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the8rlighter
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Topic: Elevator Doors
Posted: 2/17/04 at 4:27pm

we need to make a few sets of elevator doors that open up easily and can open together, it's for a corporate setting in the musical "How to Succeed in Buisness Without Really Trying" I am very grateful for any suggestions.

"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only play, but also believe..." -Anatole France-

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fredmatslt
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 1:02am

We used closet doors when we did it. EDont forget a light and chimes (door bell)

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The Klot
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Posted: 5/20/04 at 3:01pm

I saw a couple of parts on Ebay for elevators like arrows and signs and
buttons but no doors. I too was looking for a personal project in our
graphic studio, but we settled on making it in 3D and using blue screens
to composite people into the environment.

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Gaafa
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Posted: 5/20/04 at 9:27pm

Why do you need a few sets of elevator doors?
Surely you would require only one set! If they are to depict different floors in the same building they would be all the same! Unless you require to depict a number of Lifts in the same lobby area, I would use only one & possibly a light indicator to depict the floor that the Lift is at. The Lift Lobby?s will be normally generic on each floor anyway.
As for the doors, mount them on a door track at the head & possibly have a tail track guides at the base or ?roller fair leads? fixed to the housing flats.
Use rope or cordage set up in the same method as a tabulating curtain (tabs) through pulleys off stage.

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Gaafa
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Posted: 5/20/04 at 9:45pm

Just one small point - remember to stick to the standard of ?BLOFLI? (Back Line Out - Front Line In) method of operating the tab lines & mark the 'in/out deads'.
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the8rlighter Walk-On Joined: 2/04/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Elevator Doors Posted: 2/17/04 at 4:27pm
	we need to make a few sets of elevator doors that open up easily and can open together, it's for a corporate setting in the musical "How to Succeed in Buisness Without Really Trying" I am very grateful for any suggestions.
	"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only play, but also believe..." -Anatole France-

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fredmatslt Walk-On Joined: 2/22/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 2/22/04 at 1:02am
	We used closet doors when we did it. EDont forget a light and chimes (door bell)
	Fred
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The Klot Guest	Posted: 5/20/04 at 3:01pm
	I saw a couple of parts on Ebay for elevators like arrows and signs and buttons but no doors. I too was looking for a personal project in our graphic studio, but we settled on making it in 3D and using blue screens to composite people into the environment. The Klot
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 5/20/04 at 9:27pm
	Why do you need a few sets of elevator doors? Surely you would require only one set! If they are to depict different floors in the same building they would be all the same! Unless you require to depict a number of Lifts in the same lobby area, I would use only one & possibly a light indicator to depict the floor that the Lift is at. The Lift Lobby?s will be normally generic on each floor anyway. As for the doors, mount them on a door track at the head & possibly have a tail track guides at the base or ?roller fair leads? fixed to the housing flats. Use rope or cordage set up in the same method as a tabulating curtain (tabs) through pulleys off stage.
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 5/20/04 at 9:45pm
	Just one small point - remember to stick to the standard of ?BLOFLI? (Back Line Out - Front Line In) method of operating the tab lines & mark the 'in/out deads'. Chookas
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