Quick Phantom Question

[loganp37]

Quick Phantom Question#0

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:39pm

Are the statues on the staircase in the Masquerade scene supposed to appear to be alive and most people just not notice it?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I used the search option. Updated On: 7/28/05 at 05:39 PM

[deck925]

re: Quick Phantom Question#1

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:42pm

i believe on the DVD it said the dummies are on the stairs to make it seems as though there are more people on stage then there really are.

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[loganp37]

re: Quick Phantom Question#2

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:44pm

I realize that, but, but was the intent to make them appear alive or simply as statues?

I didn't even realize they were not actors until the second viewing of the show.

[WonderBoy]

re: Quick Phantom Question#3

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:47pm

In the stage version they are meant to appear as live people. They are supposed to blend in with the rest of the ensemble so it appears that there are more people on stage than there truly are.

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[loganp37]

re: Quick Phantom Question#4

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:51pm

Is it like that in all productions, past and present?

[US Tour, Broadway, London, OBC]

[TxTwoStep]

re: Quick Phantom Question#5

Posted: 7/28/05 at 5:51pm

the ones on the current tour (which is in Houston) are not nearly as lifelike as the ones i recall from West End/NYC (but that was decades ago).

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[wickedrentq]

re: Quick Phantom Question#6

Posted: 7/28/05 at 6:07pm

I saw the show recently and paid special attention. Effort was made on some of them to make them appear as if they were moving, dancing, etc.

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[Joshua488]

re: Quick Phantom Question#7

Posted: 7/28/05 at 6:24pm

Yes, they are supposed to appear as just extra background people. When I saw the show for the first time, I did not notice that there were dummies on the stairs; I thought it was just a large ensemble. So, obviously, this little gimmick works.

[Thenardier]

re: Quick Phantom Question#8

Posted: 7/28/05 at 6:26pm

It only works on the feeble minded.

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No, they have censors in them that respond to movement, thus making the statues move.

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[Joshua488]

re: Quick Phantom Question#9

Posted: 7/28/05 at 6:40pm

Feeble-minded? I'm not feeble-minded; I was just paying attention to the action in the forefront, as opposed to concentrating on the chorus.

[grizzabella]

re: Quick Phantom Question#10

Posted: 7/28/05 at 8:42pm

When I saw it (many years ago!) I didn't notice the dummies, either. But perhaps I could be forgiven as I was in the nose-bleed seats and could barely make out the live people without opera glasses. Lol!
I did notice them in the ensemble in the DVD. Just figured they were cheating.

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[life_so_far]

re: Quick Phantom Question#11

Posted: 7/28/05 at 9:19pm

I realized that they were dummies... but I knew they were dummies and cheated so therefore I think that I don't really count.

However, one thing I did not notice until the very end was the Second Phantom in that scene. Was not expecting him, and then all of a sudden he just appeared. I thought I was going crazy until my friend said she had seen him too.

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[loganp37]

re: Quick Phantom Question#12

Posted: 7/28/05 at 10:30pm

grizzabella, Which DVD of Phantom?

The movie?

[WickedGeek28]

re: Quick Phantom Question#13

Posted: 7/28/05 at 10:57pm

It's on the movie special features disc.

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