Post edited 16:54 – Wednesday, 2009-10-28 by admin

It depends what you have available to light a cyc with, ideally you would have several floods spaced evenly washing down the cyc. In this country the Coda 4 is a very popular fixture for this purpose:

Other manufacturers also produce similar fixtures including Selecon. You can also find numerous LED solutions now which may also be worth considering depending on your budget.

Where you light it from is really down to where you have the space. It's normally lit from the front, but if there is no room then you could try back lighting it. It won't work quite as well because the cyc will bounce the light off itself and if you're back lighting you won't get this effect. You need a reasonable amount of distance between the cyc and the floods, you won't get good results if they are directly in front as it will appear too hot at the top.

If the cyc is tall you may find you can't get the colour wash to cover the whole cloth, in this case you might also want to consider adding a ground row to light from the bottom up. This also enables you to blend different colours which can be great if you're trying to achieve a sunrise / sunset.