Drive-in Worx - Building a Screen

Drive-in Worx

Building a Screen

Building a Screen

Things to consider when building your own outside theater screen
Screens can be built with a wide variety of materials. In this section we will describe some of the basic principles you will need to consider when building a screen. The focus will be on building a screen which is reasonably portable and collapsible.A couple of additional basic assumptions are also included in the following information.

Not the least of these is that we will be discussing rear or dual projection systems. This is due to a couple of factors. One is that it's easy enough to throw a white sheet up or to use a white garage door for a front projection system. If those options produce sufficient quality and flexibility for you, you're probably not reading this right now. Another is that operating an outside theater usually consists of two ingredients which often don't mix well: Expensive electronic equipment and high traffic of many people. Those people are often children or adults who may be consuming beverages which aren't conducive to good physical coordination. Having a multi thousand dollar projector crash to the ground is not a fun experience... TRUST US ON THAT ONE!

Rear projection solutions allow you to shelter the equipment from the audience and avoid the potential of such situations. Dual projection systems (front and rear projection capable) enable the flexibility to support a variety of situations. An example may be placing projection equipment indoors, behind a window projecting onto an outdoor screen (good for Super-bowl parties in the Northeast or Midwest).

This is an example of a ten foot diagonal screen we made in 2005.

Building a Screen