Mechanical design for the stage
Scenic effects involving rotating turntables, tracking stage wagons, and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small pneumatic cylinders pushing loads of a few pounds...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK
Focal Press
2008
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Scenic effects involving rotating turntables, tracking stage wagons, and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small pneumatic cylinders pushing loads of a few pounds an inch or two, to 40 horsepower winches running multi-ton scenery at speeds 6 feet per second or more. Usually this machinery is designed by theatre technicians specifically for a particular show's effect. Compared to general industry, this design process is short, often only a few days long, it is |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0080557546 9781281172143 9781136036019 024080631X 9781136036026 9780240806310 1136036024 9786611172145 6611172149 1281172146 1136036016 |