Last Thursday I took two of my granddaughters to the stage production of Chitty. We had excellent seats, central and close to the front, and the show was indeed phantasmagorical. Mind you, I couldn't help comparing it with the film and, of course, there were numerous differences. But the sheer impact of all that activity so close was amazing. I think the best part was to see the joy on the faces of the two children, Jeremy and Jemima. They both acted so naturally and clearly were enjoying performing as much as we enjoyed watching them.
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| Showing the rear-projected back drop |
In our discussion beforehand we all wondered how they would portray the car floating and flying. The solution was to keep the car in one place and make the scenery move by animated rear projection. The car was mounted on an arm supported behind the back drop and could be made to turn on its centre, tilt and move up and down. The sea was theatrical smoke.
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