“Whether to create powerful visual effects for the audience, or simply move scenery in a blackout or off screen, the purpose of modern stage technology is to make these movements possible.”
 

Designing a show with Visual act Wagon is simple. The stage designer freely creates the scenery, without concern for how movements take place. The wagons are built to fit the scenic elements. Elements can move by themselves or in combination. Wagons can be built to almost any size and shape.

After the wagons are designed their sizes along with the relative placements of their drive units are entered into the control systems database. A simple scale drawing of the stage and fixed elements is also added. The Visual act operator can now start programming the movements, even before the set arrives on stage. Once the show is in rehearsal the operator can move through the show both forwards and backwards. Changes to movements can be made quickly and new ques can be inserted at will.

Modular wagon system with lift and lock functions at Norwegian National Opera, Oslo, Norway. Photo by Andrew Colhoun, Visual act AB.