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PROPS: What is Shout Check?
« on: Oct 30, 2012, 11:50 pm »
I have recently come across the term "Shout Check" in relation to preparing for a performance and I have not heard this term before.  I think it's a UK term.  Does anyone know what this is?  (I am fairly certain is does not involve actually shouting)

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #1 on: Oct 31, 2012, 12:51 pm »
It can actually include some shouting!

It's basically a way of checking for props at the top of a show; the way I've always been told to do it is one person stands with the props list and says the prop and where it should be, and another person checks if it's there, before they move onto the next thing.

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #2 on: Oct 31, 2012, 12:54 pm »
And now it goes into the International SM Dictionary.

But first someone should make that a thing....
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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #3 on: Oct 31, 2012, 01:20 pm »
It only involves actual shouting when you've been doing the show a while.....

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #4 on: Oct 31, 2012, 01:27 pm »
This seems... inefficient. If somebody is running around and checking all the pre-sets, why shouldn't they be the one with the list?

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #5 on: Oct 31, 2012, 02:52 pm »
I would think it should work the other way. Would make a double blind check that dodges the sloppiness that can evolve over a long run. The person in the wings shouts each item as they put hands on, and the central person runs the checklist.

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #6 on: Nov 01, 2012, 08:51 am »
The way I normally work with this, is one ASM sets each wing. They then shout for that wing, and the other person checks. It covers all bases, and means that if one ASM is ill or called away from a cue, the other ASM knows where a prop should be.

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #7 on: Nov 02, 2012, 05:03 am »
Hmm.  Ok.  Thanks for the info.  I've worked in places where we double check each other's work, but never with shouting like that.

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Re: Shout Check
« Reply #8 on: Nov 03, 2012, 01:06 am »
The ASM (who was trained in the UK) at my old theatre brought this in with her, and while I think the literal shouting is tacky and appears unprofessional (especially to our volunteer ushers who stuff programs in the house while we do preshow, who are very often donors), the theory - to have at least one other person double check our work, with documentation to ensure the double check is done properly - is incredibly useful.

 

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