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The prop effects guidebook : lights, motion, sound, and magic / Eric Hart.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hart, Eric, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Stage props.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Edition:
1st edition
Distribution:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.
Place of Publication:
Waltham, Massachusetts : Focal Press, 2017.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
In The Prop Building Guidebook>, author Eric Hart demonstrated how to cut, glue, sculpt, and bend raw materials to build props. Now inThe Prop Effects Guidebook>, he shows us how to connect and assemble components and parts to make those props light up, explode, make noise, and bleed. It delves into the world of electricity, pneumatics, liquids, and mechanical effects to teach you how to make your props perform magic in front of a live audience. The book is complemented by a companion website featuring videos of how to create individual prop special effects: www.propeffectsguidebook.com.
Contents:
Designing, prototyping, testing
Electricity, wiring, soldering
Lights
Motion
Trick mechanisms
Pneumatics
Liquid delivery
Breakaways
Smoke and fire
Sound
control (remote, micro, practical).
Notes:
"A Focal Press book"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781351395489
1351395483
9781351395496
1351395491
OCLC:
1019685171

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