Great Minds

People often say that great minds think alike. I found this to be explicitly true yesterday while I was talking to Mrs. Ogle about what I had in mind for Antigone. I first said that I really wanted to replicate the side lighting that Milton utilizes and she said that she is very interested with pursuing it as well. We also had similar ideas about how many areas we needed in order to have enough fixtures and also what we wanted for the basic color scheme. I also explained to her how vital I think it is that we jump into the digital planning process with both feet. I already use AutoDesk's "AutoCAD" and Capture Sweden's "Capture Polar" along with eos Family Offline to do the cueing. However, the only way I can show Mrs. Ogle any of my design's I have to take my laptop with me to school and show her there. So I got thinking, why not download the same programs on the desktop she has for student use in her office so we can share the files and she can change and revise them when she has free periods or lunch? It's perfect! I haven't talked to her about it yet but I feel like it's something she can get very interested in. It would be such a great way to streamline our planning and designing process and I see no downsides. I'll try to update when I hear anything, that's all folks,

That Tech Kid, Jordan.

Antigone

Well, we're doing Antigone. A Greek drama about a girl who goes against the rule of the king to give her brother a proper burial and the consequences following. It should be a real treat to get to do such a dramatic lighting design. I've already been taking notes in my script as rehearsal go by. I'm hoping this all goes well. The only difficult part about it is the fact that the batteries in our MS-19 aren't taking a charge so we don't have a way to access any of the stage lights but the ones on the catwalk. Mrs. Ogle and I were discussing buying new ones to get her up and running because I have ideas that need to get set in motion now if they're really going to happen. One of them being true, real, actual sidelight. Something RHS has never dealt with before. I got the idea when we visited our overly funded enemy school, Milton. They have two lengths of Schedule 40 suspended vertically from the rafters on both sides of the stage. It's actually a very good idea once you think about it. I talked it over with Ogle, her opinion being that the only other way to create side light is to use a stand on the stage deck which she's worried about kids running into. I may not necessarily agree, I mean, when I was acting in Seussical, we had stands on the ground and i never heard about any problem at all. Then again, it is ultimately her choice. I just hope one way or the other, I get the side light I've always wanted. Now that I think about it, I feel like using a stand would make more sense. There seem to be less draw backs. Isn't side light supposed to come from as close to eye level as possible? I thought it was, but then again, I could also work with back light if we hung the pipe from above, but not from the stand. Decisions, decisions. 

We'll see what happens, 

That Tech Kid, Jordan.