1. ENGR
Inside
the
Box
[8] - Brad Nichols, Caroline Pugliese, Adams Yerger, Zak Kaylor, Jinshi Liu

2. We are all Really Hypnotized
Zzah and Llll
We are all Really Hypnotized
Playwright
Maya Raghavan
Lindsey McDonald
Director
Stage Manager
Laurie Geigel

3. Story + Theme
A colorful play about Brain Licking
Scrambling also involved
Main characters struggle to control each other
Male and Female dominance

4. Create flickering lights on an actors face
Our task
Popping a Red Balloon
Create flickering lights on an actors face
Make it Rain

5. Make leaves fall slowly to the ground
Make Leaves fly across the stage

6. Rain
The rain starts at the beginning of the play and runs for a few minutes.  It does not really signify anything, but adds to the play when Zzah tells Llll the he controls the rain. 
Original ideas on how to make rain included: -pressurizing a keg -dropping rice from the top of the grid -spinning a tube filled with rice to make the sound

7. Controlling Rain
Our final choice was to go with Benjamin's pressurized two gallon water system and to poke holes in a hose that was placed at the front of the stage. When the system was turned on rain, a layer of rain appeared across the front of the stage Materials: Hose, valve, pressurized water system including various valves and pressure gauges, electrical cords and switch

8. Leaves Falling
Leaves begin to fall about midway through the play, when Llll starts to take control of Zzah’s brain. They signify the start of Llll’s power over Zzah. They stop when Zzah begins to assert herself and in turn take over Llll’s brain.
The play is a metaphor for a relationship between a man and a woman, and the leaves signify the man taking control and bossing the woman around.

9. Falling Leaves Some initial ideas -
-Sliding a box with compartments over the end of the board releasing one leaf at a time
-small boxes with flaps released by solenoids
Final Design -
Using eyehooks and fishing wire; a motor pulls the wire through an eyehook, which pulls the wire through the leaf, allowing it to fall. The eyehooks are mounted across a long wooden board placed on the top of the grid

10. Flickering Lights Occurs when Zzah licks Llll brain.
Later sustained lights appear when Llll scrambles Zzah’s brain
Signifies brain control and power
Original Ideas
Directed Flashlight
Spinning postal tube with a lamp inside

11. How to Brain Scramble
Projection light mounted to the inside of a tin can. Small slit was cut in the bottom to allow for wiring. Held together with epoxy
Materials – Tin Can, Projection light, epoxy, wires

12. Leaves Across the Stage
The leaves flying across the
stage symbolize a change to
female dominance
Original ideas
- motor and a fishing line with two spindles
- motor and leave hanging from finishing line fro the top of the stage on a track

13. How to create zip
Two spindles were mounted to opposite sides of the grid and fishing wire was attached across the stage between them
One contained a motor which pulled the line
Materials: Windshield-wiper motor, fishing line, wood, leaves

14. Balloon The popping of the balloon signifies the end of the play
It represents the death of Llll
Original Ideas on how to pop it included: -propelled pins -stretching the balloon from opposite ends -shooting it with a projectile

15. Popping the Balloon
Behold….
The Power of….
A solenoid is attached to a clothespin. When it is released, the solenoid pulls back snapping the clothespin shut onto a rubber dropper. GOO GONE falls onto the balloon.
materials – Solenoid, clothspin, dropper, wood, nails, GOO GONE

16. Master Control Gang Box
Central control box with 4 switches and a push button
Allowed remote control of all effects
Mounted on the grid with a control box attached 15 feet away
All devices plugged into the gang box and controlled by the box 15 feet away.

17. Performance Setup Time 4:45 Takedown Time 1:57 Effects Attempted 5
Effects Successful
Accidents
Our play was preformed on Thursday 12/09/04

18. Acclaim!

19. What We Learned Organization – Weekly Scheduled meetings
Aesthetics are important
Engineering Process
Working with multiple clients
Real world demands
Hard work pays off

30. Special Thanks to
Dean Marshall
For all his wisdom
cautions
and advice

31. BEN For his lectures His tools His time
His random pictures in his PowerPoints
His social life this past week