“Inside Outside Upside Down” Series

// October 27th, 2009 // Stage Design

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The life that Jesus lived and the things he taught were totally backwards from the ideas the world held.  Today it’s no different.  Love the person one cubicle over who grates on your every last nerve?  (Don’t read too much into that Colin.)  This series explored the teachings of Jesus regarding things such as modern idolatry, human sexuality, what is love (baby don’t hurt me), family and a few others.

For those much farther along the lighting and design process that I am, I’d love your critique of our stage designs.  We always strive to do the best with what we have when it comes to stage design.  At the cost of $3.25 plus shipping per umbrella we created this.  There are obvious similarities to the previous design.  The idea behind it was to include a few subtle tie-ins to the series title.  Umbrellas belong outside but we used them inside and upside down.  Too cheesy?  :)  Hit them with some deep purple gel and really made them pop.  The rectangles in the back were supposed to be like falling dominoes, except upside down.  Only a few people connected that.  What would it look like to really do an upside-down stage design?  How could we have done it better?  I was personally pleased with how this one turned out.  It’s one of the most colorful/Dr. Seuss looking things we’ve done in a while.

Now, let the next stage design begin…

InsideOutsideUpsideDown Series

8 Responses to ““Inside Outside Upside Down” Series”

  1. ColinNo Gravatar says:
    November 1, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    This was a really great one, I am so thankful that we get to be a part of it. Nothing like using elements, parts, and materials that we already have for something completely repurposed. Thankful we get to be a part of this together bro.

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  2. DennyNo Gravatar says:
    November 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Love the color dude. I’m real intrigued by the umbrellas! What color were they originally to hold the color that well? white? lit from the top or the bottom?

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  3. Andrew HuntNo Gravatar says:
    November 19, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    Thanks Denny! The umbrellas were white and lit from the top.

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  4. Rod KesselringNo Gravatar says:
    November 30, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Just found the pics of this… very nice. I love the use of color. We are in a low ceiling environment so we don’t have the ability to do such large scale sets but I love seeing something and trying to envision how to scale it down or play off a great design. BTW one thought of a design that could have worked with the title (specifically Inside outside) would have been to do an outside nature scene on stage looking into a window of an inside home. not sure if you comprehend the idea but you could have even put the stage in the clouds and done a green fabric texture (like grass) above and hung the trees upside down to get the upside down idea. Just a thought :)

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    • Andrew HuntNo Gravatar says:
      November 30, 2009 at 11:30 am

      Thanks for the feedback and the idea Rod! I’ve fallen a bit behind on posting and have about 4 topics I need to finish. Yes, I can see your idea in my head…I love that this has been a helpful thing for sharing ideas both ways!!

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  5. BrewNo Gravatar says:
    December 3, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Love it! What did you use to create the rectangles? How did you get them to stay in place?

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  6. Andrew HuntNo Gravatar says:
    December 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    I’ll post a few photos to illustrate the structure construction. That’ll be the easiest way to communicate how we hung them!

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  7. KjellNo Gravatar says:
    August 24, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    I’m really curious too what color / material the rectangles you used were and how they were hung. Love the brilliance.

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