Scene changes

[Professor Joe]

I am looking to do a scene change in my punch show... i have a few ideas but how do other people achive it?? If any one has any photos or diagrams i would really like to see them so i can gain some ispiration. Its not too easy to do that while sat in an ICT lesson, like now!
Thanks
Joe

[CvdC]

[Trev]

I don't know how deep your stage is but could you have pull across backdrops which could just be drawn across for each new scene?

[Chris]

Surely not in a Punch booth Trev? To draw a backcloth across requires a good deal of wing space in which to accomodate the pleated drops out of sight. It would need a very wide booth, and wing pieces.

[johnstoate]

Yes, it sounds a bit too 'fiddly' to be practical to me too. I know the 'roller blind' idea as mooted by cvdc works, but I would suggest the use of weights on the chords that can hook onto the side bars of the rig, As you unhook the weight it drops/lifts the next backcloth, allowing a very quick changeover. With practice you can unhook them with your elbow, still keeping both hands free!!