Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Clock with moving hands

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   Any suggestions on how to have the time (on a clock) move forward? The 

clock could have a hole cut in the wall behind it, but we're unsure about 

how to have an operator move both hands smoothly w/o being seen (this 

is more Little Shop of Horrors stuff).

Thanks,

Adrene

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adrene Player Joined: 7/09/05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Clock with moving hands Posted: 4/30/06 at 2:13am
	Any suggestions on how to have the time (on a clock) move forward? The clock could have a hole cut in the wall behind it, but we're unsure about how to have an operator move both hands smoothly w/o being seen (this is more Little Shop of Horrors stuff). Thanks, Adrene

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Linda S Celebrity Joined: 4/16/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 312	Posted: 4/30/06 at 4:03pm
	When I did 1940's Radio Hour we had to have a clock. The time was announced, so we had to be accurate. We took the back off the clock and glued a longer and more managable device to the time change wheel. We had a light shine right on the face of the clock so that the face of the clock was visable from behind. We had one person in charge of the clock. He worked like crazy and figured out just how to move the hands so they would be the exact time. ie 1/2 turn was a minute. He knew when to move the hands so that audience was distracted and not looking at the clock when he adjusted the time. It took time to get it just right, but it worked very well. Linda
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