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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: ARTICLE: Stage Managers using a paperless process
« on: Oct 15, 2012, 12:12 am »
I still do the same paper work, but just being able to do it while at rehearsal and have it all on the same device makes it easier. Basically, I don't need to search for my paperwork. It is all in the same app and the easily accessible. During blocking, I can use the search feature to find the exact page/cue. For example, if the director asks, when in the script are the Indians removed, I just type in 'Indians removed' on the search feature and it pulls all references in my blocking script where I wrote that
True, working with the production staff is more difficult at times. But it just makes it easier for me because it is easier to do many things. Directors I have worked with have a tendency to change blocking a lot, so with the app, I can easily just tap on the piece of blocking and click edit, because I have the iPad at rehearsal. The seconds that I saved by deleting instead of erasing it, made it easier for me to write down the new blocking
For me personally, my iPad makes me more organized. I am not saying everyone should use it. SMing is an individual craft and everyone does things there own way
True, working with the production staff is more difficult at times. But it just makes it easier for me because it is easier to do many things. Directors I have worked with have a tendency to change blocking a lot, so with the app, I can easily just tap on the piece of blocking and click edit, because I have the iPad at rehearsal. The seconds that I saved by deleting instead of erasing it, made it easier for me to write down the new blocking
For me personally, my iPad makes me more organized. I am not saying everyone should use it. SMing is an individual craft and everyone does things there own way