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DJscreen Video on the screen and black suround

First look November 2010

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0:09 There is the white screen and the black surround

Okay, don't normally like editing videos together but there you can see the framework and that is from Cam Stans. Two guys there from DJ Screens. One bag you've got the white screen, the other one is sort of a black surround. Okay, there is the white screen and the black surround. Now this stuff here in the UK, it's mainly Lycra. I believe in the USA it's known as Spandex. A whole bunch of bungees and the black screen. Don't get blurred on me. And you'll notice these guys here, Velcro, they're the attachments that will enable you to attach that to your framework. Right, there we go. Now there are actually three looks to this. You're probably wondering exactly what I'm on about. This is look number one. Now, the white screen is behind the black drapes. Look number two is when you can put the white screen in front of the black drapes to give it sort of a bit more of a punk hip look. But there is a third way of using the black surround and you'll see that after the second way. Bear with me.

1:32 We've got the second weight, slightly more punk, bit more rad

Ok, then we've got the second weight, slightly more punk, bit more rad. I mean you can see I've got a bungee top corners, bottom corners and then one either side, one at the top centre. Now if you wanted to, maybe you could get a small weight, have one at the bottom as well. And then either side you can attach another bungee above the ones at the side and below the ones at the side as well to give it, I don't know, a bit more shape. Could, let's say, be ideal for your prom night, your school sort of disco, 21st birthday. Whereas if you turn it the other way around and you've just got the oblong, you're looking more corporate, more wedding, more I suppose in a sense a little bit more posh as it were. Right, now I did say there was a third way of using this but first of all I must explain that the framework I showed you at the beginning of the video doesn't have that crossmember there. Now what I've got inside of there...

Is just a little piece of plastic pipe okay third way of using this guy now then sometimes first of all you uh you see the rule book and the rule says or the rule book says you must do this this this this and this and you're not allowed to do that that map and in the instructions of quite a few items around the world it says you can do this this this you can't do that that But just so long as you're very careful and you open your mind and you start to think and you try an experiment without trying to, let's say, void the warranty, you can come up with great ideas. Now I think this is a good idea, sorry, pay attention. This is where my wackiness comes out and it's pretty crazy. Right, here we go. Now first of all, something like this now is a DJ console. Okay, I've got my decks.

3:28 You could say to a local school, well guess what?

I've got a good surround so it looks good. It looks maybe slightly more presentable than let's say just a frame with a bunch of lights on it. Having said that, you could still put the lights on here if you've got the correct attachments but have them facing upwards and down at the crowd as opposed to dangling down. The other way of using something like this is this. But imagine school functions. You could say to a local school, well guess what? I've got a framework like this so the kids can do their own little show and then maybe do the disco. I mean, you know, the mind boggles, alright? So again, this is one of my maybe demonstration videos, instruction videos, but hopefully it's an inspiring video to get you guys out there. Just get you motivated. Open your mind, do that instead of that and think for yourself. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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