Does anyone know of anywhere (ideally around the midlands) where I can get a view similar to this? Generally it's all about the mixed lighting coming in through the window.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../motelroom.jpg
Much appreciated.
Does anyone know of anywhere (ideally around the midlands) where I can get a view similar to this? Generally it's all about the mixed lighting coming in through the window.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../motelroom.jpg
Much appreciated.
Not be cheaper to just get a Motel NEON sign mail order and do it yourself?
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Garry
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Nights were a real drag, thankfully work's on 2 shifts now [day/back] so more time to do things... If only photography were higher up the pecking order ;-)
Possibly. I always imagined neon signs to be on the expensive side.
They're not (weren't) cheap, depends on size, colour, flashing/non-flashing, etc.
We had one made 14/15 years ago for a Channel 4 commissioned short film; two colour, two lines, flashing, approx 42" X 18". Digging out the paperwork I see it required six cables, three transformers, two flasher units:
Line #1: 'Take Away' in red
Line #2a: 'Food' in red
Line #2b: 'Sex' in blue
All flashing with 'Food' & 'Sex' alternating. As I recall red was cheaper than blue, which why it was made the way it was, although the original script called for 'Sex' to be red and the rest blue, but the budget won over the style.
That cost us £218+VAT in 1995 from a company called Argon in London.
That may not be indicative of today's prices, some stuff has actually got cheaper.
TheFatControlleR
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ah, sorry, I was thinking of the ones on fleabay from hongkong which are basically a plastic sign with a neon along the top to highlight the sign like the old holograms [about 20quid]
still, that or phone up the motels and ask "do you have a seedy sign outside?"
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Garry
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Nights were a real drag, thankfully work's on 2 shifts now [day/back] so more time to do things... If only photography were higher up the pecking order ;-)
Either of those is probably a better option, almost certainly cheaper.ah, sorry, I was thinking of the ones on fleabay from hongkong which are basically a plastic sign with a neon along the top to highlight the sign like the old holograms [about 20quid]
still, that or phone up the motels and ask "do you have a seedy sign outside?"
G>
TheFatControlleR
'But above all, he should be taught to yield to the truth, and to lay down his arms as soon as he discovers it, whether it appears in his opponents argument, or to himself in his own thoughts.' - Michel de Montaigne (on the education of children)
'Everybody is in favour of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled. But some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.' - Winston Churchill
'Live fat, die young, and leave a self-basting corpse for the burn up...' - TFC
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