Why Use Scenic Projections For The Wizard Of Oz?
Broadway Media’s social media manager and theatre-maker, Caleb, shares his journey down the Yellow Brick Road.
February 1, 2021
Broadway Media’s social media manager and theatre-maker, Caleb, shares his journey down the Yellow Brick Road.
In today’s digital age, it’s difficult to disconnect from reality. Thankfully, there remains a sacred place to transport you from the real world, and that’s the theatre.
A deep dive into how Aaron Rhyne’s projections for Anastasia The Musical resolve a variety of staging challenges.
Projections offer staging solutions for theaters regardless of size and budget. A common misconception is that equipping your theater with the proper hardware to run projections will cost an arm and a leg. We’re going to explore ways to successfully integrate scenic elements to increase production value without draining your production budget.
Let’s dive into some of our favorite screen to stage adaptations, and how projections have been utilized as a powerful storytelling tool.
Broadway Media is delighted to partner with theatrical licensor Theatrical Rights Worldwide to offer Scenic Projections: animated digital backdrop packages for popular musicals.
The housing and home renovation boom has left lumber mills spinning, and supply cannot keep up with the demand. The soaring price of lumber is leaving theatre stunned. But there's a solution! Read on to learn more.
Projection Design is not here to replace traditional scenic design – it's there to enhance it, and help playwrights tell stories of greater breadth. But no discipline is an island. Amazing theatre is created when collaboration is put first.
The team at Broadway Media sat down with Aaron Rhyne, one of the world’s preeminent theatrical projection designers, to learn more about his A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder designs, and get some tips on what good design is all about.
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In the first two months of 2019, Green Valley High School, Performing Arts Department in Nevada, piloted Broadway Media’s Scenic Projections for Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin.
In early 2020, we piloted our projections for Something Rotten! with Jesuit High School in Portland OR. Shortly after the production, we caught up with director and EdTA hall-of-famer Jeff Hall to get his feedback!
Projections in film are making a BIG comeback. Explore what we can learn from the move away from green screen tech.
Adapting a stage production for the small screen can be challenging. From using projected imagery, to lighting and capturing the performance, we've got some advice to help you get started.
With a plot that spans the decades between 1920 and 1940, our Scenic Projections are challenged to not only anchor the plot in its time, but reflect the emotional arc of the story.
Grand halls from Auradon Prep? Check. A creepy, dilapidated Isle of the Lost? Check. A lair for the most evil of villains? You betcha. We've checked in with our illustrator, Brianna Spicer, to peek behind the scenes.
We chat about this new resource with our illustrator, Brianna Spicer, and get some insight into the inspiration behind the artwork.
We caught up with Product Manager, Brianna Spicer, to discuss the our new Honk! JR. Scenic Projections (from a safe distance, of course)! Read on to learn more about how we brought the farm to life.
We sat down with Quentin Sanford (President, Broadway Media) to discuss the creation of Disney’s The Lion King KIDS for Music Theatre International
We sat down with Product Manager, Brianna Spicer, to discuss the origins of our Disney's Little Mermaid JR. Scenic Projections! Read on for an excerpt of our interview.
A look into our Beauty and the Beast Digital Scenery package
Behind our digital scenery package for Willy Wonka JR.
A look at our digital scenery for the reimagined stage musical.
Beautiful Projections without shadows. Affordable monthly rentals. No guesswork.
Whether you’re using a built car – or creative alternative – we have a few staging tricks to take your stage to sea and sky!
Without the movie magic of cuts and multiple takes, how can your production of Sister Act have that special cinematic touch?
An in-depth guide to choosing and installing the right projector for your show.
The cost of our Scenic Projections are much more affordable than the cost of building your own set, or even renting a single physical backdrop.
Bree Spicer, BMD’s Product Manager and Illustrator, happened upon The Power of One: A Dazzling New Revue Opens In Berlin by Sharon Stancavage for Lighting & Sound America. Read on for Bree’s thoughtful response to the article – particularly as a Michigander – and how it inspired her work on a musical that might surprise you!
The first time you consider using projections might seem a daunting task, but it really shouldn’t be that way. Check out our 5 steps to success with projections!
We sat down with Art Director, Bree Spicer, to discuss in more detail about this pop-culture phenomenon and how BMD integrated some classic elements of the story with our top-notch Scenic Projections show package!
Suspension of disbelief + projection magic = flight. Our Scenic Projections are an incredible resource for flight that saves you the expense of a wire-flying system – so you can take flight anywhere!
We worked with DreamWorks Theatricals and Music Theatre International to create a straight-from-a-storybook world that feels instantly familiar to Shrek fans, while helping you overcome the challenges of achieving the cinematic transitions in the script.
Become an expert in projectors: check out our handy list of technical terminology for projection!
Our Scenic Projections are designed in collaboration with our theatre licensing partners, and feature every scene, setting and magic moment from the script for less than the cost of set building materials.
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Affordable software and hardware recommendations for virtual readings and onstage performances, with tips for setting up, and additional resources for making productions media-rich and feel as theatrical as possible.
Projection Design is changing the face of theatre. Not replacing traditional forms of scenic design, but instead enhancing it – expanding the possibilities for writers and directors to redefine the theatrical experience. I am delighted that this evolving sector of theatrical artistry is finally getting the recognition it deserves – from the LA Times! But, while it is right that digital projection technology is affording vast opportunity to the American Professional Theatre, the article overlooked some significant beneficiaries to the proliferation of this technology: underfunded schools.
We developed our Imaginary Scenic Projections to capture the magic and wonderment of imagination, and make for seamless transitions between scenes. In this article, Quentin Sanford, President of Broadway Media, shares insight into the making of the show with Broadway Training Center of Westchester!
During the month of May, the team at Broadway Media have given a number of webinars breaking down perceptions of Digital Scenery, and walking through how theaters can leverage this affordable technology to spare their budgets for their upcoming season. A common theme was thoughtful questions about hardware – projectors and surfaces – so we sat down with our Production Specialist, Gabrielle Burton, to ask those frequently asked questions. Read on to get the low-down on the theatre-quality hardware, how to install it, and where you can save some money!