I plan to re use the set from "Double Take", but add on to it at the front to double the depth. The plywood set with the doors and window will move back, and I will build a slightly larger Front Set with fabric stretched over a light weight rigid wooden armature:
This new 10ft x 18ft set will be built like my airplane out of 1 1/4" x 5/8" white wood with re enforcing lattice work, and covered with a skin of white painted airplane fabric. It will be made of three 6ft x10ft panels, one with window, the other two with doors, exactly matching the back set in proportions so the same image will be mapped to both:
I will build a new frame for the front area using four heavy steel bases I have fitted with 12ft columns made of 3" tubing. The four columns will be tied together with 1" x 2" rectangular steel tubing, and I may eventually add a pyramidal top to support a cable:
The lightweight 18ft x 10ft front set will be attached to the stage frame by a system of levers and counterweights that allows raising it 8 ft. The 3K projector will be attached to it and raised at the same time, and as the interior stage space and plywood set is revealed, it is mapped with the main projector, and the Front Set then becomes a huge screen above the stage onto which images can be projected, views from the overhead camera, the roaming camera, or whatever:
An alternative and probably better setup would be to have 20 ft columns at the front of the set(10ft + a 10ft extension), pulleys at the top, cables and a counterweight to lift the Front Set up 10ft:
The setup could possibly be motorized with remote control.
The problem with both ideas is that the raised set would be about 20 ft tall, and that's probably too much for a free standing outside setup in case of wind.
This new 10ft x 18ft set will be built like my airplane out of 1 1/4" x 5/8" white wood with re enforcing lattice work, and covered with a skin of white painted airplane fabric. It will be made of three 6ft x10ft panels, one with window, the other two with doors, exactly matching the back set in proportions so the same image will be mapped to both:
I will build a new frame for the front area using four heavy steel bases I have fitted with 12ft columns made of 3" tubing. The four columns will be tied together with 1" x 2" rectangular steel tubing, and I may eventually add a pyramidal top to support a cable:
The lightweight 18ft x 10ft front set will be attached to the stage frame by a system of levers and counterweights that allows raising it 8 ft. The 3K projector will be attached to it and raised at the same time, and as the interior stage space and plywood set is revealed, it is mapped with the main projector, and the Front Set then becomes a huge screen above the stage onto which images can be projected, views from the overhead camera, the roaming camera, or whatever:
The problem with both ideas is that the raised set would be about 20 ft tall, and that's probably too much for a free standing outside setup in case of wind.
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