Printable session plan · Event Agencies and Production Teams

Festival Production Motion Games: run of show

A practical, time-bounded plan for festival production teams in a staffed public activity zone. Use it to rehearse one clear activity without improvising the room, camera, or participation rules.

Let the format serve the people in the room

The practical question is how to create short rounds for changing visitor flow when attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages.

This is a run-of-show companion to the broader Festival Production Motion Games use-case guide. Its purpose is narrower: help the operator or host run one thoughtful session with a defined start, a clear option to pause, and a prepared fallback.

A browser, webcam, display, marked zone, and host form a repeatable technical package. Producers can select from live games to match available space and program energy while keeping campaign graphics outside the game itself.

Rehearse the handoff before people arrive

01

Set the footprint

Mark and test the operating footprint. Use a documented show-floor footprint clear of load-in, cable, queue, and egress paths. For this exact staffed public activity zone, protect the show file, client cues, load-in, staffing handoffs, and guest flow; Reaction is first because its profile uses medium clear space with moderate movement.

02

Open the round

Rehearse the exact opening moment. At the staffed public activity zone, the event operations lead starts with Reaction because attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages. The host demonstrates whole-body movement toward visual targets, runs one bounded turn, and hands the station to the next participant so the program can create short rounds for changing visitor flow.

03

Guide the rotation

Assign and rehearse the operator sequence. For the staffed public activity zone, the event operations lead checks the camera mark, explains Reaction's whole-body movement toward visual targets, invites one voluntary turn, resets the result, and offers LaserEyes only while the flow remains clear enough to create short rounds for changing visitor flow.

04

Close or change course

Brief privacy and contingency choices before opening. Keep camera control separate from event capture and obtain consent for any recording. Before the first Reaction turn in the staffed public activity zone, state that choice and keep opt-out participation available for festival production teams. At the staffed public activity zone, if attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages, use the rehearsed show-file fallback when the stage manager closes the station; otherwise move from Reaction to LaserEyes without expanding the marked footprint.

Decision standard: The format can create short rounds for changing visitor flow without interfering with the main purpose of a staffed public activity zone.

Choose a first round that fits this room

Choose the opening round for the actual energy of a staffed public activity zone, not for an abstract idea of intensity. If the first option feels wrong, keep the goal and change the control style.

Laser Eyes webcam motion game

head-position aiming

Laser Eyes

Laser Eyes is included for Festival Production Motion Games because it uses head-position aiming in seated or standing space with low movement.

Play fit: quiet, contained participation when floor travel is unsuitable For festival production motion games, plan for seated or standing space with low movement.

Paddle Guard webcam motion game

side-to-side body movement

Paddle Guard

Paddle Guard is included for Festival Production Motion Games because it uses side-to-side body movement in medium-width standing space with moderate movement.

Play fit: quick score rounds built around readable lateral control For festival production motion games, plan for medium-width standing space with moderate movement.

Later choices: AwkwardPoseStudio. For Festival production teams in the staffed public activity zone, offer LaserEyes first to anyone choosing a lower-movement or seated role: its head-position aiming uses seated or standing space with low movement. Also provide spectator, scorekeeper, and no-camera roles.

Protect the room and the right to opt out

Space and light

Use a documented show-floor footprint clear of load-in, cable, queue, and egress paths. For this exact staffed public activity zone, protect the show file, client cues, load-in, staffing handoffs, and guest flow; Reaction is first because its profile uses medium clear space with moderate movement. Test camera framing and backlight from that exact zone before the first Reaction turn.

Access and privacy

For Festival production teams in the staffed public activity zone, offer LaserEyes first to anyone choosing a lower-movement or seated role: its head-position aiming uses seated or standing space with low movement. Also provide spectator, scorekeeper, and no-camera roles. Keep camera control separate from event capture and obtain consent for any recording. Before the first Reaction turn in the staffed public activity zone, state that choice and keep opt-out participation available for festival production teams. Everyone has the right to opt out, choose an observer role, or stop the activity without having to explain or justify that choice.

Fallback

At the staffed public activity zone, if attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages, use the rehearsed show-file fallback when the stage manager closes the station; otherwise move from Reaction to LaserEyes without expanding the marked footprint.

Use active play responsibly

The useful evidence in a staffed public activity zone is operational: can people see the cue, understand the turn, and stop without disruption? Treat the activity as active play, not as a substitute for clinical or educational judgment.

The relevant check is practical: can festival production teams see the cue, understand the turn, and stop comfortably? The WHO Guidelines provide context, not a promise about this activity. WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

What to observe here: The format can create short rounds for changing visitor flow without interfering with the main purpose of a staffed public activity zone.

Answers to settle before the session

What is the opening move for Festival Production Motion Games?

At the staffed public activity zone, the event operations lead starts with Reaction because attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages. The host demonstrates whole-body movement toward visual targets, runs one bounded turn, and hands the station to the next participant so the program can create short rounds for changing visitor flow.

How should the space and camera be prepared?

Use a documented show-floor footprint clear of load-in, cable, queue, and egress paths. For this exact staffed public activity zone, protect the show file, client cues, load-in, staffing handoffs, and guest flow; Reaction is first because its profile uses medium clear space with moderate movement. Test camera framing and backlight from that exact zone before the first Reaction turn.

What if the planned round no longer fits the room?

At the staffed public activity zone, if attendance comes in waves and the station must coexist with vendors and stages, use the rehearsed show-file fallback when the stage manager closes the station; otherwise move from Reaction to LaserEyes without expanding the marked footprint.