1. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Sound Design Capstone
Matthew Eckstein

2. RESEARCH
v Horror and Sci-Fi B-Movies from the 1930s-1950s
• The Day The Earth Stood Still
• Flash Gordon
• The Invisible Man
• King Kong
• It Came From Outer Space
• Frankenstein
• Dr. X
• Forbidden Planet
• The Day of the Triffids
• When Worlds Collide.
v Theremin instrument sounds

3. FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)

4. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

5. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957)

6. THE THEREMIN
v Named after Russian inventor, Prof. Leon Theremin
v Two metal antennas which sense the position of the
player’s hands and control oscillators for frequency with
one hand and amplitude with the other.
v Electric signals amplified and sent to a loudspeaker
v Used in movie soundtracks such as The Day The
Earth Stood Still
v Associated with a very eerie sound
v Also used by concert music and in popular music
genres such as rock.

7. THE THEREMIN

8. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
v Theremin studio session for The Day The Earth Stood Still
[Click Here to Play]

9. DESIGN PAPERWORK

10. DESIGN PAPERWORK
v Speaker Plot
v Centerline Section with Sound
v Equipment with Connections
v Signal Flow Diagram
v Microphone Plot
v Sound Cue Sheet
v Cable Bundle List
v Rack Drawings

11. Design Paperwork
SYSTEM DESIGN

13. Subwoofer crossover set at
100Hz < 125Hz ± 1/6 8ve

17. The Rocky Horror Show
Case%Western%Reserve%University,%Fall%2012%
Directed%by%Jerrold%Scott%
Sound%Cue%Sheet! Sound%Design%by%Matthew%Eckstein%
% %
%
CUE$ PAGE$ LINE/ACTION$ DESCRIPTION$ TIME$
ACT%I% %
100% % PreGShow% LS9%Preset%cue,%occasional%theremin% 30:00%
sounds%
107% 7% With%house%to%half% Curtain%speech%and%overture% 1:10%
108% 8% Top%of%scene%1% Wedding%bells%are%ringing% 0:09%
111% 11% “On%a%night%out.”% Thunder%and%rain% 3:00%
111.2% 11% “they%were%to%remember”% Thunder% 0:03%
111.4% 11% Top%of%scene%2% Car%approaches%though%a%stormy% 0:31%
night,%stops%
111.6% 11% “see%if%we%can%find%our%way%back.”% BlowGout% 0:04%
111.8% 11% “Oh”% Thunder% 0:03%
112% 12% “Everybody’s%life”% Riff%Raff%Delay% 0:00%
112.5% 12% “Into%my%life”% Riff%Raff%Delay%Out% 0:00%
113% 13% Button%–%Over%at%the%Frankenstein% Thunder% 0:03%
Place%
113.2% 13% Visual%cue,%Brad%rings%bell% Bell%ring% 0:04%
113.3% 13% Visual%cue,%Brad%rings%bell%again% Bell%ring% 0:04%
113.4% 13% Visual%cue,%door%opens% Large%door%creak%open% 0:05%
113.6% 13% Yes% Thunder% 0:03%
113.8% 13% Visual%cue,%door%closes% Large%door%slams% 0:03%
118% 18% “Nothing%to%worry%about”% Frank%delay% 0:00%
118.5% 18% Visual%cue,%Frank%steps%off%catwalk% Frank%delay%out% 0:00%
125% 25% Frank:%“I%can%make%you%a%man”% Eddie%malfunction% 0:06%
127% 27% Visual%cue,%Frank%kills%Eddie% Chainsaw%killing%Eddie% 0:08%
231% 31% “you%won’t%tell%her%–%ohhh…”% Riff%Raff%over%intercom% 0:08%
241% 41% Visual%cue,%Frank%flicks%a%switch% Sonic%transducer% 0:06%
242.2% 42% Visual%cue,%Riff%Raff%sprays%Janet,%% Riff%Raff%spray%gun% 0:01%
242.4% 42% Visual%cue,%Riff%Raff%sprays%Brad,%% Riff%Raff%spray%gun% 0:01%
242.6% 42% Visual%cue,%Riff%Raff%sprays%Scotty,%% Riff%Raff%spray%gun% 0:01%
242.8% 42% Visual%cue,%Riff%Raff%sprays%Rocky,%% Riff%Raff%spray%gun% 0:01%
243% 43% Visual%Cue,%Riff%Raff%sprays% Riff%Raff%spray%gun% 0:01%
Columbia%
245% 45% “Lust%is%so%sincere”% Frank%reverb%and%delay% 0:00%
245.5% 45% Visual%cue,%Frank%steps%off%catwalk% Frank%delay%out% 0:00%
246% 46% “Lili%St.%Cyr”% Cut%reverb%sends% 0:00%
248% 48% “I%can%explain”% Frank%reverb% 0:00%
248.5% 49% “I’m%going%home”% Cut%reverb%sends% 0:00%
249% 49% Visual%cue,%Columbia%hit%with%laser% Ray%gun%laser%shot% 0:02%
250% 50% Visual%cue,%Frank%hit%with%laser% Ray%gun%laser%shot% 0:02%
250.3% 50% Visual%cue,%Rocky%hit%with%laser% Several%ray%gun%laser%shots% 0:02%
250.6% 50% Visual%cue,%Rocky%hit%with%laser% Several%ray%gun%laser%shots% 0:02%
250.9% 50% Visual%cue,%Rocky%hit%with%laser% Several%ray%gun%laser%shots% 0:02%
251% 51% “Activate%the%transit%crystal.”% Explosion% 0:37%
251.5%
%
51% Beginning%of%Super!Heroes% Brad%and%Janet%Reverb% 0:00%

19. PERFORMANCE/IMPLEMENTATION

20. PA SYSTEM IMAGES

21. UPSTAGE SPEAKERS

22. WEDGE MONITOR SPEAKERS

23. SUBWOOFER

24. ORCHESTRA LOFT MIKING

25. BACKSTAGE VOCALS
v Rode NT1-A

26. FRONT OF HOUSE

27. Performance/Implementation
MIX RECORDINGS

28. MIX RECORDINGS
“THE TIME WARP” – MAGENTA SOLO
MAGENTA Kelsey Petersen
DIRECTED BY Jerrold Scott
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Brad Wyner
CHOREOGRAPHER Brian Cluff
SCENIC DESIGN Jill Davis
LIGHTING DESIGN Michael Boll Photo Credit: Daniel Segal
COSTUME DESIGN Angelina Herrin

29. MIX RECORDINGS
“ROSE TINT MY WORLD” – FRANK SOLO
FRANK ‘N’ FURTER Thayer Juergens
DIRECTED BY Jerrold Scott
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Brad Wyner
CHOREOGRAPHER Brian Cluff
SCENIC DESIGN Jill Davis
LIGHTING DESIGN Michael Boll Photo Credit: Daniel Segal
COSTUME DESIGN Angelina Herrin

30. PORTFOLIO

31. Questions?
THANK YOU.