How To Light A Cyclorama Wall

A demonstration with altman lighting and loyola marymount university.

How to light a cyclorama wall.

I am shooting a yoga video and need some advice on how to light a white cyc wall. In theater and film a cyclorama abbreviated cyc in the united states is a large curtain or wall often concave positioned at the back of the apse it often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background. A cyc cyclorama or an infinity wall all mean the same thing. Cyc walls were first used in television and news and later emerged in photo and video studios.

This structure helps creates an infinity effect of the same tone. No corners no depth. Thus when the light hits the wall it does not reflect the depth of the background. How to properly and efficiently light a cyc.

A radius on a cyclorama then is of a circle to cover the horizontal distance from floor to wall or vertical distance from wall to wall in the corners. Since the cyclorama provides a very smooth. Youll see the talents en. What the cyclorama wall is.

The concept is that the talent is performing yoga in the middle of a white sweep. A white cyclorama wall or cyc wall or infinite wall is a construction with two planes smoothly merging horizontally and vertically. It is a huge wall of one color that is built to have no defined corners. Essentially the bigger the curve the easier it is to light.

Radius the goal is to hide the right angle intersections from wall to floor wall to wall and possibly wall to ceiling with a top radius. We ll be detailing how to build a cyc wall for full body photography or video work with three foot curves a 12 foot high wall and 18 feet of bare floor. It was popularized in the german theater of the 19th century and continues in common usage today in theaters throughout the world.