Amusement devices – Illusion or stage device – Stage apparatus or setting
Patent
1997-04-25
1998-11-10
Kent, Christopher
Amusement devices
Illusion or stage device
Stage apparatus or setting
472 81, 472 83, 472137, 472 57, A63J 102
Patent
active
058335447
ABSTRACT:
A film to live-action theater includes a screen facing an audience seating area. The screen has exit and entrance openings and movable panels to open and close off the openings. A screen elevator lifts the screen from a lowered position, wherein the entrance and exit openings are concealed behind a stage, to an up position, to allow an actor and/or a prop to move through the openings. The audience views a film presentation projected onto the lowered screen. At a predetermined time, the screen is quickly raised and a live actor and/or a prop move through the screen to a front stage area, on a track. The opening of the door panels is preferably partially concealed through special effects such as fog or lighting. As the film presentation is preferably made with three dimensional film technology, the audience perceives a film-to-live transition.
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Corbin Harry C.
Crossley Jim
Drobnis Nicholas H.
Gallo, Jr. Fred
Largman Harry E.
Horton-Richardson Yvonne
Kent Christopher
Universal Studios, Inc.
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