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Haven't seen this covered here in a bit...

On occassion I have submitted a blank report, not too often though.

The one I usually use (which gets submitted to the Exec Director and Tech Director) includes the standard schedule for the day/night, attendance, department breakdowns (lighting/sound, costumes, props, etc) and office notes.

The majority of mine are usually what we still need done from whatever department.  Sometimes it's documentation of coflicts between production staff and / or actors.

Although a report I submitted for the last show I did included an encounter between me and an actor & actress doing some inappropriate things in a very dark stairwell...

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SMNetwork Archives / kit
« on: Jan 10, 2005, 10:54 am »
Quote from: "ERK"
post-it notes and a variety of pain medication - 2 things I use every rehearsal


I couldn't agree more... I also seem to use spike tape a lot... It always seems like I need to mark something somewhere.

And in case you missed it, check out this thread.

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SMNetwork Archives / on the other end of the headset spectrum
« on: Dec 10, 2004, 11:43 am »
[hyjack]

Does anyone know if it's possible to mix wired / wireless com systems together?  If so, anyone use a decent, yet affordable, wireless headset?

[/hyjack]

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Wearing the ASM hat for a bit... just wondering what type of scene shifts you find the most cumbersome... not necessarily the most complex.  For instance, I hate shifting living rooms / dining rooms / bedrooms, that sort of thing.  It's tough to automate those types of changes from offstage on just rails and flies, a lot of it just has to be carried off and on.  Big, bulky pieces aren't diffecult, just cumbersome.

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Quote from: "DAE"
For me it depends on the situation. I usually do just standby, Go for lights and sound. (espically when sound is run of SFX). I call warn, standby, go for Rail cues and Deck Cues. Things like these can be dangerous, and the more warning you give to a crew, the better off you are.


Exactly what I do... I used to give a warn, standby, go for lights too, but awhile back, while calling a show where a good friend of mine was running the board, I noticed he did nothing when I gave him a warning.  After thinking about it, it all made sense, he is afterall, just pressing a GO button, what does he need all the prep time for?

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Sorry, no really useful help here, although a ladder does seem like a pretty good replacement.  I'm interested to know what you end up using, so please keep us posted!

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Quote from: "KC-SM"
There have been many shows where I have had to "invent" a name for a type of cue because it was unusual and specific to the show.


Just finished calling Into the Woods where we had a couple of "bird cues" where pigeons dropped in momentarily from above.  Calling it a rail cue didn't seem to fit, but everyone liked the bird cues.

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I was actually curious of the same question myself... and adding to the original question, what about other types of cues?  scene shifts? fly cues?  rail cues?  special effects?  What are you calling all of these things?

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