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VQ | Page | Act/Sc | What happens | Cue for Go | Information | File Choices | Thumbnail |
v1 | p1 | Setup | Screen outlines | During setup | Ensure that horizontal elements line up across all screens and projectors. | Test-Pattern01.jpg Test-Pattern02.jpg | |
v2 | p1 | Preshow | Static buildings | Before House Opens | The buildings should line up with the individual screen panels. | ||
v3 | p1 | Act 1/ Sc 1 | Buildings pan gently | As Narrator speaks, top of show. | The row of buildings pans off SR as six new building faces pan into view. | 000 Preshow into London Street.mp4 | |
v4 | p2 | Scene 2 | Scrooge’s office | Top of Scene 2, top of page 2. | Buildings pan off SL to the exterior of Scrooge’s office. | 001 London Street to Outside of Scrooges Firm.mp4 | |
v5 | p3 | Scene 3 | Interior of Scrooge’s office | Top of Scene 3, top of page 3 | 002 Outside of Scrooges Firm to Inside.mp4 | ||
v6 | p12 | Scene 4 | Scrooge’s street | Top of Scene 4, top of page 12. With lights. | This sets up V7 (next). First we crossfade to the night-time blue buildings. Then we will pan down the street as we arrive at Scrooge’s door. | 003 Firm Interior to Street.mp4 | |
v6A | p12 | Pan to Scrooge’s Door | As song ends and Scrooge re-enters. | This 2nd part of the cue should go as we arrive at Scrooge’s door. Use discretion on when it goes based on the storytelling. Adjust as needed. | 004 Street to Scrooges Door – Exterior.mp4 | ||
v7 | p12 | Marley’s eyes aflame with green smoke | Depending on staging, this will likely happen when Scrooge first encounters the door. | The video is 84 seconds long. It restores on its own. | 005 Marley Eyes 2021 Higher More Flames.mp4 Original: 005 Scary Marley Eyes 2021.mp4 | ||
v8 | p13 | Crossfade to Scrooge’s bedroom. | With music as set pieces for the bedroom come onstage. | 006 Exterior into Scrooges Home – Interior.mp4 | |||
V8A | 17 | Flames and green smoke as Marley prepares to exit. | Marley: “…when the bell tolls one.” | 006A Marley Hell 48 Seconds.mp4 | |||
v9 | p18 | Scene 5 | Animation of star coming down to the window. | As music plays and Scrooge sleeps. | These two clips are called independently. Past may need a moment to open the screens and enter. | 007 Past Entering 2021.mp4 | |
v9A | p18 | Restore bedroom after Past enters through the window. | When Past is onstage and the screens are closed. | 008 Restore Scrooges Room After Past Enters.mp4 | |||
v10 | p21 | Scene 6 | Bedroom crossfades with falling snow into a country road. | Top of scene and page. | This is a 96 second cue that does well at covering necessary set changes. | 009 Scrooges Room into Snowy Country Road.mp4 | |
v11 | p23 | Crossfade with snow effects into schoolroom | Middle of page near end of scene 6: Another gesture from Past, and they travel to another part of the stage as the lights change. | This cue should auto-follow into a second video that will then loop. The second video is continuously looping snow falling outside the windows. There are faster and slower version of this transition included. | 10 Snowy Road into Classroom Snow FX 16 Seconds.mp4 011 LOOP – School with Window Snow.mp4 | ||
v12 | p26 | Scene 8 | Crossfade with snow effects into Christmas party at warehouse | With transition into Scene 8: “Let us move ahead ten years or so, shall we?” | There are faster and slower version of this transition included. | 12 Schoolhouse into Fezziwigs Party with Snow FX 16 Seconds.mp4 | |
v13 | p35 | Scene 10 | Crossfade with snow effects into Wilkins House | “Now pay attention, your journey is not yet complete.” Top of page 35 and scene10. | There are faster and slower version of this transition included. | 013 Fezziwigs Party into Wilkins House Snow FX 16Seconds.mp4 | |
v14 | p36 | Crossfade with snow effects back to Scrooge’s bedroom. | She gestures, and PAST, BELLE and WILKINS vanish as Scrooge’s bedroom reappears around him. | There are faster and slower version of this transition included. | 014 Wilkins House back to Scrooge Home Snow FX 16 Seconds.mp4 | ||
