Question came up on the Question of the Day part of the forum about what this thing was in the corner?
I grew up with the use of such things as a stage brace , flat cleats, lash line cleats, swivel bars etc. right out of the Burris-Meyer “Scenery for the Theater” bible for scenery.
While in later years I didn’t do many box set type quick set changes such concepts grew up out of - set either changed in often doing different styles of set or it was flown in, or it didn’t change at all often. Still though in doing a modern box set show with quick full set changes between scenes, how do people do them these days? This also a question of if anyone is still using soft flats or hard flats with the framing on flat these days. Kind of romantic perhaps days of my past in dealing with mice, crackled finishes to the flats after a few dozen coats of paint and rips/tears etc.
Still though, anyone out there with a full theater in doing box sets with full between the scenes set changes? What are you doing for them? Expect steel or aluminum tubing could be pinned together or use other modern methods at a little more expense or even lumber could get C-Clamps if Hollywood style but screwing the set together wouldn’t really be an option for a quick scene change given the noise of the drill and time needed to remove the screws.
Assuming a box set that needs a quick - not just intermission set change between scenes and perhaps even a return to that set during the show... how do you do it?
I grew up with the use of such things as a stage brace , flat cleats, lash line cleats, swivel bars etc. right out of the Burris-Meyer “Scenery for the Theater” bible for scenery.
While in later years I didn’t do many box set type quick set changes such concepts grew up out of - set either changed in often doing different styles of set or it was flown in, or it didn’t change at all often. Still though in doing a modern box set show with quick full set changes between scenes, how do people do them these days? This also a question of if anyone is still using soft flats or hard flats with the framing on flat these days. Kind of romantic perhaps days of my past in dealing with mice, crackled finishes to the flats after a few dozen coats of paint and rips/tears etc.
Still though, anyone out there with a full theater in doing box sets with full between the scenes set changes? What are you doing for them? Expect steel or aluminum tubing could be pinned together or use other modern methods at a little more expense or even lumber could get C-Clamps if Hollywood style but screwing the set together wouldn’t really be an option for a quick scene change given the noise of the drill and time needed to remove the screws.
Assuming a box set that needs a quick - not just intermission set change between scenes and perhaps even a return to that set during the show... how do you do it?