Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art

ISBN-13: 9780815352143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 242 str.

Jim Shumway

Opis

Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art shares the secrets of performer flying in the entertainment history and provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a performer flying effect from scratch.

Spis treści

Section 1. The Flying Gag Lifecycle  1. Proper Prior Planning  2. Design and Fabrication  3. Administration  Section 2. It’s All About Deceleration  4. Reducing Forces on the Body and the Building  5. Flavors of E-Stops  Section 3. Types of Rigs  6. Making a Safe Sandbox  7. Single Axis Rigs  8. Two Axis Rigs  9. 3D Rigs  Section 4. It Depends  10. Lifting Media  11. Harnesses and Flying Apparatus  12. RESCUE  13. Code Compliance  Section 5. Performer Relationships  14. Performer Relationships

O autorze

Jim Shumway is a Senior Project Manager at TAIT, where he consults on and executes the most advanced performing flying effects in the world. Prior to joining the TAIT team Jim travelled the world with Cirque du Soleil for five years on four shows, working on two creations and reaching the role of Head Rigger. He is an annual guest lecturer at Yale University's School of Drama, speaking on Performer Flying and Acrobatic Rigging.