BEAST TRANSFORMATION

[gfa4me]

BEAST TRANSFORMATION#1

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:31pm

Does anyone know how they did the Beast transformation in Beauty and the Beast???

Broadway *SuperStar*

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#2

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:31pm

Velcro.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[CATSNYrevival]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#2

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:32pm

Please do a search.

[roquat]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#3

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:34pm

If you find out, it ruins the magic...

I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."

[esparza 333]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#4

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:37pm

Disney Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Current Avatar:The sensational Aaron Tveit in the soon to be hit production of Catch Me If You Can.

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#5

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:58pm

This has been asked and answered on this board countless times.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#6

Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:59pm

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[gypsy4]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#7

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:09pm

Don't ask about disney magic

[gypsy4]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#8

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:09pm

Don't ask about disney magic

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#9

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:16pm

The actor playing the beast switches places with a standby full costume and makeup he takes over for 10 mineutes then theres a blinding light and then the original actor comes out as the Prince.

He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: BEAST TRANSFORMATION#10

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:33pm

Yea, THAT'S clear^^^^^^^^^^^^

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[papalovesmambo]

beasty transmogrification#11

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:38pm

that's the first thing they are totally gonna ask james barbour in jail!

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

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pray to st. jude

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he was the gimmicky sort

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[TheatreDiva90016]

beasty transmogrification#12

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:39pm

Right before they shiv him.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[mywonderwa11]

beasty transmogrification#13

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:54pm

But after they force him to drop the soap

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

[JRybka]

beasty transmogrification#14

Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:58pm

I cannot believe someone would actually ruin this.. it is so disney magic!

Also CHIP... that always got me...

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

[localonedude]

beasty transmogrification#15

Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:01pm

yes the beast transformatin is done on a piece of automation called a levitator.its a long arm that rides up and down on a shaft.it also has a rotating point on the front where the beast harness is attached. during the fightscene with gaston on the roof top.that is what we called the stunt beastfighting him.the real beast was on the back side of the west wing being hooked up to the levitator.so when it spins around there is steve on the ground all hooked up already..i worked the show feel free to email direct wit questions

[localonedude]

beasty transmogrification#16

Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:05pm

disney magic please! they havent done anything magical since eisner left.lets face it tom shoeeee mocker doesnt ave a clue

[winston89]

beasty transmogrification#17

Posted: 1/4/08 at 1:44am

Eisner's cousin is a techer at my high school. I have a period each day where I work with him one on one.

He said that all Eisner was good at doing was marketing the hell out of thier movies. For example, when the film of the lion king came out he came up with the idea to creat stufed animals of all the characters ect.


The Beast transformation is simple. It was something that was kept under lock and key via contract until the show closed. But, now that the show is closed there are peopel talking about it.


During the battle scene when Lumier is telling the beast that the castle is being attacked and the Beast just says for them to come. That is a voice over and the actor is a double.


The real beast is getting the major parts off of his costume off and returns by the time it looks as if he is going to die in Bell's arms. During the transformation he pulls off the very simple bits and lo and behold the prince is in front of us.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[morosco]

beasty transmogrification#18

Posted: 1/4/08 at 10:54am

[millie_dillmount]

Beast Transformation#19

Posted: 1/4/08 at 11:01am

I don't know EXACTLY how it is done, but it probably involves a Beast double coming out and performing some of the action while the actual person playing the Beast changes back into the normal human look.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Beast Transformation#20

Posted: 1/4/08 at 11:50am

That's what I heard.

He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Beast Transformation#21

Posted: 1/4/08 at 11:50am

That's what I heard.

He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.