Method of and system for staging productions

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SHIFTING FROM A SCENE PROJECTED ONTO A SCREEN TO A LIVE SCREEN ON A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN CORRESPONDING TO THE PROJECTED SCENE ON SAID SCREEN COMPRISING: (A) PROJECTING A PICTURE ON SAID SCREEN, (B) SETTING A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN TO CORRESPOND TO THE PICTURE PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN AT A GIVEN INSTANT, (C) DISCONTINUING THE PROJECTION OF SAID PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN AT SAID GIVEN INSTANT, (D) PROVIDING SAID SCREEN WITH A HIGH ENERGY DRIVING MOTOR TO REMOVE SAID SCREEN FROM IN FRONT OF SAID STAGE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, (E) ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR AND REMOVING SAID SCREEN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, (F) ILLUMINATING SAID STAGE SCENE WHEN SAID SCREEN HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND (G) CONTROLLING SAID DISCONTINUATION, ENERGIZATION AND ILLUMINATION IN COORDINATION WITH SAID PROJECTED SCENE ON SAID SCREEN.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF SHIFTING FROM A SCENE PROJECTED ONTO A SCREEN TO A LIVE SCREEN ON A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN CORRESPONDING TO THE PROJECTED SCENE ON SAID SCREEN COMPRISING: (A) PROJECTING A PICTURE ON SAID SCREEN, (B) SETTING A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN TO CORRESPOND TO THE PICTURE PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN AT A GIVEN INSTANT, (C) DISCONTINUING THE PROJECTION OF SAID PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN AT SAID GIVEN INSTANT, (D) PROVIDING SAID SCREEN WITH A HIGH ENERGY DRIVING MOTOR TO REMOVE SAID SCREEN FROM IN FRONT OF SAID STAGE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, (E) ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR AND REMOVING SAID SCREEN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, (F) ILLUMINATING SAID STAGE SCENE WHEN SAID SCREEN HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND (G) CONTROLLING SAID DISCONTINUATION, ENERGIZATION AND ILLUMINATION IN COORDINATION WITH SAID PROJECTED SCENE ON SAID SCREEN.

Claim 3

A SYSTEM FOR SHIFTING FROM A SCENE PROJECTED ONTO A SCREEN TO A LIVE SCENE ON A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN COMPRISING: (A) AN OPAQUE PICTURE SCREEN MOVABLE FROM A FIRST PICTURE RECEIVING POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION OUT OF VIEW OF THE OBSERVER, (B) A PICTURE PROJECTOR INCLUDING A FILM, A FILM ADVANCING MEANS AND A LIGHT SOURCE FOR PROJECTING A PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN, (C) MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING SAID LIGHT SOURCE AND THUS DISCONTINUING THE PROJECTION OF SAID PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN, (D) A HIGH ENERGY MOTOR MEANS FOR RAPIDLY MOVING SAID SCREEN BETWEEN SAID TWO POSITIONS WHILE SAID PROJECTION IS DISCONTINUED, (E) MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING SAID STGE AFTER SAID SCREEN REACHES ITS SECOND POSITION, AND (F) MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE POSITION OF SAID FILM IN SAID PROJECTOR FOR STOPPING SAID FILM ADVANCING MEANS, EXTINGUISHING SAID LIGHT SOURCE, ENERGIZING SAID SCREEN MOVING MEANS AND ENERGIZING SAID STAGE ILLUMINATING MEANS.

Claim 4

A SYSTEM FOR SHIFTING FROM A SCENE PROJECTED ONTO A SCREEN TO A LIVE SCENE ON A STAGE BEHIND SAID SCREEN COMPRISING: (A) AN OPAQUE PICTURE SCREEN MOVABLE FROM A FIRST PICTURE RECEIVING POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION OUT OF VIEW OF THE OBSERVER, (B) A PICTURE PROJECTOR INCLUDING A FILM, A FILM ADVANCING MEANS AND A LIGHT SOURCE FOR PROJECTING A PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN, (C) MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING SAID LIGHT SOURCE AND THUS DISCONTINUING THE PROJECTION OF SAID PICTURE ONTO SAID SCREEN, (D) A HIGH ENERGY MOTOR MEANS FOR RAPIDLY MOVING SAID SCREEN BETWEEN SAID TWO POSITIONS WHILE SAID PROJECTION IS DISCONTINUED, (E) MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING SAID STGE AFTER SAID SCREEN REACHES ITS SECOND POSITION, AND (F) MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE POSITION OF SAID FILM IN SAID PROJECTOR FOR STOPPING SAID FILM ADVANCING MEANS, EXTINGUISHING SAID LIGHT SOURCE, ENERGIZING SAID SCREEN MOVING MEANS AND ENERGIZING SAID STAGE ILLUMINATING MEANS.