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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Starting a tech
« on: Jun 03, 2009, 04:42 pm »
Thanks everyone for the wonderful advice! Thank you for taking time out of your day to help. Hopefully I'll be prepared. 
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Starting a tech
« on: May 31, 2009, 11:43 am »
Okay....so this will sound silly, but I always have trouble starting a tech. So I'd just like some opinions on how you guys start...
Do I ask the LD to go to the first cue? And then tell the actors to stand by for the beginning of the show? Or if we start in a blackout, do I let the actors come onstage to walk through it in black to see if they need any more help in the dark?
Once we get started, do we keep going through the cues? Or do I stop after each cue? How do I know when to go 'back' for the LD to see the transition? Do I automatically do this, unless he says 'I don't need to see it again'? If the LD has not let me know where ANY cues are, do we just keep going until he says "okay, here's the next cue." and then stop? Or do I ask him where the next cue is and try to skip large amounts of script. If we are doing a cue to cue and he's already given me the cues, do I call them out as we go....even though he knows where they are, and we are going to stop after each one?
What about in a musical? How do you do a 'cue to cue' with music? If the LD has not given me cues beforehand, do we mark the songs, or actually go through them with the music and let him see it, then go back? I'm a little confused on what to do for musicals.
I know this sounds silly, but I just have such a hard time establishing a rhythm once getting started. Any info would be great!!
Do I ask the LD to go to the first cue? And then tell the actors to stand by for the beginning of the show? Or if we start in a blackout, do I let the actors come onstage to walk through it in black to see if they need any more help in the dark?
Once we get started, do we keep going through the cues? Or do I stop after each cue? How do I know when to go 'back' for the LD to see the transition? Do I automatically do this, unless he says 'I don't need to see it again'? If the LD has not let me know where ANY cues are, do we just keep going until he says "okay, here's the next cue." and then stop? Or do I ask him where the next cue is and try to skip large amounts of script. If we are doing a cue to cue and he's already given me the cues, do I call them out as we go....even though he knows where they are, and we are going to stop after each one?
What about in a musical? How do you do a 'cue to cue' with music? If the LD has not given me cues beforehand, do we mark the songs, or actually go through them with the music and let him see it, then go back? I'm a little confused on what to do for musicals.
I know this sounds silly, but I just have such a hard time establishing a rhythm once getting started. Any info would be great!!
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Tech Rehearsal
« on: Sep 27, 2008, 10:47 pm »
Hello Everyone!
I was just wondering how everyone runs their tech rehearsals. Im always interested in learning new ways to do things and/or how everyone else is doing them. As far as running the rehearsal goes, do you usually have the light cues beforehand and you pretty much 'run' the play and stop for scene changes,etc...or when the lighting designer needs to stop? Or do you usually go to a cue and then hold, wait for the designers to finish, and keep running the play and/or skip ahead to the next cue? Im just interested, because sometimes when I'm running a tech rehearsal I feel like there is a more efficient way I could probably be doing it. Hopefully I asked that clearly enough for you to understand what I'm actually asking. Thanks in advance!
I was just wondering how everyone runs their tech rehearsals. Im always interested in learning new ways to do things and/or how everyone else is doing them. As far as running the rehearsal goes, do you usually have the light cues beforehand and you pretty much 'run' the play and stop for scene changes,etc...or when the lighting designer needs to stop? Or do you usually go to a cue and then hold, wait for the designers to finish, and keep running the play and/or skip ahead to the next cue? Im just interested, because sometimes when I'm running a tech rehearsal I feel like there is a more efficient way I could probably be doing it. Hopefully I asked that clearly enough for you to understand what I'm actually asking. Thanks in advance!
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Plotting Points on a grounplan
« on: May 03, 2008, 11:15 am »
Thanks everyone! This has helped me a lot and now I feel a little more confident! Thanks again!
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Plotting Points on a grounplan
« on: Apr 30, 2008, 11:31 am »
Hello! I've just been hired at a professional company in Utah as an ASM, and was told that I'm going to be expected to 'plot points' on the groundplan for taping out. I have taped out many times before, but I always seem to be a little slower than some in taping out because I'm too scared to make a mistake. First of all, what does she mean by plotting points? How do I know exactly which plots to point, and how can I be more efficient in taping out? Any advice would be much appreciated!!! Thanks!
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