Flying dragon

[portytech]

Last night I was in to see Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs at HMT Aberdeen.

At the end of act one there is a dragon which flies out over the audience. Does anyone here know how it was done?

I'm thinking some sort of swinging cantilever as there did not seem to be any lines FOH.

 

Thanks

[paulears]

think 4 wheels, and then what looks like a camera crane - big bucket on the back with weights long arm goes forward - some hefty people in full blacks and lots of smoke and lighting. They just make sure the lighting doesn't catch the arm. In some venues it means a couple of source 4s used as follows almost side on rather than out front, and lighting cues that cut the stage light that would reveal the operators as they move forward. The Twins tricks are always great to watch but actually simple. They do the same trick with Daleks and actors on the end too.

[portytech]

oh, that sounds quite simple realy. I thought it would of been more complex than that.

[Brian]

...I thought it would of been more complex than that.

It's quite simple to describe. It's more complex to stop it ending up as a heap of bent metal.

[kitlane]

Not exactly the same but similar and pretty cool.

 

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