v15 | p37 | End of Act I | Crossfade to still image of bedroom dim blue. | Intermission | Crossfade to still image | 015 Intermission.jpg | |
v16 | p38 | Top of Act II | True version of Scrooge’s bedroom | Top of Act II | Crossfade to still image | 016 Top of Act II.jpg | |
v17 | p39 | Comet crashes into the fireplace and explodes | Top of page 39. He scrambles to the window, as a comet streaks across the night | 017 Present Entering 2021.mp4 THIS CLIP HAS AUDIO | |||
v18 | p41 | Scene 2 | Crossfade to night-time streets with snow effects | Top of Scene 2 and page 41 as PRESENT bangs his staff | 018 into Street Night – with Christmas Present Snow FX.mp4 | ||
v18A | p41 | A moment of magic | Present uses his staff: With a mighty wave of Present’s staff, the men immediately laugh and embrace in forgiveness. | This cue is made for a sharp thump or bang on something using the staff. A snowy whiteout occurs, and fades quickly into snowflake patterns that quickly fade. | 18A Christmas Present Magic.mp4 | ||
v19 | p41 | Crossfade with snow effects to Cratchit home | PRESENT gestures again with his staff, bottom of page | 019 into Freds Home with Christmas Present Snow FX 16 Seconds.mp4 | |||
v20 | p47 | Scene 3 | Snow falling with slow pan of Dickens London at night | Top of scene, as I HEARD THE BELLS is sung | This does not properly loop, but it is eight minutes long. Crossfade out of it at any point. | 020 Cratchit into Snow Walk in London.mp4 | |
v21 | p48 | Snow effects crossfade into Fred’s house | Top of page 48 as Scrooge and Present reach Fred’s house | This begins with a snowy white-out so it can be cued from any point within the previous video. | 021 Snow FX into Freds House.mp4 | ||
v22 | p55 | Scene 4 | Slow soft fade to a cold, dark winter street | “Come, Scrooge, I need to show you one last thing before I leave you forever. “ | 021 Freds to Ignorance and Want.mp4 | ||
v23 | p56 | Scene 5 | Explosive crossfade from street into fog | There is an explosion and the Spirit of Christmas PRESENT, laughing mockingly | This is a two-part cue. The first video clip includes audio. Present explodes as the street transitions into darkness. Then the cemetery fog fades up. | 022 Present Exits with Explosion and audio.mp4 CLIP HAS AUDIO | |
v23A | This clip loops and fades up from black immediately after the preceding cue. (Originally this was a silent crossfade from the street) | LOOP Cemetery Fog.mp4 | |||||
v24 | p57 | Cold street as two rich men talk | Huge thunderclap, as the Spirit points SCROOGE toward another part of the stage. | Still image. Use a slow crossfade. | 023 Street.jpg | ||
v25 | p58 | We discover Old Joe in a sewer pipe | Thunder and lightning as the SPIRIT points to another part of the stage | Still image. Use a slow crossfade. | 025 Sewer.jpg | ||
v26 | p60 | Moving fog and cemetery. | SPIRIT gestures to a body lying on a slab | Same as v23. In 2014, this media included the body on the slab by necessity. | LOOP Cemetery Fog.mp4 | ||
v27 | p60 | Cratchit home | Another gesture from FUTURE, more thunder and lightning. Lights come up on a corner of the Cratchit home | This is different from the earlier Cratchit image. The edges are dark and it is not intended to require the fireplace or other set pieces. | 027 Cratchits Future.jpg | ||
v28 | p62 | Crossfade to fog and cemetery | Spirit, something tells me that our time together is nearly gone. | Same as v23 | LOOP Cemetery Fog.mp4 | ||
v29 | p63 | End of Scene 6 | Return to bedroom | An enormous clap of thunder and lightning, and the Spirit and gravestone are replaced by Scrooge’s bedroom. | 029 Return to Christmas Morning.mp4 | ||
v30 | p64 | Scene 7 | Crossfade to London streets exterior | He exits his room into the London streets | 030 Scrooges Door Exterior Morning.mp4 | ||
v31 | p68 | Scene 9 | Outside of Scrooge’s firm | And Scrooge was early at his office the next morning. | 031 Pan to Scrooges Office Door.mp4 | ||
v32 | p69 | Pan back to streets as narrator speaks | Narrator: Scrooge was better than his word. | 032 Pan Back for Finale and Curtain Call.mp4 |