In this video I talk about how we performed the 2nd floor collapse effect for The Play That Goes Wrong
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@beek.4860 Жыл бұрын
The Play That Goes Wrong is one of my favorite plays and I always wonder how the different stunts and effects get pulled off, especially since there's so many of them and there must be so many complicated moving parts backstage - both literal and figurative. So cool to see how your production did it!
@bobbydragulescu8914 Жыл бұрын
As a theater techie and someone who was absolutely enamored by TPTGW in NYC, this is the exact video I wanted to see. Thank you!
@seen9215 ай бұрын
Me too!!!!
@BenPanced Жыл бұрын
When I saw the show on tour, I screamed with the rest of the audience because my fear of heights kicked in during this scene.
@bowdencable7094 Жыл бұрын
I saw this in the West End and _knew_ it must be a string of miracles of engineering and electromagnets behind the scenes. Mischief Theatre is incredible, nice job with your version!
@redgreen82 Жыл бұрын
When the touring show came to Dallas they did this stunt and not one minute later a malfunctioning fire alarm went off. They then had to reset the floor and do it again. It was literally the play that went wrong.
@ArthurRainbow Жыл бұрын
Like, I knew elevator had counterweight because it's important that both sides weight the same so that there is little actual effort. But, somehow, the explanation that you had to add weight to counterbalance the weight of the comedian and furnitures was mind blowing. I had not realized that it's possible that it requires little effort, that there can be a moving equilibrium. Magnificent!
@timothyleon558 Жыл бұрын
After seeing this, and understanding about 1/5 (not his instruction, but my lack of savvy with the whole idea of something this “tech”nical), I would let him build my house. A play has a whole other world the audience doesn’t see. The artists who make things work backstage (and on) are truly the heartbeat of a production.
@DebbieZagarit Жыл бұрын
I just loved this part. The way the floor falls is pure ingenious.
@Foxy02016 Жыл бұрын
And here I was thinking our homemade Audrey 2 was the most complex thing a school production would do… damn this is impressive
@paulschacht9777 Жыл бұрын
Wow! !! !!! I can't wait to see my 1st "Goes Wrong" production at any level, but, having been apart of Set Design | Construction for a dozen & ½ productions, this gives me heartburn thinking about it! !! !!! Looks like a fabulous solution! !! !!!
@jaredgross4301 Жыл бұрын
My school is planning on doing this play and has asked me to construct something similar, can you share any more specifics about materials and blueprints of the steelwork?
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
you can contact me at sfish@harding.edu for more info!
@emmahealy4863 Жыл бұрын
So unbelievably fun, we were surprised by the original cast last year and they were all brilliant!
@SaveThatMoney411 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, the technical aspect is honestly more fascinating than the show itself.
@jojochi4702 Жыл бұрын
I saw this show in LA a few years back, it's so interesting to see how this operates back there. Thanks for making this video!
@stockvillain Жыл бұрын
This is my first exposure to this show, and I may just have to propose this one for our next season. It looks like a hoot, and I'd love to try my hand at that collapse!
@HMFan2010 Жыл бұрын
Clever and well-engineered design. Few people realize what time and effort goes into physical effects like this to ensure that no one gets hurt. I was going to comment on the absence of a failsafe block stop past the second “full collapse” position but when viewed from the front, it doesn’t seem that there would be an appreciable amount of additional travel that the machine would go through, maybe 12"? Had you devised any other solutions that wouldn’t require as much consumption of backstage real estate?
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You are correct about the No additional failsafe. I did design one initially, but as you also discovered, the ground was my failsafe because it couldn’t go any lower. In terms of using less backstage space, the design that I was thinking was using cabling that unlatches at different lengths. Would use up less space backstage and steel cabling can take the weight.
@adamzangara Жыл бұрын
You should patent this. Nicely done.
@andysteinbock9636 Жыл бұрын
i love these behind the scenes tutorials
@collinwagner8833 Жыл бұрын
Just opened our production last week! So cool to see how you did this compared to ours
@lucasmano8187 Жыл бұрын
This is great! Thank you for showing us!
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@Nargon46 Жыл бұрын
Very ingenious! Well done, it looks very stable.
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@I_wish_I_knew_something Жыл бұрын
Excellent Job!
@dkoch2 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad it was just for the play and not an accident. When I saw the title, I got the wrong idea, lol
@charlesjohnston1506 Жыл бұрын
Ingenious!!
@anthonylangley8717 Жыл бұрын
Go Bison!
@seen9215 ай бұрын
Thankyou for sharing these videos. But this one especially !!!! Our playhouse is planning on doing this next year and we are trying to get ahead of the schedule. Seeing what is involved This is great Thanks
@fishlift855 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@tomstickland7 ай бұрын
More interesting than the actual play.
@paigeoneill40815 ай бұрын
Hey! Is there any edits you would make to this design if you were to build it again? Also, how much weight did you end up needing on backside?
@jimpeter3453 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@behindthespook9735 Жыл бұрын
We used hydrolic for the platform
@shayleebell9206 Жыл бұрын
so if rhe 2in box is the pivot.... why the bearings.....
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
To securely hold the rod in place.
@shayleebell9206 Жыл бұрын
@@fishlift85 but the bearing becomes the pivot point not the box section
@fishlift85 Жыл бұрын
The moment of initial pivot was between the 2” box steel and the solid rod. Because of weight and friction, some of the movement transferred to the pillow block bearings. Sorry I didn’t go into that kind of detail in video.
@david-stevenmorris.4418 Жыл бұрын
[weird, I would not want to get up on that contraption.]
@joeyecheverria Жыл бұрын
I did it at a small black box community theatre (I was Trevor) so we had to get creative with how we did it. Our falling platform didn't have to have support for weight since no one would be walking on it. Our second floor was larger, so the actors up there could be up there without stepping on the falling platform. We had 2 triangle floor pieces supported by hinges and a support pole that Arthur the Gardener fell into. The pole was latched to the floor and platform during act one, and during intermission we would discreetly unlatch it for the fall. We tried a full square piece but it kept getting stuck and would fall about half the time. Two falling triangles were consistent and smaller/lighter so less chance of error. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJmWq7CVnZaYioE.html
@dfwjac Жыл бұрын
ACORS: ALWAYS BE NICE TO THE CREW. ALWAYS. THEY CAN KILL YOU. (OR, AS IN MY CASE BECAUSE THEY LIKED ME,) THEY CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. THEY CAN CUT SOUND ON YOUR MIC. THEY CAN ENSURE YOU ARE NEVER SEEN BY TURNING YOUR LIGHT OFF. ALWAYS BE NICE TO THE CREW. ALWAYS....