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David Jones Christmas windows 2006 - Sydney 'Jingle Bells'
The 'Jingle Bells' scene set up in Sydney after being designed and made in the small tinshed studio of StudioM for use in the David Jones windows. Also click on the sets and then 'DJ's under construction' to see photos of the scenes in the making at StudioM workshop in Tinbeerwah/ Noosa hinterland. StudioM was contracted by a promotions company employed by David Jones to firstly design the six windows, provide a design presentation for them and then once the design and its concept were accepted, create the six window scenes depicting famous carols as per the client's requests and parameters.
This was the first time we saw our scene that we designed and created after it had been taken from our workshop and reassembled in the Sydney window. Unfortunately those assembling the four sections of the scene in Sydney, being unfamiliar with many of the finer details in the scene, missed a few details such as the horse collar, which attaches by velcro after the four scene sections are bolted together. The collar was put on incorrectly and not covering the horse's neck and the break in the scene sections as it should. ....it requires a small but important adjustment... . It worked well when put on properly at the right angle at StudioM's workshop and later at the promotions company factory but not in Sydney.
The designer and creator of the scenes shown on this site, with the first scene of six that she designed and created for the David Jones 2006 Christmas display.........all the scenes for the six large windows were made in the StudioM workshop under contract to a local promotions and animation company, which was contracted by DJ's for the first time to produce the windows. StudioM created the internal scenes, supervising and resourcing components to go into these scenes and once completed in our small workshop, they were taken to the promotions company site to have the lighting, the mechanism for the animation and outside scene finishes done, ready for DJ's head office staff to view. This shot gives some idea of the scale of the scenes used. The back corner of the scene is visible which indicates the scene's depth - 800mm. RGM is standing next to a part of the Rudolph scene - the North Pole Weather Bureau-- which is not quite finished as yet. The forms for the snow in the front section are in place, ready for the snow mat to be attached. The roving satellite dish complete with a pair of ears and the rotating wind cups is still to be added. All very high tech machinery!
This photo was taken just after Kate Westgate, the VM mgr, who was responsible for choosing the theme of the scenes and the selection of our design over two other submissions at the beginning of the year, visited StudioM's small workshed and saw the scene for the first time, as well as our small studio and our drawings and plans for the next stages. She was about to go to London for a new job and was very excited and pleased with the work Peter and I had completed so far and our descriptions and ideas in our forward planning.
Click on www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot - look in her archive section for David Jones Windows 2006 - to see many close up shots that were taken after the installment of the scenes and StudioM's work in David Jones windows in Sydney together with funny explanations of hidden humour within the six window scenes, that sadly were never exploited by the promotions company nor DJ's.
The books on the mantlepiece of the first 'It's Mice Getting Presents' scene that StudioM designed and made at their studio. Copyright held. This scene went to the USA after we sold it to an animation and puppet company. Books and names giving credit to the true designers and creators shown as titles on the books on shelf as it was when we sold it.Copyright held StudioM - RGM
Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. Claims by the animation and Promotions company to which we sold this scene, that it is its 'creator', or 'the mastermind' and 'creative force' behind it are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright. They had no creative input into the scene as seen here and saw it for the first time after this photo was taken. Original drawings, designs and specifications to the dollmaker for making the mice and face for the Father Christmas, as well as specifications for elves costumes, faces and appearance are retained by StudioM along with the copyright for the scene. There have been many inferior copies made since of the ideas presented in the scenes on these pages.
Juanita Wellings in Clifton made the mice to my working drawing and instructions. All original sketches and specifications are retained by StudioM along with copyright.
Who can you trust these days? Poor trusting Santa has just nipped into the North Pole Hair salon for a quick tidy up before his annual Big Night Out. There is a big lesson to be learnt - be attentive- especially around artistic types intent on their own mischievous plan. Poor Santa!
The hairraising scene of Santa as it was designed and made by StudioM in Oct/Nov 2004 - photo taken in our home workshop in Tinbeerwah in the wee early hours. We assembled and secured his head so it was able to fall forward with its weight and then lift up slightly with a pull of a string attached to a cam on a rotating shaft above.
