Mrs. Ogle gave me that award today... Printed and signed and all. I think that's a sign. Too bad I chose to disregard the warning. I stayed after to decorate the auditorium for our Theatre Troupe meeting and dealt with the most stressful of the lights that we own. Christmas string lights. It was an utter nightmare. They kept getting tangled and I kept having to walk up and down the stairs to check the symmetry and it was horrid. I can't wait to take them down and rid myself of the stressful reminder. They look nice though, I can't wait to see them with all the other decorations and things.
That's that-until next time,
That Tech Kid, Jordan.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Stress Free for Me
It's a very weird feeling, to be stress free after working a show. Antigone was honestly a nightmare come to life. It was staged 100% in front of the plaster line, meaning I could only light it from the catwalk and the apron wings. That also meant that I only had 18 circuits to use, four were dedicated two-fer circuits, three were dedicated night wash, one was fill light for our extra tall Creon, four were dedicated apron fill, one was a lightning special, there goes all of the catwalk. The remaining five were all floor pocket positions in the deck all used for either side light, of more lightning. There were two Source Fours with 50 degree tubes for standard side, along with two-fered specials with red gels for death conversations, and finally a strobe light with Stage Pin adapter for lightning. Speaking of lightning, we never actually used those cues in the show. Two circuits wasted! Yeah!
I actually got a video of the show but I recorded it on my phone and it's much too over exposed to have any idea what was going on.
After we finished the final show on the 17th, we struck everything. How long did it take, you ask? Lighting and all, no joke, took an hour and a half. how crazy is that? It was much easier taking it down than putting it up! The catwalk was quite simple, actually. See, at RHS, we have an in-between show set up that is quite easy to revert to after every show. We have two apron areas from the catwalk, five areas upstage of that from the catwalk, five areas from the first elec. and two from the second. It only requires 12 Source Four's, 10 Fresnel's, two PAR's, and 6 more Source Four's for back light if you please. Which I do.
However, there's one small problem with that. The janitors ruined the batteries of our lift. They thought it would be a good idea to take it on a little journey out and about around the school and even outside, in the parking lot, in the rain. Who knows what they were thinking or who let them take our property but that's not the point. The point is that the batteries still work they just aren't exactly, well, good. They only charge if they want to and they die quicker than... well quicker than I'd like them to. There was a back light left from the LD before me that I never bothered to take care of until now but here's the thing, I didn't want to take it down, no, I wanted to give it friends. At first, I got it one, a twin on the other side of the stage to copy. Too bad for me that they weren't bright enough to do much against our front light. So the next day, I decide during class to add another set of twins to help out. There are four pipes that hold some of the weight of all the curtains that just so happen to be 1 1/2" diameter. They run parallel to the Center Line, two are about 5 feet from center and the outer two are about 15 feet from those. The original and the twin are hung on the outer two and the fillers are hung on the inner two, throwing across center so the beams are about the same size as their partner, on the outer. Well, that's the way it should be. In the span of an hour class period, I had time to gather my tools, cabling, and fixtures, get the lift (affectionately named "Dinky") to where he needed to be, try to go up, have the batteries dies, plug Dinky back in, waste time, go up, get one light locked down, and put Dinky away. So now there is a two light BL area, and a one light BL area. I intend to finish up Monday, if Dinky permits.
That's all folks,
That Tech Kid, Jordan.
I actually got a video of the show but I recorded it on my phone and it's much too over exposed to have any idea what was going on.
After we finished the final show on the 17th, we struck everything. How long did it take, you ask? Lighting and all, no joke, took an hour and a half. how crazy is that? It was much easier taking it down than putting it up! The catwalk was quite simple, actually. See, at RHS, we have an in-between show set up that is quite easy to revert to after every show. We have two apron areas from the catwalk, five areas upstage of that from the catwalk, five areas from the first elec. and two from the second. It only requires 12 Source Four's, 10 Fresnel's, two PAR's, and 6 more Source Four's for back light if you please. Which I do.
However, there's one small problem with that. The janitors ruined the batteries of our lift. They thought it would be a good idea to take it on a little journey out and about around the school and even outside, in the parking lot, in the rain. Who knows what they were thinking or who let them take our property but that's not the point. The point is that the batteries still work they just aren't exactly, well, good. They only charge if they want to and they die quicker than... well quicker than I'd like them to. There was a back light left from the LD before me that I never bothered to take care of until now but here's the thing, I didn't want to take it down, no, I wanted to give it friends. At first, I got it one, a twin on the other side of the stage to copy. Too bad for me that they weren't bright enough to do much against our front light. So the next day, I decide during class to add another set of twins to help out. There are four pipes that hold some of the weight of all the curtains that just so happen to be 1 1/2" diameter. They run parallel to the Center Line, two are about 5 feet from center and the outer two are about 15 feet from those. The original and the twin are hung on the outer two and the fillers are hung on the inner two, throwing across center so the beams are about the same size as their partner, on the outer. Well, that's the way it should be. In the span of an hour class period, I had time to gather my tools, cabling, and fixtures, get the lift (affectionately named "Dinky") to where he needed to be, try to go up, have the batteries dies, plug Dinky back in, waste time, go up, get one light locked down, and put Dinky away. So now there is a two light BL area, and a one light BL area. I intend to finish up Monday, if Dinky permits.
That's all folks,
That Tech Kid, Jordan.
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