror, some boxes, a stand and a phone. when the kids walk in we have a phone ring. we say, don't ever answer the phone. then if one of the treaters don't answer it we have a player in their group who does. the lights go off and then the strobe comes on. if a kid does answer, well that is the one the creature grabs. what do you think? this is for next year. this year we are doing a magic theme.

Hmmm...Here's what I'm thinking. You could simplify the t.v. trick by simply "slitting" the fabric. hang some weight off the bottom or just tack it to something so it stays tight. The actor simply walks, or crawls, up to and through the hole in the fabric. You would still get the eerie visual the scrim creates, and then the actual 3d monster comes into the "real" world. The simpler the better!

hhmmm, nice suggestion. okay, i sew velcro to the material and glue velcro to the frame. then they crawl through.

Sounds like a plan! Try it and post up a vid.

we have a new girl in training at work. she is doing pretty good. should have some free time up after next wednessday. will play with it then sometime. later