This scene was sold, AFTER this photo was taken, to a promotions company which has since exhibited it widely in Santa Grottos, department store windows and shopping centres, as well as promoting it on their web site. The company added an overhead rotating shaft and cam system that allows some simple up and down motion by string attachments - this is a commonly used method to animate such scenes to allow some very gentle up ad down motion. The scene has also been enjoyed in its present 'frozen in time' state by many who saw it in our studio. Any subsequent claims by the promotions company, its puppeteer director or any other involved in its display and exhibition, to be the creator, the mastermind' or 'creative force' behind the scene are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright which is maintained by RGM StudioM 2005. They had no influence whatsoever on the scene as seen in these photos and saw it for the first time as shown here, once it was delivered to their factory. Copyright retained by StudioM along with original sketches, working drawings and specifications.
StudioM commissioned a dollmaker, Juanita Wellings in Clifton QLD, to make the Santa head and hands to our drawings and specifications. She also made the elves and mice completely to our specifications and drawings. All original sketches, drawings and specifications retained by StudioM with copyright.
Close up of Santa and Rudolph. This scene and the other five window scenes were designed and made by StudioM at our Tinbeerwah workshop under contract to a promotions company working for David Jones and was used in the David Jones Christmas Window display in 2006. Rudolph's head was a little disappointing as it was distorted when we sent it to the animator's factory to have the rotating eyes done. The eye sockets became too recessed and he lost his look. See the photo of Rudolph in latex to see the original head. Rudolph's head is weighted to drop down with fishing lines. If it is pulled up enough it allows his mouth to open from a glum look to a smiling look, and his eyes which are on a rotating mechanism can open. If done correctly he should go from glum to happy. In hindsight, it would have been better not to have done the rotating eyeballs and left him as we had him in our studio. His protuding snout has a cone inside to allow a low volt or LED to be placed down inside to light up the red end of his nose which is a thin layer of latex painted with clear polyurethane with red tint. When we tried it at our studio it glowed beautifully. There is a large hole at the back of his head on the back facing side which allows for air flow to stop the light heating up.
Scene designed and made by StudioM - RGM and PRM - at our small studio in the Cooroy/ Tinbeerwah area
Juanita in Clifton made the Santa head and torso to our instructions and drawings. I supplied her with the red material and fur lining which came from a giant Santa sack I sourced and it was just enough and worked well.
Original drawings, design, specifiactions and instructions held by StudioM.
Visit www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot/sets/72157627374956322/ to see many humorous and closeup shots of the six windows taken in 2006 at David JOnes
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Santa's elves are trying hard to squeeze him into his Christmas outfit. With a cookie in each hand - he likes a balanced diet - Santa seems to have expanded his girth since last year. His jacket doesn't meet up. An elf on top of his bed has retrieved a corset from a trunk as a last resort suggestion. The elf sitting on the bed is patching a hole in the shape of an iron - the ironing board and its consequent hole tell that story. After this photo was taken, I added a mouse and clothes line with mouse clothes to the 'Mouse House' situated in the rafters on back wall.
Designed and made by StudioM at our home workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held by RGM StudioM. AFTER this photo was taken the scene was sold to a Promotions company which put in some motion by inserting a simple mechanism involving a rotating shaft with irregular cams which rotate and have fishing lines attached to objects below. As the shaft and cams rotate, the lines pull on the objects giving very simple up and down movements. It is a simple system that is commonly used to animate scenes and can be found in many books on the subject. Any claims by this company and its director to be the scene's creator, 'the creative force' or 'master mind' behind this scene and the other 65 plus scenes we designed would be COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright. It was sold without copyright transfer.
Juanita Wellings in Clifton made elves/ mice to our drawings and specifications. She also made Santa's face only - to our drawings and specific instructions- which we then stretched around the rest of his head, put the beard and hair onto the face and then placed onto the body. Juanita, as per our sketch and instructions, had made the face around a broomstick handle which we put down a sleeve through his hollow torso. This allows for his head to be moved easily if desired. All original sketches, drawings and instructions are held by StudioM along with copyright.
