This Restless House
| This Restless House |
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| Summary |
| Dates ***
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| Location Chandler Theatre
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| Director Becky Hope Palmer
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| Production Team |
| Production Manager Gavin Johnston
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| Stage Manager |
| Deputy Stage Manager |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
| Stage Supervisor(s) |
| Stage Crew ***
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| Lighting Designer |
| Lighting Programmer |
| Production Electrician Gun Lai
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| Deputy Production Electrician |
| Lighting Technicians |
| Sound Designer |
| Production Sound Engineer |
| Sound Technicians |
Summary
Technical Stage
Seating bank masking
Seating
Main Set
Ground Plan
Balloon drops
The director wanted balloons to drop from the ceiling. She wanted many to drop at the same time, so we knew we'd have to design a method for dropping them, rather than being able to drop them by hand from the catwalks. Because there there's not much headspace in the Chandler, we didn't want a traditional kabuki system because we didn't want the black tat to be seen when it was hanging down or to interfere with the lights.
Instead, we designed a system where the release lines (the pink in the photo) being pulled would pull the black tat back so that the balloons would fall out from the system. We put up three of these systems–one larger one that needed two people to operate it and two smaller ones which each only one person to operate from the most upstage catwalk.
In the cords attaching the tat to the red lines, we faced some issues in finding the balance between keeping tension so the black tat was taut and creating too much friction in the system. In the larger system, the red line was a horizontal scaff bar which we waxed but in the smallers systems, it was a thicker piece of rope. If the tat was held too loose, it didn't bunch up as well and more balloons got caught and didn't fall. In the end, the solution was just to find a happy medium where the lines were taut but there wasn't so much friction that the release lines couldn't be pulled.
Welcome sign
Golden bell
Stage Management
Sound
I created karaoke lyrics that where projected onto the floor, this was achieved by creating the sides of text with a white outline and a green font colour then "green screening" (linear key) it out to then move boxes across creating the kareoke effect. I then timed each section to the song.
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