I bookmarked this story years ago and I don’t know why I never wrote about it. Back in 2015, the Toronto Globe and Mail did an 8 part story on the rehearsal and performance process of a high school production of Les Miserables.
And before I continue, lets just acknowledge that a major newspaper doing an 8 part story on a high school production is news worthy enough that I could just stop writing right now and we would all be excited.
The thing I thought was kinda cool was the way they presented the before/after shots of the students in and out of costume. I figured everyone would be using something similar to that slider technology everywhere shortly thereafter but I have never seen it again. (Maybe I just don’t travel the right social media sites)
It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to do given some of the common web design elements I have seen lately, but maybe the simplicity is deceiving.
It struck me as an interesting method of presenting performers so that they were more relatable and the production more appealing. Productions using more sophisticated and intricate make up could really showcase the metamorphosis that occurs for the actor as people advanced and reversed the image.
Has anyone seen this sort of thing done elsewhere for performances to good effect?
have a look at this man’s work: Andrew Farriss/Farris/Fariss a flexible last name, but he uses sliders on his before and after images (usually of cities). I like this technology very much, as well, these cast pix are the first I’ve seen of people. very effective.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/new-york-then-and-now?utm_term=.inm0zJwNk#.epalP1VXE
Thanks for bringing those pix to our attention. It is amazing how much some of those placed changed even in a short period. That is just the type of use I was thinking about