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==Spring Awakening== | ==Spring Awakening== | ||
At the top of the show a dress had to fly in. the dress needed to be flown in such a way it looked like it was floating. | At the top of the show a dress had to fly in. the dress needed to be flown in such a way it looked like it was floating. The performer needed to step into the dress and it had to look magical. | ||
[[File:SADress.png|200px]] | [[File:SADress.png|200px]] | ||
[[File:Flowndress2.png|633px]] | [[File:Flowndress2.png|633px]] | ||
===Rigging=== | |||
To achieve this affect we decided to use magnets. The dress would also be fastened with magnets, this allowed the back to be kept open for the performer to step into it easily and for it to be closed quickly onstage. | |||
Each shoulder had a magnet sewn in. These magnets sewn on the outside other wise they would not be strong enough to hold the weight of the dress. On the fly bar, we tied fishing wire with a half blood knot. On the other end of the line we ties with a half blood knot, an M8 nut. M8 was the smallest size of nut that gave us enough contact with the magnet on the dress to hold the weight of the dress. | |||
[[File:How-to-tie-a-blood-knot.jpg|500px|center]] | |||
===Set Up=== | |||
The dress had to be pre-set in a very particular way or else it would not stay up or the performer would have difficulties getting into it gracefully. | |||
===Trouble Shooting=== | |||
Revision as of 23:39, 5 April 2018
Spring Awakening
At the top of the show a dress had to fly in. the dress needed to be flown in such a way it looked like it was floating. The performer needed to step into the dress and it had to look magical.
Rigging
To achieve this affect we decided to use magnets. The dress would also be fastened with magnets, this allowed the back to be kept open for the performer to step into it easily and for it to be closed quickly onstage.
Each shoulder had a magnet sewn in. These magnets sewn on the outside other wise they would not be strong enough to hold the weight of the dress. On the fly bar, we tied fishing wire with a half blood knot. On the other end of the line we ties with a half blood knot, an M8 nut. M8 was the smallest size of nut that gave us enough contact with the magnet on the dress to hold the weight of the dress.
Set Up
The dress had to be pre-set in a very particular way or else it would not stay up or the performer would have difficulties getting into it gracefully.