Favourite Scene Transitions?- Page 3

[bandit964]

Posted: 5/3/16 at 10:23am

Yes to the LesMiz final barracade scene when we are slowly revealed the death on the other side.

Yes to that goose bump inducing Chorus Line opening from blackout to headshot.

Still can't forget when the tank filled up in Let the Right One In going into the pool scene.

The scene change during Disgraced, when the apt became unfurnished.  

The 3 minute long scene change/song down to the lair in POTO

Arriving in Amsterdam in Passing Strange

EVERY scene change in Machinal

The re-wind in Hamilton from Helpless to Satisfied

Finale of Aida as they become stars in the sky.

The scene change into what Tyrone had done to the church basement.

Going from sea to land in Little Mermad

Didn't see it, but I heard the final scene change in The Mountaintop was one for the books.

 

 

[Chowd95]

Posted: 5/3/16 at 5:08pm

I've always been a big fan of the original production of Miss Saigon. It had some of the most memorable and seamless scenic changes I've ever seen.  At the end of "The Last Night of the World", Kim and Chris stand on his balcony and kiss as the music builds toward a crescendo.  The set of his hotel rooms splits in half and barrels towards stage right and left while the balcony they are on moves toward the back of the stage, The lights keeps getting dimmer and dimmer, they get farther and farther away until you can only see them embracing in shadow .The music reaches a climax and all the sudden the stage is pitch black.  A second or so later blinding white lights come on, the set is completely bare except for the huge rice paper blinds that frame it on all sides and the mysterious sounds of the gongs and accordion start playing "Morning of the Dragon". Truly stunning.  

There's a bunch of other great moments in that show, like the beginning of "What a Waste", when a seemingly endless amount of lights and neon signs descend from the ceiling, as well as the whole "Fall of Saigon" sequence, with it's ever shifting perspective of the soldiers on one side of the fence and the Vietnamese on the other.  

The original staging of that show was just a masterpiece.