Hi everyone...
In the next few years, I am going to become the calling stage manager at my school. I know how to call the show and everything, but I have been wondering about how to call spot cues.
Right now, the senior stage manager calls the spot cues as "Warning Spot 1 on xxx person with a xxx gel." ..."Spot 1 GO"
The way I was thinking about doing it, is giving each spot op a cue list of all of their cues...it would look like this: (When viewing this chart, please take note that each column should be underneath each other...but I couldn't figure out how to get it to do that)
Cue #|Spot #|Gel Color|Intensity|On Performer...
1 1 Blue 100% XXX
2 1 White 100% XXX
2 White 100% YYY
3 2 White 100% ZZZ
Then all I would have to call is "Warning spot cue 1"..."Spot Cue 1...Go"
Which method do you guys think is better to call the cues? Also, assume that each spot op has a music stand w/ gelled music stand light to be able to see this list upstairs
Thanks
In the next few years, I am going to become the calling stage manager at my school. I know how to call the show and everything, but I have been wondering about how to call spot cues.
Right now, the senior stage manager calls the spot cues as "Warning Spot 1 on xxx person with a xxx gel." ..."Spot 1 GO"
The way I was thinking about doing it, is giving each spot op a cue list of all of their cues...it would look like this: (When viewing this chart, please take note that each column should be underneath each other...but I couldn't figure out how to get it to do that)
Cue #|Spot #|Gel Color|Intensity|On Performer...
1 1 Blue 100% XXX
2 1 White 100% XXX
2 White 100% YYY
3 2 White 100% ZZZ
Then all I would have to call is "Warning spot cue 1"..."Spot Cue 1...Go"
Which method do you guys think is better to call the cues? Also, assume that each spot op has a music stand w/ gelled music stand light to be able to see this list upstairs
Thanks