Joseph Krofta
Krofta’s exercises with a Danish school used an overhead projector to tell the story of Snow White in about ten minutes. The students used white flats 30 inches wide by six feet tall as front and rear projection surfaces. A particularly interesting sequence was the poisoned apple as it traveled from the witch’s hand to Snow White and into her body and was followed by a powerful purplish oozing effect. There was also a witty use of the overhead to draw a horse and then use the projected drawing for the Prince (portrayed by a live actor) to climb upon it and, with sound effects, to gallop to her rescue.
