AshleyB
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Hi all, I'm designing a set for a high school production (new program, so no existing stock, no students with experience, building parent resources)
The director needs a "mountaintop" (5' tall) to hold 5 actors and a cliff to hold 1 actor (from which he falls). She has said that she doesn't care if the mountaintop is stationary and remains on stage the entire show.
The two options I see are:
A: Build a single unit with swivel casters with the mountain on side A and the cliff on side B; or
B: Build a stationary mountain and then the cliff with fixed casters (and maybe a track) to be pushed out when needed.
I am leaning towards B because I think it will be a: safer for the mountain to be stationary and b: faster & easier for novices techies to consistently set the position of the cliff. Plus I won't have to worry about making safe stairs fit into an organic design. Obviously it would be more expensive to build two pieces rather than one, but I would also have more freedom to get different sizes/shapes.
Thoughts? Advice?
FWIW, I am returning to backstage after 20 years onstage, so my skillz are a bit rusty - in other words simple construction is an important consideration, too.
Cheers
The director needs a "mountaintop" (5' tall) to hold 5 actors and a cliff to hold 1 actor (from which he falls). She has said that she doesn't care if the mountaintop is stationary and remains on stage the entire show.
The two options I see are:
A: Build a single unit with swivel casters with the mountain on side A and the cliff on side B; or
B: Build a stationary mountain and then the cliff with fixed casters (and maybe a track) to be pushed out when needed.
I am leaning towards B because I think it will be a: safer for the mountain to be stationary and b: faster & easier for novices techies to consistently set the position of the cliff. Plus I won't have to worry about making safe stairs fit into an organic design. Obviously it would be more expensive to build two pieces rather than one, but I would also have more freedom to get different sizes/shapes.
Thoughts? Advice?
FWIW, I am returning to backstage after 20 years onstage, so my skillz are a bit rusty - in other words simple construction is an important consideration, too.
Cheers