I’m posting some of the boards I was commissioned to do for the visual effects designer of Andrew Lloyd Webbers stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz , John Driscoll.
It’s just opened in London (at The Palladium ) this month and is getting great reviews, with a mention of John’s work in translating some scenes from the film, into the stage version, noteably the tornado sequence.
Here they are :
The point of the board was to sell the concepts that John had in mind, to the producer / director, since he envisaged a mixture of moving image (eg CGI) projected onto semi-transparent, moveable screens and using clever lighting to create “magical” transitions – I’m curious to see the end result…
