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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / REHEARSALS: Noh Fan Blocking Notation?

« on: Jan 25, 2012, 06:19 pm »

Does anyone have a good working system for blocking notation for fan work?  Specifically looking for Noh fan work vs restoration-type work.

Thanks.
Jerry

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Tools of the Trade / Re: OCR software

« on: Feb 23, 2011, 12:13 am »

I use our copier (a Xerox) set to a special OCR setting. It scans to a pdf. From there, I'm using Adobe Acrobat to force the document into MS Word.  The biggest drawback with this setup is that I have yet to find how to set the scanner to make a multi-page pdf while using the glass top. It only wants to scan a multi-page document (like a script, with an original held in reserve) into a single pdf if it gets fed through the document feeder.   

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Stage Management: Other / Re: Risk Assessment

« on: Nov 01, 2010, 06:08 pm »

In Washington State, job hazard assessments are required for all workplaces. We do ours by location (you have the option to do it by location or task) for all of the studios, shops and theatres and then do a show specific risk assessment.  The risk assessment for the show covers specific hazards (smoke/haze, traps, rakes, edges, falls, open orchestra pits, strange blackouts, dance injuries, etc.) that we identify and then discuss in an open training session with all of the cast and crew.

And as was observed, after the last concert season, the live entertainment business is going to come under a new regulatory microscope pretty damn quick, so get ready. 

Jerry