after an evening of theatre...
So apparently a set can only last as long as the first preview night. Tonight I walked the set after the show (just something I do every now and again) and found that the facing was just plain ripping off. Yeah for notes to do tomorrow.
On the shop floor tonight we learned quality control...notice the toggle (piece of wood)that is not quite attached...
Also in the shop today (for those of you who might have once known the layout) the scrap rack moved. This is in anticipation for a CNC Router that the shop will get sometime in the next few weeks.
Where Scrap was (and cnc will be)
Where scrap rack is (follow the blue arrow)
In other news...got some nice show shots tonight...lighting finally kicked into gear.
Here is what I considered the biggest downfall of Lysistrata (besides a few actors that I still can't stand) the lights. My earlier pics had to have some severe touch up in photoshop to be able to see people. Not because lights were low, but because there was a huge lack of lights. For some reason that I Will not try and understand the tech process waited until Saturday night to the Cue-to-Cue when tech had begun on Wednesday. So here we all were watching actors in the dark.. The lighting was extremely saturated, lots of colors, not lots of reason. As a result there were a lot of holes that actors kind of just sat in. The design er is a good designer, I have seen some of his other work...but he is, for lack of better word, an artistic designer. He likes color, he likes bold things, he likes to make it not quite so real. This is fine for some shows but not for a lightweight comedy. The fun is in the text not the lights, not the set. Took some understanding and after getting through the cue to cue by the skin of his teeth he made some serious changes (although there is still room for improvement) and it is now a bareable show.
Here a couple shots from tonights performance...
Lack of light on the scenery is sad...but at least the actors got their deserved light.
In other news...it is time to flee the scene of the crime... and no you may not know what the crime is, else why bother fleeing.
Oh yeah StuTech Version2.0
This is do to a recent evacuation of Stu Tech which apparently not for tech people for Production Managers and Stage Managers...I could go into this more, but believe it or not they have already had their dedication and I say nothing. I just need a space until Dec. That is when I am done with shows for the semester and maybe the year. On call next semester...
On the shop floor tonight we learned quality control...notice the toggle (piece of wood)that is not quite attached...
Also in the shop today (for those of you who might have once known the layout) the scrap rack moved. This is in anticipation for a CNC Router that the shop will get sometime in the next few weeks.
Where Scrap was (and cnc will be)
Where scrap rack is (follow the blue arrow)
In other news...got some nice show shots tonight...lighting finally kicked into gear.
Here is what I considered the biggest downfall of Lysistrata (besides a few actors that I still can't stand) the lights. My earlier pics had to have some severe touch up in photoshop to be able to see people. Not because lights were low, but because there was a huge lack of lights. For some reason that I Will not try and understand the tech process waited until Saturday night to the Cue-to-Cue when tech had begun on Wednesday. So here we all were watching actors in the dark.. The lighting was extremely saturated, lots of colors, not lots of reason. As a result there were a lot of holes that actors kind of just sat in. The design er is a good designer, I have seen some of his other work...but he is, for lack of better word, an artistic designer. He likes color, he likes bold things, he likes to make it not quite so real. This is fine for some shows but not for a lightweight comedy. The fun is in the text not the lights, not the set. Took some understanding and after getting through the cue to cue by the skin of his teeth he made some serious changes (although there is still room for improvement) and it is now a bareable show.
Here a couple shots from tonights performance...
Lack of light on the scenery is sad...but at least the actors got their deserved light.
In other news...it is time to flee the scene of the crime... and no you may not know what the crime is, else why bother fleeing.
Oh yeah StuTech Version2.0
This is do to a recent evacuation of Stu Tech which apparently not for tech people for Production Managers and Stage Managers...I could go into this more, but believe it or not they have already had their dedication and I say nothing. I just need a space until Dec. That is when I am done with shows for the semester and maybe the year. On call next semester...
posted by Random Teckie at 11:50 PM
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Where does the booze go...
to grammar school
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