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Old August 11th, 2007, 04:24 AM
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Default Re: advice?

All those others are good here are three of my favorites...

-Make a photo copy of the script single sided. Put it in a binder. This way you have the blank back of the previous page on the left to add notes as needed.

-Go to an office store and buy some little colored sticker dots. Put dots in your script to color code all your calls. Warning-yellow, stand by-red, go-yellow... or whatever works for you. You can also mark sound vs. light cues if you like.

-While at the office supply store get: A pack of a dozen mechanical pencils, a good eraser, I like the "D" ring binders... you'll need either a 2 or 3 inch depending on the length of the script.... and one of those little plastic pencil bags that snaps into the rings of a 3 ring binder... to keep it all in. Put a bunch of blank sheets of paper in the back of the script.

-Since you have some time you might pick up a book on Stage management. There are several out there. A very experienced Stage Manager I know Recommends "Stage Management" by Lawrence Stern. The current 8th edition is about $66 but you can get a used 7th edition from Amazon for $18.50.
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