How can I make an actor climb up a wall?
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You mean like this?
What Rigger?
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Liability wise without a certified rigger on site I would find another way to pull off the effect.
One way is to have another clone actor already on top of the way and the actor on the bottom could "disappear" with a cloud of haze / BLACK OUT, or smoke then "appear" on top of the wall ( CLONE ACTOR) - who then turns his cape in such a way no one knows, then cut the scene.
There are rigging units that can fly someone up a wall but they are pricey and like I said liability would be crazy.
One way is to have another clone actor already on top of the way and the actor on the bottom could "disappear" with a cloud of haze / BLACK OUT, or smoke then "appear" on top of the wall ( CLONE ACTOR) - who then turns his cape in such a way no one knows, then cut the scene.
There are rigging units that can fly someone up a wall but they are pricey and like I said liability would be crazy.
The main questions I have are:
-How tall is the "wall"
-How large is the house and how far is the wall from the house?
If it's not terribly big, my first response is to *not* make a wall, but a shallow stair/ladder with concealment effect. Of course, anything taller than a 6' platform I would NOT do without rigging (in most theaters... of course, if your house doesn't give a flying fig [edited..sorry] about liability their requirements may be different).
Now, I know exactly how I would do it, and that I would be confident in it's build, but I'm not a certified rigger (just a welder) and that could open the pandora's box of liability.
-How tall is the "wall"
-How large is the house and how far is the wall from the house?
If it's not terribly big, my first response is to *not* make a wall, but a shallow stair/ladder with concealment effect. Of course, anything taller than a 6' platform I would NOT do without rigging (in most theaters... of course, if your house doesn't give a flying fig [edited..sorry] about liability their requirements may be different).
Now, I know exactly how I would do it, and that I would be confident in it's build, but I'm not a certified rigger (just a welder) and that could open the pandora's box of liability.
We can rig this effect for you. Email me at [email protected]. All of our flying directors are certified riggers and we have many years of experience (almost 29 for me) flying all types of performers in all manner of ways. We can rig your performer to climb the wall like a Spiderman would do it, ot like this YouTube - Mary Poppins- Bert proscenium dance‎
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If you don't want to go into flying a person to do it, you could potentially fly a marionette. Essentially, you would have the actor look like he was going to climb and then, through the magic of theater, be replaced by a stunt double/dummy (Buster, wherefore art thou Buster?). Would it look look as convincing as someone actually climbing? Probably not, but that's what the suspension of disbelief is for.
