LOS ANGELES – A Starlight LED backdrop from Rent What? Inc. paired up with the touring version of TV's So You Think You Can Dance, and in the process, aimed for Rule Number One for gentlemen on the dance floor – to make your partner look good. Rule Number Two for live tour producers, of course, is to keep the expenses in line, and Rent What? said that by minimizing costs for fabrication, rigging and transport, the Starlight LED backdrop had that part covered, too.
As an alternative to bulkier fiber optic drapes, the backdrops and drapes with starry illumination from Rent What? are fitted with fields of blue-white LEDs woven into flexible, lightweight black 15 oz. Encore fabric.
Along with the look of a starry night sky, the speed, intensity and other characteristics of the LED lights can be controlled and modified to suit the artistic needs of the production designer. (The DMX-addressable controller can operate as a stand-alone system or as part of the lighting board.)
"Our clients love the LED Star Drops," said Rent What? Inc. partner Marce Forrester. "We've seen very exciting single-events using these drops as well as very elaborate touring productions like So You Think You Can Dance, Beach House and Maxwell. All of them are completely stunning from the audiences' perspective, large or intimate."
Forrester said that show designers have also found it effective to combine the LED backdrops with other Rent What? drapery products, including their Rock-n-Red Drapery Collection and other multimedia environments.
The drapery rental company's LED backdrops come in 15-by-30-foot sections and can be linked together for much larger stages. TV and film productions also use the LED backdrops for of their visual characteristics and ease of use.
"Our whole purpose is to provide the entertainment industry with a wide choice of creative solutions not typically found in the rental business," added Forrester.
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