Recent content by loudguyrick

Howdy folks! Just wanted to let you know how things turned out. Our production of Beauty and the Beast finished its run last weekend. We were able to use the fog screen, and it was great! We ended up using rear projection, and got surprisingly good results. It ended up that in using the...

We just finished up our run of Beauty. What we did, because we didn't have the money to fly anyone, was to have the Beast lying on the floor. We fogged the entire floor, and then had the Beast slide offstage left. A second person, playing the Prince, then slid on stage right. Stop fogging, and...

Heya, Tiger! Welcome to Controlbooth. Take some time and browse the forums. You can learn a lot from them before even posting a question. I know I have. Looking forward to seeing your posts in the future. Rick Beaule' Penns Manor High School Musical 2009

Mr. Hirsh, the one in the lower right corner of the first page is my favorite. Love the low-level back lighting. The color of it also adds to the scene, especially when you contrast it with the starkness of the silhouettes. Rick Beaule' Penns Manor High School Musical 2009

Haha, indeed! Those are not posed photos. What you are looking at is a classic public education low-budget scenario: Our performance space is also our shop space. Because there is no other area for us to work, we have to split the space with the cast for rehearsal purposes. Oftentimes the two...

Glad you liked the video. And thank you all for your suggestions. I will try them out and let you all know how it turns out. If you come up with any other ideas I'm all ears! Rick Beaule' Penns Manor High School Musical 2009

Good advice, and I thank you. Though I haven't yet done a test with the plenum, I have done a test with the image on a curtain, and the image held up fairly well. I may try the two projector idea as well. Any tips on how to synchronize them? Rick Beaule' Penns Manor High School Musical 2009

Absolutely! I am stuck with using a stock office-type projector. It has decent illumination intensity for being a stock projector, and throws up an image that (if my memory serves me back to two weeks ago when I tested it) that spreads about 7 or eight feet square. I would like to increase...

Good question. We are building what is essentially a bifurcated plenum, with the fog machine(s) dispersing into the middle between the two air columns. Unfortunately, rear projection is not an option, as we will be opening the curtain directly at the conclusion of the prologue, but we will be...

Unfortunately I am stuck with the low-end projector. Now, I've seen several references to the mirror trick, but haven't tried it yet. Can you (or anyone else who's tried it) give me some details? BTW, the Prologue is available online at the site below for your viewing pleasure.... Rick...

Hello all! I am directing a production of Beauty and the Beast, and have an animated prologue that will be projected onto a fog screen. I only have 15 feet or so between the screen and the projector. How can I maximize my projection surface??? Thanks! Rick Beaule' Penns Manor High...

OOPS! I meant to type "Well" in the first sentence. Guess that I'm not a typist!! :lol:

WeI'm a Director, so that means (at least to me) that I have my fingers in every pot. I don't command everything, as I like to let people use their own creativity rather than depend on me. But I feel the need to know and be aware of what's going on. And that means I need to be familiar with...

As someone who has done a jump like that I can tell you from personal experience that I think the best thing to do is have some sort of padding in your landing spot. We used double-stacked mattresses when I jumped. The other way I tried to make it look real was to jump high off the deck I was...

Hello all! I am brand spankin' new to this board. However, I have already found that there are numerous good suggestions to figure out problems, so I look forward to helping and being helped. Some background on me: I direct a small school musical in Central Western PA. Small budget, but...