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Roving Maestro Monitors??
« on: Apr 29, 2008, 02:20 pm »
Hi, folks.

I've poked around a bit and can't find anything on this.... 

If one were in a professional opera situation and one was asked to track the roving maestro monitors, what might one create? 

Is it a list or chart of placement throughout the show (ie 142/2/2: Roving monitors in SL2 and SR4)?  Or a monitor plot which involves depicting them on a groundplan and indicating their placement at certain placements in the score?

Any clarification or examples would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Roving Maestro Monitors??
« Reply #1 on: Apr 29, 2008, 02:40 pm »
If it were me, I would mark the placement of the monitors on a ground plan, using a separate groundplan for each configuration, and make a running sheet using timings rather than placements, as I suspect your crew guys will be moving the monitors, and they don't care about where in the score they move, they care about the time they have to move.
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Re: Roving Maestro Monitors??
« Reply #2 on: Apr 30, 2008, 03:16 pm »
Use a 8 x 11 mini groundplan, and mark which wing, in which direction you want the monitor facing. (Is it for singers to look at from the stage or backstage chorus or soloist to look at or hear.

What kind of monitor should be indicated:  visual of conductor/ audio of orch/ or both

Act/ Scene and time

Since electrics usually do this, you might want to turn this into an Elecs plot, with any smoke/fog/pyro effect placements, any electrified practicals on and off set, any twinkly candles or candleabras, etc.

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Re: Roving Maestro Monitors??
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 11:14 pm »
Thanks so much for the suggestions!  I took everyone's suggestions and created something that ended up working out pretty well. 

Thanks again!
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