Musiscoop

technical list

Three Trombone Towers and the String Projector are positioned in the auditorium. Opposite this equipment is a large screen measuring 4 x 6m (13 x 19.5 feet). Children sit in a semicircle around the screen, so partly on the performance area.

 

Age: 3 to 93

Duration: approx. 40 minutes

Audience size: dependent on venue/location

Stage size: min 8m wide, 8m deep, 4m high (26ft wide, 26ft deep, 13ft high). The trombone towers are positioned opposite the screen at a distance of 5m (16.5ft), occupying a space 3m (10ft) wide. In different spaces alternative solutions may be possible.

Seating: At performance area level. Raked seating is also possible. The seating arrangement can be varied according to the venue.

Blackout: total blackout required

Price: to be negotiated

Construction time: 2 hours minimum

Genre: magic lantern performance, visual music theatre, youth theatre, object theatre, pre-cinema, visual art

 

 

Technical list for String Projector (independently)

A solo for percussion and image for any location                      

 

Duration: approx. 10 minutes

Audience size: dependent on venue/location

Stage size: The string projector itself occupies a space measuring 1.5 x 1.5m (5 x 5ft). At a distance of min. 2m, max. 5m (min. 6.5ft, max 16.5ft) from the projector is a projection surface. This may be a white wall or a projection screen supplied by Musiscope.

Seating: possible but not necessary

Blackout: possible but not necessary

Price: to be negotiated

Construction time: negligible

 

 

 

A, B and C = stand with 2 magic lanterns one above the other
Marijn operates magic lanterns B and C
Matthias plays C:
A black screen mounted on the trombone acts as a cover for the lens, i.e. trombone switches image ON and OFF
Axel plays B
Marie operates magic lanterns A and B
Bastiaan plays A
Screen 4 x 6m (13 x 20ft)
A minimum of 1 projected image
A maximum of 6 overlapping images