And then there is the digital backdrop that is used to brilliant effect: projections infusing the often monochrome show with the black and white fuzziness of an old movie (presumably, they had one in particular in mind), graphically representing the sea, providing clever solutions for the tower moment.
Long the master of illumination and with lighting cues seemingly timed to the millisecond, Wilson can trigger effects that make the stage go from black to brilliant colors or projections and back with the snap of a finger. .
His acting was never the point (the animation is still brilliant and these huge projections of his creations are almost a kind of retrospective for his great TV work).
Ms. Le Clercq was one of those singular dancers whose dramatic projection and brilliant technique could appeal simultaneously to a broad audience and a cultlike following of artists and writers.
As light sources for the projector, both the traditional carbon arc and the modern xenon lamp have advocates; what matters most is that the light be powerful, brilliant, and unvarying throughout the projection of the picture.
Not only have these episodes been brilliant, but if the series continues on the same upward projection, this could be the best thing Marvel Studios has ever produced.
The other high spot of the evening was a production of "Sweeney Agonistes", directed by Peter Wood and acted against a projection screen on which a luminous disc of brilliant spots & other optical razzle-dazzle, designed by Bridget Riley constantly changed color.
But there is little in the script that isn't conveyed more eloquently by his production, in which digital projection and live action are combined to quite brilliant and dislocating effect.
Goold's brilliant production team — with Adam Cork's soundscape; Lorna Heavey's smash-cut video and projections; Howard Harrison's moody lighting design; Anthony Ward's brutalist set — unsettles the senses and sets the stage for the deracinated and the uncanny.
The pursed, prurient lips, the porcine eyes, the projection of complete and utter shameless, self-serving fraudulence, the brilliant stroke of pronouncing "China" to conjure "vagina" — this was a Trump to be improved upon only by Trump himself.
