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Backdrop Question?
I moved recently and got a huge apartment and set up a home studio. I bought a high quality frame for the backdrops and have 3 10x20s. Question: how to get the cloth to come down to the floor and then make a 90 degree turn to change into the floor? Sep 24 21 07:05 am Link DeanLautermilch wrote: it's usually just a soft curve Sep 24 21 10:17 am Link Use as many pieces of gaffer tape as necessary to keep the portion on the floor from shifting. Re the soft curve: Models tend to back into the wall, pulling on the backdrop and possibly bending the crosspiece of the frame. Sep 24 21 10:35 am Link are they constant tone? textured? scenic? I personally have different techniques for each Sep 24 21 01:25 pm Link DeanLautermilch wrote: You can also run a stretched, taunt dark cord or wire along the floor where you want your 90-degree bend. Slip the backdrop under that and then it's easy to get rid of the wire in post. You might be able to attach the cord/wire between the backdrop stands. Sep 25 21 08:23 am Link So many options, I will list a few below. As mentioned, let it curve and transition to the floor. Let it fall like a wall and utilize the natural flooring. Use two crossbars at the floor to give a 90 degree angle at the floor. Let it fall naturally and have a wrinkled effect at the floor. Mount it sideways and make look like the corner of two walls. Sep 25 21 08:36 am Link If you don't like a hard 90 degree angle where the wall meets the floor, use a rolled paper background instead of cloth. the paper background can more easily shaped to look llike an infinity wall than cloth. Sep 25 21 01:58 pm Link On many occasions, I have used a length of floor molding that runs from one side of the backdrop to the other (12') Depending upon the cloth backdrop and the look that I'm going for, I will paint the molding white, black, or whatever works. The effect is that of a real solid wall, with appropriate floor molding and a similar colored floor. Because the floor cloth reflects light differently than the vertical hanging cloth, it creates a more realistic contrast from 'floor to wall'. The molding gives it a better sense of realism. Sep 25 21 04:56 pm Link |
