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Author Topic: Flip-up screens? David E. Nedrow Master Film Handler Posts: 368 From: Columbus, OH, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 10-02-2015 09:00 PM                        Has anyone seen a screen that flips out from the bottom toward the audience and then raises to hug the ceiling? This would be to expose a performing stage when there is no fly-loft space. The masking would presumably have to be integral to the screen frame so that it travels with the screen. One drawback I can envision is the weight of the screen causing it to sag down in a direction it's not designed to.  |  IP: Logged Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 10-03-2015 08:31 AM                     How would you avoid the screen blocking the lighting bars, house lights, HVAC vents, smoke detectors etc?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-03-2015 04:16 PM                        Custom made. Weight is an issue because of where the pivot point is. You could lift speakers and all with lighting attached to the back of the speaker rig. Tonnage.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-07-2015 09:53 AM                     This is typically done with a permanently installed electric roll up screen that's mounted between light bars. Harkness makes the best ones IMHO. I've installed a few of them, one that was 40' wide. They are very expensive. You could also do a fast fold screen but you'd need some room to store it in. Mark  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-07-2015 01:03 PM                        What Mark said. Be sure to get a tab-tensioned screen; otherwise, a standard roll-up screen will eventually sag in the middle. There is an art museum in town that has a very nice electric tab-tensioned Stewart screen that works well. One potential snag is that you may not be able to get a perf screen in this configuration. Another potential issue is masking, although that can be faked with curtains if you don't need motorized masking with multiple stops. Finally, you need to treat roll-up screens very gently. Keep them rolled up when not being used and don't let anyone hang anything (including small children) from the bottom edge, as this may damage the motor (I have seen it happen).  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-07-2015 04:08 PM                     Hang your children from the top.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 12-07-2015 04:56 PM                     Yes you can get a perforated (standard and micro)screen on a rollup.  |  IP: Logged

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