Part 2 'Light' : Script, Captions and Storyboard v1

Action

1. Drag Wheel (from explosion) rolls > Passes a Box of Limes
2. Scene darkens, Lime Box is Spotlit.
3. Cam Pulls back to reveal Limelight Lamp (lit)
4. Cut Out Victorian Finger points to Parts (gas, pipes, lime)
5. Finger Presses Down on Bag >Limelight Flares
6. Finger Drops Magic lantern Casing over Light
7. Light projects out of lantern onto Drawing board
8. Camera draws closer towards the 'screen'
9. Slide Sequence begins

Click Here for the Storyboard. It should 'play' the stills without having click thumbnails.
Please note: the models are simple placeholders - to indicate basic form, and function.


Slide Sequence
' >' indicates a cross fade from one slide to the next

1.Bude Castle Night Exterior - single room lit (Gurney hard at work)
a) Gurney went back to the drawing board. By modifying his Limelight, Gurney produced a safer and effective means of illumination.
>Bude Castle Exterior -Light dramatically radiating from all windows
b) Using just ONE of his new lights, Gurney was able to illuminate his entire castle, sending light into each room with an ingenious system of mirrors and lenses.

2. Dim Theatre > Bright Theatre
a) Gurney's Light penetrated into the recesses of Victorian Society, taking entertainment and eductation away from the parlours of the privileged and into the mainsteam.
>Lantern Slide example
b) Large scale Magic Lantern Shows, Theatre, Scientific Demonstrations, Religious Presentations were all made possible by the power of Gurney's Light.
>Drummond Portrait
c) Once again, other Inventors adopted his ideas. Thomas Drummond's theatrical lighting robbed Gurney of the 'Limelight' he deserved as their true inventor.

3.Parliament By Candle Light
a) People had a dim view of politics. The House of commons chamber was a notoriously gloomily place to conduct business.
> Bude Lights (off)
After experimenting with fellow scientist, Farady, Gurney installed lights into the newly built Chamber.
> Parliament (Turned on)
c) Faithfully illuminating political life, they remained in place for another 60 years.

4. Police Light
a) Many parts of London, most notably, Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall, Westminster Bridge were also illuminated with Bude Lights.
>Police light becomes a Lighthouse
b) Gurney transformed the lighthouse lamp, using innovative combinations of lens, mirrors and mechanics...
>lighthouse flashing
c) ...He created a flashing signal that uniquely identified each Lighthouse. Saving the lives of countless seafarers.

End Slide (vignette- Older Gurney)
Gurney had risen from the ashes of default, reclaiming the respect and admiration that his lost in his adventures in Steam.

Coals for the Fire....

The Glow from the coals increases when Steam Jet is introduced. The Liight from the fire will flicker and glow.

Part 2 Light - Notes and Image Collection

After some discussions with a Magic Lantern expert, we have decided to alter the treatment for the Light section. Gurnery's Limelight was key in the development of the magic lantern 'for the masses' - enabling large groups to enjoy projections at sizes that had been previously impossible.

We will demonstrate the principle of the basic limeligh, and tranform it into a 'magic lantern' to project a series of 5 'illuminating facts' about Gurneys adventures in light.

The 'animation' on the slides will be in keeping methods used at the time (cross fading two similar tiles, as well as long 'panoramic' slide which pull in/out, etc. Click here an example of the real thing.

Since we have a great deal of black & white Linework - making them into Slides and hand colouring them will be a good means of enlivening the content.


A storyboard will follow in the next day.

Click HERE for some visual reference material

SteamJet - Final Model

Camera Timing 2nd Pass (click to Play)

Final Curtain

Second Half of the Rocket Protest

Rocket and Protest Part 1

'Money Rolling' in Prop

London to Bath Sign

Steam and Fluid Test [click to view]

Captions for Steam 'Protestors'

Theatre Section ' Orders came rolling in'

A rough showing the Theatre 'prop' that enters stage left. Caption text would read: 'orders came rolling in'.

Crank for Steam Drag

Click to view Animation

Steam Drag Model for approval

Steamjet Movies

Click here for Engine Test mechanical animation

Technical Animation Test

Have sorted the technical issues with the engine animation. Click image to see movie.

Some changes to the scaling will be required in order to give a greater piston travel in the final version.

Stage Lighting Test

Pretty much done. Trying to light the stage atmospherically, within in a bright ambient environment.

Theatre and Steam Drag work in progress...

The Theatre Model is made to 'Flat Pack'. When it lands on stage , it pops outwards into this final shape. Lighting is almost done.

Revised Steamjet Engine Layout

The RWDP/Bude research notes sent state that the steam from the Nozzle:

came directly from the Boiler, rather than the cylinders.

If that is the case, our (approved) layout is wrong.

It should look more like this.





But, if you look at Wikipedia:

1820s that directing exhaust steam from the cylinders up the chimney to provide a steam blast increased the draught and consequently provided significantly better performance. However, the invention of the steam blast is a matter of controversy. Although it is often credited to George Stephenson (largely due to the writings of Samuel Smiles) and was used on his Rocket (1829), it was by that time already in use by Timothy Hackworth, who had incorporated a steam blast into the Royal George (1827). Even Richard Trevithick was aware of the usefulness of the steam blast; his Pen-y-Daren locomotive of 1804 exhausted steam into the chimney. Sir Goldsworthy Gurney also laid claim to the invention.

So which is it to be?

Does the steam that feeds the Nozzle come from the boiler or the cylinders?

Please confirm, urgently.



Here's the original layout:


SteamJet Nozzle
We also need a clear reference for the shape of the Steam jet Nozzle, as the descriptions are somewhat unspecific.

A ring of jets each about an inch long and a quarter inch in diameter, shaped like hollow needles. This ring projected off the a main stem rather like the branches of a Christmas tree the jets, by contracting the steam, kept up the required pressure

This is what we think the nozzle might look like. We don't need to be too accurate, but this really needs to be judges by someone with knowledge of these things.

Lightwave and After Effects in Sync

This test demonstartes how we can combine 2D and 3D elements.

Morph Edges Test

MorphEdges2.mov

I think this should work fine and since there will be other action, the attention wont be too drawn to this is in particular.

Steam Jet Engine Model

Engine_Cam.jpg
Originally uploaded by Steve Williams.

Early stages.