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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Labtop vs. Pencil and Script/Notepad
« on: Apr 14, 2010, 05:28 pm »
"Any sort of blocking notation on the computer would need the following things.
1) Ways to tie it to text, or other stage notation in the script.
2) Ways to edit on the fly
3) Ways to backup old blocking
4) Easy way for someone to read (unless you want to spend every break flipping through your tablet computer to give actors blocking)
5) Allow you to do groups of people as well as individuals (Like French Army, as opposed to solider #1, #2) . . ."
I know I keep posting here without having SM a show yet, but for the films I've worked on in the past, my tablet fits all of those criteria. I use a software called Bluebeam Revu. It is wonderful.
It all comes down to personal preference though. I don't mean to place a plug here...but, if anyone wants to see how I use this program to script supervise (it has many overlaps in the notes with SM) you can check out my site a www.scriptonset.com. You don't have to, but if you would like to know what I'm talking about it's all there.
1) Ways to tie it to text, or other stage notation in the script.
2) Ways to edit on the fly
3) Ways to backup old blocking
4) Easy way for someone to read (unless you want to spend every break flipping through your tablet computer to give actors blocking)
5) Allow you to do groups of people as well as individuals (Like French Army, as opposed to solider #1, #2) . . ."
I know I keep posting here without having SM a show yet, but for the films I've worked on in the past, my tablet fits all of those criteria. I use a software called Bluebeam Revu. It is wonderful.
It all comes down to personal preference though. I don't mean to place a plug here...but, if anyone wants to see how I use this program to script supervise (it has many overlaps in the notes with SM) you can check out my site a www.scriptonset.com. You don't have to, but if you would like to know what I'm talking about it's all there.