Giant Book set design
Fri, 6 Aug 2010, 09:02 amflangelap12 posts in thread
Giant Book set design
Fri, 6 Aug 2010, 09:02 amHi. My name is Jason Bancroft and i am a Drama Teacher in Western Australia. For our next production, i would like to make the set a giant book measuring 3m tall with pages 4m wide. Each page could then be turned (on casters) to set the next scene providing a total of 4 scenes comprising of 3 pages and a front and back cover. Visually, i can see what i want but our maintainence team at the school are having difficulties coming up with a construction solution. We are able to bolt the spine of the book to a brick wall but are unsure how to create braced pages that are light enough to move. Anyone who could offer any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Individual books
Fri, 6 Aug 2010, 03:26 pmInto the Woods was Roleystone
We had large books plural, not one huge book singular.
Was involved in a production of Robinson Crusoe (panto version) that did use the book idea
As Logos suggested, use flats.
Canvas covered are better as they are lighter
Although you could easily enough build a framework and just cover with the canvas
Remember the ligther the better
Each page would neeed to have a certain thickness, but the audience will forgive that because it is a speccy effect
Another tip, don't just put a caster on the end of the page, put one or two down the length as well so that one caster isn't supporting the whole weight
Learnt that one the hard way!
:-)