Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Build a bluescreen for under $30?


The basement as movie studio. Nick Jushchyshyn shows us how to build a large removable, disposable bluescreen for under thirty dollars. According to the article on jushhome.com, here's all you need to get started:

Materials:

One Blue plastic tablecloth roll (100' x 40") from party supply store. (About $13)
Nine 1x3 pine furring strips from home improvement store. (<$10)


Optional for mounting on basement wall:

One Can of Liquid-Nails from home improvement store. (About $4)


Tools:

Stapler w/staples (Hardware store style normally used for stapling insulation)
Saw
Level

He claims it works pretty well and has some photos to back up his case. Reminds me of Ray Harryhausen shooting stop-motion footage in his garage when he was a teenager.

Click here to read the full article.

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