From: CzechMarionettes-AT-aol.com Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:06:14 EST To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: [Puptcrit] Ruptcrit] shadows outsin the living daylights In a message dated 3/8/2005 9:21:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mail-AT-magicalmoonshine.org writes: This may seem an unusual query, but I have been wondering about the possibility of doing a shadow show outdoors in the daytime. I was wondering if anyone has tried this. It seemed that if the screen was in shade and a=20 strong light was shone on a white screen from behind (or the sun) and the puppets were in front rather than behind the screen that it might be possible. I have tried shadow effects outdoors in heavily shaded areas in the past and was not satisfied with the results, but that was with the shadows behind the screen in the traditional fashion. They were visible but very washed out. Anyone want to weigh in on this idea? I'm sure the idea has been explored before.... Michael You have all the elements right, so just play with them. Direct sunlight from the front is worse than from the rear. We had surprisingly well defined shadows in our White Doe performance at the WTC plaza, of course, there was this huge tower, or two of them behind us that cut the sunlight nicely. (The plaza was like a wind tunnel and it toppled over our proscenium, but that is another story.) In a parks tour of Hamlet last fall, we had a few matinees. On the sidewalk (sic!) next to Washington Market Park in Tribeca, we managed to actually use sunlight as our light source for the shadows, and it looked great and eerie. The matinee had better shadows than the evening performance with too many ambient light sources from street lamps etc. We also did well in a matinee in Snug Harbor in STaten Island where we were shaded by the Music Building. At Plaza Cultural in Manhattan, we had planned to push the shadow screen all the way to the far end of the playing area, to catch the shadow of a willow tree. The sun moved to an uncomfortable angle since we had rehearsed it earlier, and it didn't work well, so, for the next shadow scene (Laertes-Hamlet duel), we invited the audience to move to the other side of the screen. We made the decision in the middle of the performance and whispered directions to everybody in the cast while on stage, and somehow we managed to be more or less on the same page when the moment came. V=C3=ADt Horej=C5=A1 Artistic Director THE CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE JOHANNES DOKCHTOR FAUST The Petrifying Puppet Comedye Starring 100-year old puppets With a supporting cast of Michelle Beshaw, Jonathan Cross, Yvette Edery,V=C3=ADt Horejs & Theresa Linnihan Boston Playwrights=E2=80=99 Theatre 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15, at 7:00 PM Tickets $5 for students, others $8 For reservations call (617) 353-6211 & in NYC Jan Hus Playhouse 351 E 74th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues March 31-April 17 Thur-Sat, at 7:00 pm, Sunday matinees at 5:00 pm Tickets $18/$12 SmartTix 212-868-4444 _http://www.smarttix.com/_ (http://www.smarttix.com/) czechmarionettes-AT-aol.com_ http://www.czechmarionettes.org/_ (http://www.czechmarionettes.org/) 212-777-3891 _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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