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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Helium Tank Onstage
« on: Jan 29, 2008, 02:19 am »
You need to have it delivered if you get a full cylinder.
Call your local welding supply place.
Call your local welding supply place.
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Tools of the Trade / Re: Business Cards
« on: Jan 26, 2008, 11:42 pm »Do you really want perfect strangers knowing where you live?This is the information age people.
Tell me your name and 10 minutes later I can have picture of your roof.
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Employment / Re: Unsure
« on: Jan 24, 2008, 06:22 pm »
If you get out of the city IATSE is somewhat easier to get into if only for the fact that you can build up working hours because of the smaller labor pool.
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Employment / Re: Websites
« on: Jan 23, 2008, 02:15 pm »
I have two sites, one is my business site for sales and audio services while the other is for prospective employers.
Business:
http://www.freewebs.com/avkid001/
Employment:
http://www.freewebs.com/pladue/
Yeah, I know that I need to lose the freewebs addresses.
Business:
http://www.freewebs.com/avkid001/
Employment:
http://www.freewebs.com/pladue/
Yeah, I know that I need to lose the freewebs addresses.
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: "Lighting" Cigarettes?
« on: Jan 21, 2008, 10:11 pm »There has been a lot of talk about zippos here. While this is certainly an excellent solution in terms of practicality, does it fit the character?I did my research.
A Zippo is perfectly reasonable in 20th century Britain.
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: "Lighting" Cigarettes?
« on: Jan 18, 2008, 02:01 pm »You can also use a Zippo lighter that does not have any fluid, but does have a flint.Yeah, they come without fluid in them. Regular chrome Zippos can be had for about $10 if you know where to look.
http://www.lightersales.com/index.cfm/catalog/view-product.cfm?id=1310
Don't worry about the price, they will outlast us all.
I inherited one from my grandfather.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: New Questions
« on: Jan 18, 2008, 12:31 am »
I'll keep my answers in a general form that pertains to the whole of the EI.
I could go on for pages on this question alone.
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How stable is the job?That depends on many factors, geography, the economy, urban development in an area, tourism increases and decreases.
I could go on for pages on this question alone.
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What are the down sides of the job?No "normal" working life(9-5 M-F and such)
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: "Lighting" Cigarettes?
« on: Jan 18, 2008, 12:24 am »
Everyone recognizes the "click" of a Zippo light, from old movies at the very least.
Have the actors cup their hand around it, just as they would tend to do on a rainy day.
Have the actors cup their hand around it, just as they would tend to do on a rainy day.
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Tools of the Trade / TMB ProCue
« on: Jan 15, 2008, 10:52 pm »
I was leafing through my copy of LiveDesign and saw a cool looking new product.
http://www.tmb.com/products/ProCue/
http://www.tmb.com/products/ProCue/
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Tools of the Trade / Re: Should I become a Mac-er?
« on: Jan 15, 2008, 12:56 pm »
The last good version of Office was 1998.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Dropping Cards?
« on: Jan 14, 2008, 09:30 pm »P.s. - why do you Americans have to be different and give your fixtures different names to the rest of the world?We mess with everything, football and beer for example.
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Tools of the Trade / Re: Introducing VirtualCallboard: Web-Based Stage Management / Production Manage
« on: Jan 14, 2008, 06:13 pm »
That seems quite affordable for a hosted service.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Dropping Cards?
« on: Jan 14, 2008, 06:10 pm »Berkie Colortran Mini-Ellipses! That's the name of them. Anyhow.Berkey Photo bought Colortran in the 1970s.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Dropping Cards?
« on: Jan 11, 2008, 08:19 pm »Hard to imagine them getting "different throw angles" from black wrap. Or are you referring to masking with wrap...?I was in fact referring to the use of blackwrap as mask.