I am a 1st year (well, I just finsihed my first year) undergraduate stage management student and I will have my first real SM job this summer, and I just realized that I know a lot less than I should. When I SMed in high school, the stage managers weren't really trained at all so I never formally called cues. (basically, we just said "ok, now um, move that piece of set on" and never called cues at all for lights or sound...) and I took a SM class last semester but it didn't really go over calling cues very well.
I don't really understand when I should say "warning light cue #..." vs when i would say "stand by" or if I always need to give a warning.
Would someone please just sort of give me the basic run down of the proper way to call cues? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!!!!