All My Sons - Arthur Miller
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - April 2002
Director: Rod Ceballos
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Mikel McDonald, Michael Lowery, Nick Williams, Susan Coromel
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hopkins, Joe Bolenbaugh
The David Jones Christmas windows 2006. Taken on the first day at midnight from the left side, showing the sense of perspective that Peter and I had aimed for when we designed and created this scene. This scene is made up of six sections, each less than 400mm in depth. The middle join runs in front of the barn and behind the chook house, behind the pear tree, in front of the ladies and the rock wall of the Lords' house. The one man band elf was designed by StudioM in the original drawing including the mice which we also designed. The templates with all the individual pieces for the 2d cutout puppets of maids, lords, pipers and drummers, the drawings for the other puppets, the geese, hens, mice, swans, and musician elf and one man band, were drawn and given by StudioM to outside sources to either cutout for us to then paint or to make from the drawings. Of the moving parts, the turtle doves and the snail were made by StudioM as well as the painting of the pipers and the drummers. On the outside of the scene the elf 'one man band' and his mice friends were made to drawings and design of StudioM. Scene designed and created by StudioM. All original sketches, drawings and presentation are held by StudioM.
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hopkins, Ben Carr
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hopkins,
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Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Keeping up with the requests from children worldwide is a busy time in Santa's office with his elves helping to read the letters, register the requests for presents and generally clear the backlog. This photo clearly shows the copyright to the true designer and creator, written on the brown book on shelf. View in the larger size option.
Designed and made by StudioM at our home workshop in 2005. It should still be there and visible unless there has been copyright abuse. My artist husband, Peter, painted the scene in the window and it is not allowed to be copied.
Photo taken at StudioM workshop BEFORE it was sold to a Promotions company which after its sale, put in some simple up and down motion using an overhead rotating shaft and cams system with fishing lines between the rotating cams and objects below to create some movement as the cams on the shaft rotate. This is a commonly used method for simple motion in such scenes. Claims since by the Promotions company and its puppeteer director to be the 'creative force' and 'mastermind' behind its making are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of copyright. The company had no input with the scene to this stage and bought it on first viewing after this photo was taken. Copyright held by StudioM as are all the original drawings, sketches and instructions sent to the dollmaker, Juanita Wellings in Clifton.
The L.FEE and Co tailors shop where Santa goes to have his costumes made. The old Singer sewing machine now a DANCER belonged to my grandmother. This scene has the exterior painted as well so that it can be used as a stand alone display - all it needs is a drop down roof perched on top and a painted stand underneath to raise it , place a few Christmas trees around it, a snow blanket. a fence, and voila.... a single display for a shopping centre or use it in conjunction with other scenes where we decorated the external sides as well and have a small Christmas village.
Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. AFTER StudioM designed and created this scene, a Promotions company to which it was sold, put in some simple motion by inserting an overhead rotating shaft and cam system. It has been displayed since in its promotions as well as exhibitions. Any claims made by this company and its puppeteer director to be the 'creator', 'mastermind' and/or 'creative force' behind it would be completely false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright. Designed and made by StudioM with copyright held
Elves by Juanita Wellings in Clifton. All original sketches and specifications are retained by StudioM as the copyright holders.
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander - Preston Jones
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 1984
Director: William Z. Iron
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Elizabeth Dixon, Eric Fishman
How I Learned To Drive - Paula Vogel
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 2000
Director: Susan Coromel
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Mikel McDonald, Renee Knappenberger
The scene as designed and made by StudioM at our studio in 2004 - copyright held. If it is properly set up and lit to enhance the moonlight effect, it is a very effective scene. His legs are designed to kick freely and easily when pulled by a string connected to a rotating shaft and cam system overhead. The mouse on the right is reading a newspaper which tells the story and acknowledges the true creators - StudioM - a closeup of him in the sets on right of page. The scene has been advertised and exhibited many times by a promotions company that bought the scene.
This is an original design and creation by StudioM, created at our Noosa hinterland workshop in 2004. The newspaper front page that the mouse is reading gives the true credits to the correct people and can be viewed in a close up photo on this site or view this one in its largest size so as to read the credits. By copyright law this attribution should not have been altered or removed.
