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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Executing both light and sound cues?

« on: Jul 06, 2007, 08:21 am »

I've found that doing both lighitng and sound can have its advantages, especially when working on something like a small dance show. Mainly because of lighitng cues based around timings and phrases in the music. I've done this many a time.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Mikin a Baby grand piano adn a choir...

« on: May 11, 2007, 08:08 am »

I might be easier to record close mic instead of ambient with the piano to avoid spill from the choir. If you you have any leads in the choir, use super cardiod patterned mics to highlight them, and use cardiods nad maybe even omni's to pick up the rest of the choir. i would use one mic directly infront of each section of the choir (bass, tenor...) and then a few overhead mics maybe 2 or three to capture an overall sound. I use cool edit (now adobe audition) and ableton live, but any of those type of softwares will do. Add reverb to he piano if you go close mic it, and enhancement will probably be needed will the choir, and some EQ tweaking depending on wether the choir is top heavy (lots of soprano).

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Tools of the Trade / Re: New Tallescope ruling in UK

« on: May 04, 2007, 07:13 pm »

Tallescopes aren't dangerous if used properly, I've used them for ages and never had a problem

-Edit- Capitalisation and spelling.

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Employment / Re: London

« on: Mar 24, 2007, 05:10 pm »

anywhere in the west end, ROH in covent garden most places in london do internships so just research some venues and suggest them to the commitee

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Employment / Re: summer work/internship in UK

« on: Mar 07, 2007, 12:15 pm »

OK thanks

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Tools of the Trade / Re: New Tallescope ruling in UK

« on: Mar 04, 2007, 04:29 pm »

I agree with the balnket ban though, that would never happen they are very popular in UK, suprised US doesnt use them

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Tools of the Trade / Re: New Tallescope ruling in UK

« on: Mar 04, 2007, 04:25 pm »

its not a cert thing bout motorisation but iv been talking to a few technical managers around cambridge (UK) and they say that HandS want to bring it in! driving one of those around isnt safe at all. they arent that easy to manuvure in the first place

  

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Squeaky shoes on stage? New trick!

« on: Mar 04, 2007, 12:21 pm »

we'd put masking tape on our taps

I used to do the same using duct tape on my irish dancing heavys

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Tools of the Trade / Re: New Tallescope ruling in UK

« on: Mar 04, 2007, 12:11 pm »

a tallescope is a mobile ladder normally extendable to 40+ feet, there on a base (2-3 meters x 1) consisting of 4 wheels. 

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Tools of the Trade / New Tallescope ruling in UK

« on: Mar 04, 2007, 07:21 am »

According to a technical manager i have worked with there is a new ruling in the uk that from later on this year all tallescopes will have to be motorised and control from the top of the tallescope, is this the same anywhere else? Surely its suicide?

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: advice on lighting dilema

« on: Mar 03, 2007, 03:30 pm »

sorry i meant meters not feet, we have a lot of par cans, about 4 fresnels and 5 floods at our disposal, along with a couple of profiles and spots. i will use the idea of sectioning with 1 special in each. the lighting bars are about 8 meters up and we have 2 above the performance area and 1 lx bar about 4 meters form the front of the stage.

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Employment / Re: summer work/internship in UK

« on: Mar 02, 2007, 04:28 pm »

not too far why?

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: advice on lighting dilema

« on: Mar 01, 2007, 06:08 pm »

its a drama and the dimensions are very rough but at the moment they are set at 8x10

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / ELECTRICS: advice on lighting dilema

« on: Feb 27, 2007, 09:43 pm »

I have just started SMing a new show at college (epsom downs by howard brenton) and the director wants the show in a round, this means that we only have 16 lighting ports available any suggestions?  ???Oh yeah i almost forgit in also the supervising the LD as she wants to learn how to do lighting.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / schedule

« on: Feb 27, 2007, 09:31 pm »

I am currently in sicth form and can only work evenings i also cannot do wed,thurs or saturday because i have dacne lessons has anyone got any suggestions on what i should do about getting work as  SM/DSM/ASM?