...In another sense.
In case you did not know, today was the final performance of a more-legal-than-it-sounds theatrical production of William Goldman's
The Princess Bride, and I was tapped to design the figures for the special effects for the Cliffs of Insanity. The way we achieved this particular effect was through a back lit piece of scrim with the figures silhouetted against it, using a pulley system on the figures to do the climbing effect. Originally going to be Barbie dolls, shadow puppets were settled on after a brief moment's thought about how Barbie dolls would swing around like crazy. And I designed those:
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| Fezzik, Vizzini, Inigo, the captured Buttercup. |
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| The Man in Black, hot on their tails. |
They look much better backlit, believe you me.
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