01-16-2010, 01:19 PM
I think that a back drop high enough that you can't see the top without looking up is about right. If the back drop is at or just below eye level, I think looking at the top of it would spoil the illusion you are trying to create. However, I would not go all the way to the ceiling with the back drop. Go high enough to isolate the section you are operating in, but low enough to allow light and ventilation to be unhindered.
The other thing to do if you can, is to make the end of the backdrop curve to match the curve of the scene at the end of the peninsula. That way you don't look down both sides of the back drop when you go around the end of the bench work, but rather it seems to be one continuous scene from one side of the peninsula to the other.
The other thing to do if you can, is to make the end of the backdrop curve to match the curve of the scene at the end of the peninsula. That way you don't look down both sides of the back drop when you go around the end of the bench work, but rather it seems to be one continuous scene from one side of the peninsula to the other.