Mary Poppins bag effect

[Ryguy7]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:23pm

Hey there,
How this effect is done onstage is driving me crazy. Where she pulls things out of her carpet bag.
If anyone knows how it's done, can you please private message me with the details.
I'm REALLY curious!!
RY

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:25pm

Spoiler!








There is a hole on the bottom of the bag.

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:26pm

it's all done with mirrors!

mirrors under the table make it look like the space under the table is hollow, when really it is not.

[Ryguy7]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:43pm

Hmm..seems a bit too simple - why didn't I think of that!
Regardless, very good effect!
Thanks guys,
RY

[jess20882]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:56pm

interesting thought about the mirror effect...but then how is 'michael banks' able to stick his hands and feet uner the table when he's 'inspecting' the bag...?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:57pm

Tilted mirrors.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:09pm

I always thought that certain objects were fed through the window and others were just collapsable and already in the bag. Ah well... mirrors make a lot more sense.

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:11pm

When I saw the show, Ashley hadn't gotten the flipping the base of the floorlamp from its profile to horizontal position and did it in the view of everyone.

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:22pm

How about Valentine in the doll house? I know they use a different doll house (compared to the one used in Practically Perfect), and I assume there is a partition within the house, but it still looks tight for a grown man. Is the back of the house actually wide open? It didn't seem that way.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:23pm

Oh, that reminds me of a question I had! Is the hat rack suppose to collapse when Ashely sets them up? I didn't think so, but maybe they thought it would be funny...
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 07:23 PM

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:26pm

Yes, both coat rack and lamp collapse.

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:36pm

They use a different house for Valentine and it's also on a squared table as opposed to one with a rounded edge in Practically Perfect.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:47pm

What about the bed Mary Poppins pulls out of the bag and is later "inspected" by Michael? That one baffles me.

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:03pm

The bed frame springs up from the floor when Jane and Mary are unfolding the bed cover.

The lark in the cage is reverse effect. When Mary turns her back to the audience, she pushes down the lark in the hole of the furniture.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:21pm

The lark effect was slightly dissapointing because I could clearly see it lower into the furniture from the angel of my seat.

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:15pm

The "magic trick" type effects in this show, while effective were also not as well excecuted as I would have expected given the fact that Jim Steinmeyer was responsible for them. He usually does primo work.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:14am

My friend told me about the bags and desperately wanted to know how that was done, so instead of watching any other part of Practically Perfect, I watched the table. I thought it might be a tilted mirror...and kind of got an idea of where the base of it would be...Michael reaches very close to under the table, but not directly under it. Mary's dress never goes completely under the table, so those two things made me think it was mirrors.

[Mistress_Spouzic]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:27am

I thought the effects in Mary Poppins were top notch! It took me more than one viewing to figure out how some of those things could even possibly be done. Sure destroying a kitchen is easy, but having everything put itself back together is a little trickier.