There are basically two states of a scrim:
- The scrim has no light from the front (the audience), and some subject (in this case an angel) is behind the scrim and strong light falls on the subject. This typically would be a spotlight on the angel. So now you see your angel with a glow around him. This is similar to the glow around the children on the carousel in the gallery picture, so take a look at that.
Scrim Set-up Diagrams
Scrim state one: The angel will not be seen……the scrim will look like a “sky” if you use a blue scrim, or any color scrim with blue gelled lights.
Scrim state two: The angel will be seen, and will have a soft glowing effect.
The very simple rule is light what you want to be seen. Light something you want seen behind a scrim and it shows, don’t light it (light the scrim itself instead) and it doesn’t show. To make this all work, you need control of your lighting both in front of the scrim and behind –which is dicey if you are outdoors.
For future reference there are other special effects you can get with a scrim, sometime try projecting on it from the front or the back. (Yep, like a slideshow) You can also project shadows on the scrim, and change colors of the scrim by lighting. I’ve seen a “desert sky” come alive just from color slide projections.
FAQs How is our scrim different from other scrims like sharkstooth? Our products can be used instead of sharkstooth scrim, or with sharkstooth scrims. The effects achieved are slightly different, but similar.
Ultimately it all depends on your artistic needs and you budget.
- Ours comes in 14 different colors—standard, not extra
- Ours doesn’t hourglass.
- Ours is textural. It gives off a slightly fuzzy mottled look.
- Ours is economical. Don’t be afraid to paint on it, because it doesn’t cost an arm and leg like sharketooth.
This is both a plus and a minus. The minus: 15’ is very wide, but sharkstooth is wider. The plus: Sharkstooth can’t be hung as panels without hourglassing--when it stretches it becomes narrower in the center. Sharkstooth also needs a seam on the edge, which would show if you hung it in a panel. Ours doesn’t need a side seam. Ours doesn’t hourglass and needs no side seam. The diagrams show some of the differences…..
Like this article? Try Types of Photo Backdrops. or try Types of Scrim.
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