Writing with Shadows
type: Item
label: Schrijven met schaduwen @nl
label: Mit Schatten erzählen @de
label: Psaní pomocí stínů @cs
label: Scrivere con le ombre @it
label: Escribir con sombras @es
label: Skapa med skuggor @sv
description: Gobos, textures and images
description: Gobo's, texturen en afbeeldingen @nl
description: Gobos, Texturen und Abbildungen @de
description: Goba, textury a obrazy @cs
description: Gobos, Trame e immagini @it
description: Gobos, texturas e imágenes @es
description: Gobos, texturer och bilder @sv
Canon story number: 62
Canon story code: B.07
time frame: Inter-war Period
Canon story topic: Special effects and projection
Field: Props and special effects
Link to internal Canonbase page: Writing_with_Shadows
Link to internal Canonbase page: Schrijven_met_schaduwen
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: The introduction of the ellipsoidal reflector spot in the mid 1930s made the gobo possible – a metal pattern that creates textured light in a simple form of projection. Since then, gobos have greatly enriched the expressive potential of lighting.
Canon story refers to: Adolphe Appia
Canon story refers to: incandescent lamp
Canon story refers to: Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight
Canon story refers to: gobo
Canon story refers to: Kliegl Bros.