Blithe Spirit
Set, Projection and Special Effects Design, Scenic Charge, Snow College
List of Special Effects:
Two way mirror
Allowed for an actor to stand behind the mirror and with a lighting effect be seen by the audience.
Levitating Card Table
Card Table would levitate and jostle as if possessed while all actors hands were placed flat on the table top, and then fall to the ground
Self Typing Typewriter
Typewriter would type and chime without any actor touching it
Falling Books
Books would fall off of the bookshelf without any actors touching them
Rotating Light Sconces
Lighting Sconces would twist and rotate on the walls without any actors touching them
Rotating Pictures
Wall paintings would twist and rotate without any actors touching them
Spandex Coffered Wall
Allowed for hand and face impression from the rear as if ghosts were coming out of the walls
Painting on Scrim
Allowed for rear projection of ghosts through the wall
Smoke Screen Illusions
Allowed for front projection onto a smoke screen giving an ethereal ghostly quality to moving images