Inspiring Techie
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Hello! My name is Jay and I'm a 15 year old inspiring techie that loves technical theatre. I've always been fascinated with the behind the scenes of theatre. I've been in over 15 shows at my community theatre and for every show I look up behind the scenes of certain effects. (Ex. The enchanted rose in B&TB) I've watched tons of videos and read many articles on how to do certain effects. I've always loved the special effects. That's how I stumbled upon this site where I read ways to do different effects. At my theatre we do things simply since its a shoestring budget with no flys or advanced lights. So I've always had the mentality of not making things more difficult then they need to be. However, when people on the site talk all pro (Don't get me started on lighting) I get extremely confused. While I am very creative I lack some basic knowledge in theatre. I would really love to have my own theatre when I grow up and would like to start learning about the basics now. Is there a book or resources that would help an inspiring techie like myself know the basics of technical theatre? I look up to some of the people on here that know all this knowledge and do this for a living. Thank you so much for reading this and giving time to respond Any feedback is appreciated