Like many others, we built a canon out of sonotube. It came on SL, and he climbed in on stage, then slid down to the end, which was off stage. When they got to "boom!" in "Closer to Her," we had several circus characters who were down stage and they all "followed" Edward's trajectory from SL to SR (that was a LOT of practice, getting them to all be looking in the same place and moving at the same pace!). Then, when it was time for him to drop, we dropped a dummy from one of our battens.
We actually made "Ricardo," a life size dolt that made and dressed like our Edward. Our TD figured out how to rig it so that he was flown with a carabiner and a quick release knot of some kind, so when it was time our technicians pulled on the rope that was holding him and he fell. Edward had already crawled behind the set (under a platform to protect him from the falling Ricardo) and he popped up behind the platform after Ricardo fell. It was pretty simple, and Ricardo looks ridiculous up close, but from a distance it worked really well.
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Laura Steenson
Theatre Director
Reynolds High School
Troutdale OR
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-26-2019 09:03
From: Kenneth Robinson
Subject: shooting Edward out of canon in Big Fish
Hello,
I am not sure what we did was the best answer, but here's what we did: we had a plywood cut-out of a cannon and had Edward, wearing a helmet, crouch behind it and run offstage with a cannon shot sound effect and a black out. Then we had him throw himself on from the opposite side he exited on and fall in a heap on the stage when the lights came back up. Just remember he's telling this as he remembers it, so it can be somewhat comical.
Good luck,
Ken Robinson
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Kenneth Robinson
Drama Club Sponsor
Wapahani High School
Selma IN
Original Message:
Sent: 02-25-2019 18:04
From: Arden Thomas
Subject: shooting Edward out of canon in Big Fish
How did you manage to pull off shooting Edward out of a canon in Big Fish??
Thank you!
Arden
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Arden Thomas
Sequoyah High School
Pasadena CA
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