Juanita made mice to my design and instructions and the elves to my specifications. All original drawings, sketches and instructions to doll maker are held by StudioM as the true copyright owners.
Crepes, pumpkin souffle, fruit meringue - anything you want the very elfy cooks can cook!! Crepes dangling from the beams, eggs broken everywhere, mice kneaded in the dough, a fluid pumpkin concoction on the stove, bellows being lifted up and falling down, mice being rolled or being found in the cream urn or mixing bowl and gingerbread escaping from the oven.
Designed and created by StudioM at our small studio/ workshop - hover over photo to read signs and the green books on the mantle, acknowledging the true designer and creator of scene.
Unfortunately, when I took this photo the light in the oven space was not on which gives a lively orange glow at the oven door and underneath through the vents
Copyright held by StudioM. Designed and made by StudioM at our premises. Sold in 2005 AFTER this photo was taken and as you see it here, to an animation and Promotions company, which has exhibited it widely since. Any claims by parties other than StudioM to having designed or created the scene or to being 'the mastermind' and 'creative force' behind it, are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright.
Juanita made elves and mice as to our specifications and drawings. All original drawings and specifications are retained by StudioM along with copyright.
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - October 1977
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
The Reluctant Dragon - Nancy Aldrich (adapt. from Kenneth Graham)
Photo: Chris Harris
Tears of Joy Theatre - June 2004
Director: Nancy Aldrich
Designer: Chris Harris
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - October 1977
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hopkins, Ben Carr
All My Sons - Arthur Miller
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - April 2002
Director: Rod Ceballos
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Nick Williams, Susan Coromel, Michael Lowery, Jessica DiSalvo
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hopkins, Ben Carr
Santa enjoys his cookies more than he should and has put on so much weight that the elves cannot get him into his outfit. The scales tell his story by showing the comparisons - scales starting with Santa's measure for 'Last year', then 'Fatter', followed by 'Lot Fatter', 'Too Much', 'Oh Dear!', 'Poor Deer!'. The elf in the middle, when strings are connected, stands at right angles to Santa's tummy and tries to pull his jacket together so the buttons can be done up. Meanwhile another elf at the back is rushing to cut out a new jacket to sew up just in case.
Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. AFTER this photo was taken the scene was sold to a Promotions company which put in simple motion by inserting overhead a rotating shaft and cam system that had fishing lines connected to objects below which allowed slight up and down motions with the rise and fall of the cams. It has been exhibited and advertised in various media since. However any claims made by the company and its director to being 'the mastermind' and 'creative force behind it' or having any creative input into this scene would be COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of copyright. Click on the photo to see the notes - the original books on back wall have credits to the designers and creators and should not have been removed, changed or covered over by copyright law. Click on www.flickr.com/photos/rgmstudiom/433150677 to see a closeup of the newspaper with credits and also www.flickr.com/photos/rgmstudiom/440198447/in/set-7215760... to see the books clearly showing the credits on the shelf to the left.
StudioM especially commissioned Juanita Wellings in Clifton to make the Santa's FACE only, which once it had been posted to us we added his hair and beard and placed it onto his body - a piece of thick dowel for his neck slips into a sleeve in his torso to allow his head to swivel. She also made the elves to her design, as well as the mice to RGM's drawings and specifications. All original sketches, designs, correspondence and specifications are held by StudioM along with copyright.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - February 1984
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois at Chicago - October 1977
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Actors: Mary Barnidge, .....
Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois at Chicago - October 1977
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Actors: Company
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - October 1977
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Santa's Office at North Pole - another original scene designed by RGM of StudioM as a mobile Christmas display. AFTER it was made and this photo taken, the scene was sold to a Promotions company which put in a simple rotating shaft and cam system overhead to string the elves and mice and give it some simple up and down motions. This is a common method to give simplistic motion to such scenes. Claims since by this company and its director to be the 'creative force' and mastermind' behind it are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright. They had no creative involvement in the scene as you see it here in the workshop of StudioM prior to its sale. Copyright remains with StudioM Acknowledgements to StudioM as the creator and designer should be still on the books on shelf and visible in accordance with copyright law. As with all of our scenes original drawings, sketches and specifications to others remain with StudioM.
