From 0 to 100 ! I need guidance.. (Programmable LED Celing light)

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Hello Arduino community,

Im from germany so please excuse my messy english.
Im a total noob with arduino. I did some projects with a raspberry but just few basic things.

I bet there are some questions that could be easily googles/experienced by just trying, but the problem is I got no time at all for trying things out.

Why ? Well im with a small Event team and we will start our first Event soon (Halloween)(12 Days left) .

First we wanted to realize to light up 10 lampshades on the celing by using LED PAR spots controlled by DMX, until we experinced that the mounts on the celing is much to weak to carry any truss or LED Par Spots.

The budget is pretty small so we have to figure things out. First I wanted to use some Smart Home LED RGB led lights. but they are limited by the IR Signal.

My last dying hope are 5m Digital WS2812B stipes. First I wanted to controll them by a Raspberry but I read that this wouldnt work very well because of the missing PWM abilities of the Pi.

So I quickly ordered an Arduino Uno and hoping to get this thing to run fast with some help of the community.
All parts should arrive tomorrow at my place (5 days of delivery..thats why I cant try much by myself)

PART LIST

-Uno R3 MEGA328P ATMEGA16U2 & CH340G Board + USB Kabel
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Uno-R3-MEGA328P-ATMEGA16U2-CH340G-Board-USB-Kabel-Arduino-kompatibel-E06/171924976711?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Planned

What I need

All 10 lampshades with a diameter of 100cm should carry 50cm of the Strip. (30LEDS)

This should look like this.

Arduino __(50cm)(50cm)(50cm) ... etc (10x)

Effects like Chaser, Rainbow, Strobe, Stars, Fader, Random Strobes, Typical KID Effect.
I heard about NeoPixel and FastLED libaries

I want to launch these effects by the Keypad in real time like

1 for Chaser
2 for Fading Stars
3 for Strobes
...
Hold Button A to turn brightness to 100% as long as this button is pushed. (blinder effect)
etc

I have seen many tutorials to create some effects on youtube. But nothing mentioned how to solve the keypad part.

My Questions

  • Is this stuff that I have bought ok for what I want to do ?
  • Is this possible to do ?
  • how should I begin?
  • can someone help me with the code.

I work as a paramedic so I can code a bit at work but only "offline" so I cant take the LEDs to work.

I really need you guys, because I have only time for one other delivery if something dont fits.
I hope you can help me and a big thank you for your support.

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"I got no time at all for trying things out."
“12 Days left”
“mounts on the celing is much to weak to carry any truss or LED Par Spots”
“budget is pretty small”
“should arrive tomorrow”

“I really need you guys, because I have only time for one other delivery if something dont fits”

Maybe someone in "Gigs and Collaborations” will volunteer their help.

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