Coffin Cam

Taken during a live performance of the production of Dracula I recently directed, during the final scene where Dracula is killed. We decided it would be interesting to see things from Dracula's point of view, so handed him a video camera to record the event.

The beginning of the video has us crawling beneath some platforms at the back of the set, handing Dracula the camera through the false back of the coffin. Dracula films things as the coffin is pushed out onto the stage and opened, then sets the camera down when he rises out of the coffin. He picks things back up to film himself getting staked, his head cut off, and the coffin closed again.

This was filmed as a last-minute decision on a sparsely-attended Sunday matinee performance. None of the other actors were expecting a camera in Dracula's hands when they opened the coffin.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• theatre
• theater
• Dracula
• vampire
• coffin
• coffin-cam
• point-of-view
• staked
• backstage

[riccardobruero]

Too bad of the lights, making it hard to see what happens.

[ruthven]

Well, it was behind/beneath the stage, during a performance, so obviously not well-lit. It's mostly filmed in night-vision mode, otherwise you wouldn't really see anything at all!

[dfwjac]

Who wrote the script?

[luvGodalways]

nice