Juanita Wellings made mice elves to our drawings and specifications in Clifton QLD
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander - Preston Jones
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 1984
Director: William Z. Iron
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Elizabeth Dixon
Confession In Wood - Jan Wilkowski
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - April 2006
Director: Luba Zarembinska, Patryk Czaplicki
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Adam Saucy
Actors: Michael Griggs, Cory Goble, (rear) Sheena Kohlstedt, Lelsi Okorn, Kyle McBroom, Anne Mazaferro, Tara McLaughlin, McKenzie, Ben Nockles, Ben Crop
The toymaker is asleep - the quilt moves up and down with his breathing, toes occassionally wiggle and snuffled snores set the scene. Meanwhile, the midnight elves have come to help him get the toys ready for Santa but ....they do not prove to be so helpful after all. This scene has its exterior painted and decorated so that it can be used as a stand alone unit in a shop or centre with an added 'drop on' roof and some trees around to add to the effect, it works very well. See some of the photos in the set for this one.
Designed and created by StudioM at our Tinbeerwah studio 2003. Copyright held. After we made it in 2003, it was sold to an animation and Promotions company which has exhibited it in various Christmas display promotions and shopping centres since. However, any claims by this company, its director or any other involved in its display and exhibition, to be the creator, the designer, ' the creative force' or 'the mastermind' behind it or any of our scenes that they bought from StudioM are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of StudioM's copyright.
Juanita made elves in Clifton to our specifications and the mouse to our design drawing and instruction - this is the first one that she made for StudioM. All original drawings/sketches and instructions remain with StudioM as the copyright holders.
Poor old Santa. It isn't an easy life. This time he is stuck in a chimney and the elves are trying to free him. The bucket contains items to help release him such as soap,oil, a lever and if all these fail - dynamite!! - maybe one of these will do the trick. Another, probably the senior flight elf, reads the emergency procedures manual to see what is the correct procedure to use in this instance. We pivoted Santa's legs through a rod so they could be move easily backwards and forwards. The mouse on the right is reading a newspaper which gives the credit to StudioM for its design and creation. By copyright, this should still be there, unchanged and visible to the public.
Designed and made by StudioM at our little home workshop in Tinbeerwah in the Noosa hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. This photo was taken BEFORE a Promotions company bought the scene and added some simple up and down motion into it by inserting a rotating shaft and cam system positioned above with fishing lines connected to objects below to create some slight movement. A simple, commonly used system. Any claims by this company and its director to be 'the mastermind' and 'creative force behind' the scene are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright.
Juanita Wellings in Clifton made elves and mice to our specifications and drawings, the originals of such are held by StudioM together with copyright.
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2000
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Jessica Hokpins,
This is the 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' scene that StudioM designed and created in our small tinshed workshop, for a promotions company seeking to gain the David Jones contract for the first time in 2006. Working from the David Jones brief, StudioM designed the scenes and provided presentation drawings, puppet samples, explanations and storyline. After the design was chosen, StudioM was then contracted by the promotions company to create the six window scenes and provide working drawings for the remaining elements outside the scenes. As each window scene was completed at StudioM's humble studio, they were transported to the factory of the promotions company where the lighting, animation mechanism overhead was inserted and the strings of the puppets attached to the cams. It was then that the VM mgr inspected the scenes. Later in Christmas 2007, this scene was re used in the windows of Smith and Caughey's in NZ. In this photo the scene is not finished at this stage sitting in the workshop of StudioM. The angel on the far right with a tyre pump in his hand awaits the 'flat' cloud with a puncture in it to dry so we can place it into the scene with this elf on top trying to pump up the cloud.
For many close up photos of many humorous things within this scene and the other five we designed and created in 2006, visit www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot/sets/72157627374956322/
The scene was also reused in Auckland at Smith and Caughey's and can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot/sets/72157603575240201/
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Actor: David Darlow
Lysistrata – Aristophanes (adapt. Ranjid Bolt)
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre – November 1999
Director: Julie Akers
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Kristine Kearney
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - February 1984
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael