UV/FX Newsletter - August 2002

We hope your summer has been enjoyable for you and your friends and family. Here at UV/FX, we have been busy working on a couple of big productions. One project was recently completed in August and is spotlighted in this month's newsletter.

Harley Medcalf and the Australian production team responsible for "Barry
Humphries: "A Night With Dame Edna" was interested in creating a very special effect for this amazing comedy tour. The production, which opens in Miami on September 10th, required a 30'x30' backdrop that was completely white for the purposes of the lighting designer. An assortment of colored lighting, automated lighting, and projections were to be directed at the drop. The drop had to also be durable, lightweight and manageable for extensive touring and ease of setup and strike. In addition to these standards, the production team wanted the white backdrop to transform to a photo-realistic portrait of Dame Edna on cue!

Dame Edna
Dame Edna image under ambient light: no image is visible
30'x30' Under Normal Lighting
Realizing that there is only one studio that can deliver all of these effects, Harley contacted UV/FX Scenic Productions. The result proved to be breathtaking! UV/FX partner and Creative Director Kent Mathieu hand-painted a billboard size photo-realistic image of Dame Edna that is only revealed with the addition of ultraviolet lighting; under regular lighting conditions the image disappears, revealing a totally white substrate! The image was painted with acrylic on flame proofed muslin, utilizing UV/FX's custom-made fluorescent paints, which appear completely clear under regular light, and then fluoresce brilliantly under UV light.
Dame Edna
Edna image under UV lighting
Same Art Under UV Lighting

UV/FX prides itself in formulating our long-lasting UV flesh-tones and other organic colors. Only UV/FX can provide your production with an extensive palette of UV color that last year after year! We can also apply this amazing effect to sharks tooth scrim or hard substrates, such as fiberglass, plastic and wood. Whatever your needs are, UV/FX has a solution. In addition to complete invisible scenic drops, the UV effect can be translated to a Day to Night, Dual Image, Single Image or UV 3-D scenic style.

Next month you will get a glimpse of the UV single image style, which is
being used for the set of a major automobile release. Watch for it!

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UV/FX Scenic Productions- Los Angeles
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310-821-2657