Cats - and kitty ascending
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Topic: Cats - and kitty ascending
Posted By: mvp1114
Subject: Cats - and kitty ascending
Date Posted: 10/28/11 at 3:25pm
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Just heard from our director that she's probably doing "Cats" as our spring musical . . . after I recovered from shock my first thought was "Cool - one set!" - and the second was "how do I send the kitty to heaven?"
SO - a question while I wait for a libretto:
Has anyone done Cats and if so, how did you handle the magically ascending kitty? We would have to use floor-based lifting; flight just really isn't an option on our stage - never mind I run like heck every time someone brings up the possibility.
Actually, if I can figure that out I think it might be a pretty good show for us.
Mike
mvp1114 ------------- schlechy techy |
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Posted By: startingout
Date Posted: 10/31/11 at 12:16pm
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Where Are you doing the show
does the maintance have a lift to change lights ??
make friends with them
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Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 11/01/11 at 11:14am
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To follow on from Sam's sugestion!
If you use a black scrim as a backdrop, just downstage if the cyclorama. Which is lit, as in a transforrmation cloth, set with a set of treads to differing levels of rostra.
Then as he climbs the rostra treads, shine a lamp in profile from the flys, upstage of the scrim to cover the actors ascent. Adjust the overall lighting state to create the effect. ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: David McCall
Date Posted: 11/04/11 at 2:52pm
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I've never see the show, but my first impulse would be to use a projection. It could be a profile spot (formally known as an ellipsoidal) with a gobo. A video projector or a slide projector. If the device has a tight lens, you could mount it in such a way that you could just tilt the image up slowly. ------------- David M |
Posted By: mvp1114
Date Posted: 11/08/11 at 9:08pm
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Thanks for the inputs - Looks like I'll be doing it with a scissors lift.
Have a new thread starting on this.
Mike ------------- schlechy techy |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 11/12/11 at 8:36pm
A good clue would be to check with your local health & safety bod. as to the requirements you need to put in place.  ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: didj1028
Date Posted: 2/02/12 at 8:41pm
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We just sent her up a winding staircase of debris/garbage and off into the wings. combined with good lighting it worked like a charm. No need to overcomplicate things, in my opinion.
------------- Geoff Ehrendreich Waterloo Community Playhouse Waterloo IA |
Posted By: drose
Date Posted: 2/13/12 at 3:08pm
Our Grizabella went up a sparkling staircase (complete with mystic fog and lighting  ) inside a refrigerator. No lift or fly space needed.
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