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Author Topic: Screen Masking Roger Manning Jr Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Encinitas, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-06-2003 07:29 PM                     I will be making my new screen for my screening room next week and I need to find something to mask the screen with. What should I use? I want something that will not reflect light. Anyone know of a good thing to use? Thanks Roger  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-06-2003 07:48 PM                    If you have movable masking then it's going to make a difference whether the masking will ever be in front of a speaker because then you need something acoustically transparent. Otherwise a cloth material called "Duvateen" is common but you could simply visit a fabric store and look for some sort of non-reflective black cloth or felt and use that in conjuction with a wood frame work (wrap it around and staple on the back). Years ago when I used to play with 16mm at home I liked to mask the screen with old 2" Quad videotape whose backside was a nice dull black antistatic coating.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-06-2003 08:13 PM                     I modified the bottom masking on a theatre screen a couple of years ago and simply went to a local fabric shop and got some black felt. Works just fine.  |  IP: Logged Chris Markiewicz Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Glenaviegh, County Tipperary, Ireland Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-06-2003 09:19 PM                     Duvetyne works great-very common for stage work, and it's cheap! but be careful if your location is humid. Since it is a cotton based material, it absorbs moisture like a sponge and will quickly rust staples etc. that are not stainless.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-07-2003 01:46 AM                        I'd say adapt the big front end from the 70s houses approach. The masking was a vertical strip of black felt attached to acoustically transparent but colorful-ly curtain material. Since the edge must be sharp, if your screen is small, you could use lightweight hard material like a 4" - 6" wide, screen-tall piece of posterboard or linen sheet over a wire frame painted flat black & attached to whatever you'll be using for your acoustically transparent curtain running from the masking edge to the wall.  |  IP: Logged

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