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Brian Massman
Actor, Educator, Filmmaker, Digital Artist Helena, MT
Video Projections for Live Theatre Productions
Each of these short videos appeared as part of the backdrop for a different professional design assignment.
"Lilies That Fester..."
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Love's Fire
Scene: "Waiting for Philip Glass"
Inspiration: Line from Shakespeare's Sonnet # 94
"For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds,
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds."
This version is speeded up from the 20 minutes it took as a backdrop in the scene to 1 minute here, and music was added to support it as a stand-alone piece.
Galactic Overlord Announcement
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Alienation
Scene: "Nodrog: Galactic Overlord"
The cast of the show marched up and faced the screen at the back of the stage, obediantly listening to this announcement from their alien overlord.
Handelabras
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Beauty and the Beast
Based on Jean Cocteau's 1948 film
Scene: Belle enters the enchanted castle and is led through the halls by living arms emerging from the walls.
The candle flames were each meticulously added to each finger with digital motion capture tools.
Sunset Drive
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Car Talk
Stageworks/Hudson Theatre in Hudson, NY.
In the play the actors sat in car seats as if they were driving. The view from the car's rear window was rear-projected on a screen behind them. This was one of about a dozen scenes. I filmed this from the trunk of my car and colorized the footage to look like sunset hour.
Vintage Sci-Fi Montage
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Alienation
Scene: "Passages, (Transition)"
The cast of the show crosses the stage in various vignettes, reacting to or participating in the various scenes in the video montage.
Alien Invasion Game Show Logo
Video projection for live theatre
Production: Alienation
Scene: "Alien Invasion Game Show"
Game show parody. Cast is led by a moderator and shown various techniques and tools for surviving the oncoming alien invasion.
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