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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

The REDCINE tent!

Is this tent for keeping ambient light off the monitor screen?
 
oh...right! I thought it was a 'casting-couch' for on set 'auditioning'...
 
yes, there was a thread on this a couple of months ago...very cool but way too expensive.
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I also agree that it's kinda expensive... But, I'm currently unaware of any cheaper options. I'd be tempted to try a "lineman's tent" -- exactly the same thing, but sold through contractor supply places. The tents you see utility / telco workers using in the field. I'd do that and coat the inside of the tent with a black epoxy-based paint. I bet it would work just as good and cost less than $300.
 
Anyone find any "lineman's tents" for sale online?
 
Yes also called shelters.. I guess I'm used to "lineman's tent" because that's what most of the Xcel Energy and Qwest guys call them. Grainger supply has them, but I couldn't find them in their online catalog. You can also take a look at various outdoor and camping suppliers.

Cabela's has this one that might be a real possibility. It's intended for setting up a campsite shower, but it has a lot of good things going for it. It's light, quick to set up, good ventilation with removeable canopy top, places to hang things and you could probably get this thing and do necessary modifications to it all for less than $250 plus your time. It might be a bit small though.

My local welding supply shop stocks these and this one is by far my favorite. Figure $260 + shipping/tax though. But it's got plenty of room and very compact, weighs nothing. It has a ventilation port on the back side, which is perfect for hooking up an external blower or AC unit so it doesn't get too stuffy inside. This link I pulled up I can't comment on, I don't know anything about this dealer, but they look OK.
 
As for sealing out light from the inside, I mentioned epoxy paint because once it cures, it's very rubbery and flexible. There might be other materials to try too, but I might test some paint on a piece of tent fabric and see how it holds up if I fold and crease it and rough it up a bit. Another possibility would be sewing a liner of some dark, opaque fabric inside. The trick is to not get too involved with putting this together. Because even my free time is valuable to me and if it takes me more than half a day to put it together, I may as well buy the $1400 light blocking tent.

Other possibilities:

http://www.popnwork.com/innovations-gs-fx.html

http://ice.fish-finder-review.com/ice-fishing-tent.shtml
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
The trick is to not get too involved with putting this together. Because even my free time is valuable to me and if it takes me more than half a day to put it together, I may as well buy the $1400 light blocking tent.
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trust me - buy this tent and make movies - life is too short ...
 
Hmm pretty nice little pop tent you found here, this could be a great mobile shelter for our Burning Man doc this year out in Black rock dessert...need to look into it and make sure it has some kind of stakes or way to lock it down in heavy winds.
 
Sometimes you DO get what you pay for. I've done way to many features with crappy pop-up tents and duvateen clamped and gaffer-taped all over - I'm just too old for it.
 
Haskell said:
yikes! Just found the order form...whats the deal, this thing is more expensive then all of our insurance coverage for the entire shoot.
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Yeah, you could literally just buy a tent, throw some moving blankets over it, then buy a generator and a nice AC unit to keep it cool, and you'd still save some cash. ;)
 
So, it looks like Off Hollywood put a link to my tent up here.

Some of you think it might be too expensive? Well, it's intended for the DIT out there that's working on commercials and features who's tired of having to ask the grips to help erect a blackout shelter out of 8x frames and 20x solids. This tent gives those technicians the freedom to set up in seconds and take it down in seconds. All he might have to ask the grips for is a sand bag or two.

If you want to make your own tent from something that's out there, that's great, but it's takes a lot of time to get it done. As it is, it took me over a year to build this one.

The cost of it, if you break it down, isn't a lot at all. If you're getting a kit rental with your gear and it saves you time, which is in effect, saving you money, then it won't take that long to make your money back on it.

Thanks for all the comments. I love hearing what people say about it.

Keep the comments coming. Good, bad, I love'em all.
 
hihosliver said:
As it is, it took me over a year to build this one.
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If it takes you a year to build each one you ought to charge more :)

One of my best mates works for a company that makes the covers for those crime scene investigations tents, some of them are huge. I doubt they are less expensive than this but it'd be funny to get them to make a black one... if only so I can bury bodies without attracting undue attention!
 
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