Phaedrus Productions was asked to assist the McConnell School of Dance with their stage production for Ireland-Irish Pavilion at Folklorama on August 1st to 8th. They requested a PowerPoint presentation of images to be projected behind the dancers to serve as interchangeable backgrounds for each dance. Of course we did that and more! 

Many of the backgrounds where custom-made dynamic looping video clips. Custom clips included: Irish landmarks with rolling clouds behind them, dancing fire embers, twinkling disco type lights, and a running waterfall. In addition many of the still images provided were optimized for use as a background. Overall there was 3 shows approximately 25 minutes each. 

I donated my time that week to ensure the smooth operation of the Video BackDrop during the seven-night, 3 shows a night (sometimes 4 or 5!) run. PowerPoint 2010 was the program used to display the videos and images. This helped, as you could easily adapt to program and back stage timing changes. 

 Simon at the helm of the Video BackDrop.