On Jul 2, 5:01 pm, "David McCall" <mccallm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Pradeep Gupta" <gupt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> news:ou-dnaNob6lAlPHVnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I am designing sets
for a community theatre production of Wait Until
> >Dark.Any tips and advise from the old-timers?
>
> Watch out for broken glass :-)
>
> David
For me the key to designing this show is how to keep the dark times
really really dark. The audience will be sitting there for some time
in the dark, their eyes will adapt, and they still should not see
anything. Exit lights, aisle lights in the theatre work against this
effect. To counter the ambient light in the theatre, try making the
set as dark as possible.
When we did it some time ago, we basically hung a black velour
background, and put elements ( sink, refrigerator, front door, etc) in
front of the black. It worked well because the black soaked up any
light.
John
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