NickWhere
New Member
Hello,
Thank you for welcoming me to Control Booth. I'm a young director trying to make a name for myself here in Chicago and so I'm finding new ways to connect with theatre people technical and all!
I'm directing a new musical a friend of mine wrote, and in it, characters have to be abducted, like Alien abductions where the characters would traditionally be pulled up through the sky.
This is a super low budget production and none of us are experienced with rigs, and we don't want rigs, so instead I'm trying to come up with a creative new way to "abduct" someone. I thought about having the actors do artsy body sharing and carry the characters off-stage, I've thought about simply using a flash of light, but I want it to be just a bit more original than that. Do you great people on Control Booth have a thought?
Not to be judgemental at all, but some of the actors are heavy set and some of the actors are very thin and so if the answer is with physical movement, then it should be able to be done by all shapes and sizes. I realize I'm asking for a lot here, but whatever suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for welcoming me to Control Booth. I'm a young director trying to make a name for myself here in Chicago and so I'm finding new ways to connect with theatre people technical and all!
I'm directing a new musical a friend of mine wrote, and in it, characters have to be abducted, like Alien abductions where the characters would traditionally be pulled up through the sky.
This is a super low budget production and none of us are experienced with rigs, and we don't want rigs, so instead I'm trying to come up with a creative new way to "abduct" someone. I thought about having the actors do artsy body sharing and carry the characters off-stage, I've thought about simply using a flash of light, but I want it to be just a bit more original than that. Do you great people on Control Booth have a thought?
Not to be judgemental at all, but some of the actors are heavy set and some of the actors are very thin and so if the answer is with physical movement, then it should be able to be done by all shapes and sizes. I realize I'm asking for a lot here, but whatever suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated.