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First thing you need is a garden.
Preferably tidied.
Square tubing for the frame which I found on a website that produces modular furniture units.
A good saw.
A mitre to cut the piping at right angles.
The best bit about this modular system is that it comes with a handy joining units.
Just bang the appropriate T L or + joins together and job done.
Measure up your screen. I used a photographic backdrop sheet, 200 weave, doesn’t let any light through which gives a better picture.
Eyelet punch.
Every foot is fine but reinforce the corners as this is where the most stress will be when strung.
A way to attach the screen to the frame. These are those coathook things that you hang on the back of doors.
The first iteration I used bungie ties.
But I found I had greater control of the tension of each part of the screen by using tiedowns
String it up
Other points to consider. You obviously need a projector. If you can’t place the projector exactly front and centre of the screen you get an effect called tombstoning which skews the picture. There are projectors that can correct this digitally but
Sound. This took ages to get right. First I tried domestic wiring, phono plugs etc, but over 10m you get lots of noise on the line, completely unusable so don’t waste your money. Go for XLR cables which are balanced. Then you just need the right con
Update: Have replaced tie-downs with a single long piece of Bungie cord threaded through the screen in a zig-zag fashion. The tie-downs were good but it took in excess of half an hour to put up or take-down. With the bungie cord it can be done in l
The first film I showed on the screen was Ghostbusters and it was epic.
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