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DJ SCREEN , Good for the VJ or even for up lighting. video 2

First look November 2009

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0:00 It's known as the DJ screen

Alright folks, video number two on this guy here. It's known as the DJ screen. Now I presume it's called a DJ screen because it isn't just for putting video on. It could be used for up-lighting or even just putting effects on the screen itself. So in other words, if you're in a black and dark room and you've maybe got a laser, you can actually face the laser at the screen from behind you. So in other words, if you imagine you've got the crowd... Then you've got your DJ setup, then you've got the screen behind you. You can have the laser behind the screen pointing at the screen itself, giving a laser effect so it's not going in people's eyes. Right, video number two, we're going to put it together. Right, first off what you will need is a structure enabling you to attach the screen. Okay, so if you can see that I've got a bar going up, one all the way across and one going down.

1:27 Approximately, at the moment, it's five foot

And it's firmly secured at the bottom, okay. Right, the screen can be used with anything really, rope, sort of hooks, but in a sense it's advisable to use the bungees because there's no metal and plus the fact they do spring. Right, this unit can be put up in many ways but at the end of the day to maximise the life I'll show you a little picture of how it should be put up. Okay, here we go. If you imagine, there's the top of the bar, there's the floor area, so we've got an attachment there, one corner, the other corner, and then three at the top. I'm going to do just that now. Right, once again, bearing in mind this is video number two, and I've actually attached it as best I can initially, because this does take quite an area. Approximately, at the moment, it's five foot...

2:30 I don't recommend you attach it to a chair

From the base to the top and six foot across. But now that, of course, is the area inside there. If you imagine a cube, a square or an oblong. But I'm pretty sure we could get it bigger again. Now again, because it is spandex, you don't have any creases on it whatsoever. Now I think the attachment there speaks for itself. One at the top there and same the other side. But, you know, in my punk style of videos. I don't recommend you attach it to a chair. Oh, God blimey. Right, here you go. Now, in my punk sort of style, and by the way, they asked me to wear this T-shirt, but I quite like it actually. Alright, in my punk style, like I said earlier on, if you imagine, this could be used in many ways, I suppose. You've got a screen behind you, so I'm standing here, I have my DJ console in front of me, all the crowds over there. What I could do, I could have a whole bunch of lights There's no walls that are perfectly flat. There may be something like this is a good idea as well. Just giving you a few ideas. Video number two on this guy here, the DJ screen. I will be doing many more. Practice and enjoy.

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