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Anyone know any good YouTube channels that show behind the scenes of set building for Musicals? I love finding a good behind the scenes videos but I only find them rarely. If ya know any good ones (Channels or just videos) can you share them below? Thanks :)

A theatre company near me is attempting the flying scene in "American Idiot." They do not have the money or resources to hire proffessionals and are attempting to do it themselves with a 9 foot ceiling. There "plan" is to use those 100 pound plus dog harnesses and 100 pound plus rubber dog...

How much would pneumatics cost in a scenario like this?

I'll check that out gafftaper. And yeah JohnD I know alot about illusions. One of my new favorite shows is Mary Poppins soley because the illusions. Making a 6 foot hat stand that can colapse to one foot or making the flowers appear from a painting is the kind of illusion special effect prop...

Little tardy to the party but this answers the question. What he uses to throw are a magicians gimmic called "Throw Streamers" It is long lines of paper wrapped up and when thrown spread out. You can see them in the video link. Hope this helped.

Wasen't expecting so much feedback and so fast! Thanks so much. And yes, I will continue reading the special effects section to know the many ways and options to do effects :D

Hello! My name is Jay and I'm a 15 year old inspiring techie that loves technical theatre. I've always been fascinated with the behind the scenes of theatre. I've been in over 15 shows at my community theatre and for every show I look up behind the scenes of certain effects. (Ex. The enchanted...