Your Biggest Problem

[dvsDave]

No one has a perfectly ordered, perfectly smoothly running theatre. (They just don't exist in our imperfect world)

So, what is the Number One thing that you wish you could change to make your theatre and/or job easier/faster/better/stronger?? Don't tell me about something you can buy, tell me about a product or service that doesn't yet exist.

Tell me here​

 

[CSCTech]

That our place has no faculty member who runs or maintains the theatre. It is just a group of three students, we can handle everything ourselves, but if there where say a Theatre Group or something we could have a real budget and whatnot, not just nag other departments that use the place.

 

[wolf825]

No one has a perfectly ordered, perfectly smoothly running theatre. (They just don't exist in our imperfect world)

So, what is the Number One thing that you wish you could change to make your theatre and/or job easier/faster/better/stronger?? Don't tell me about something you can buy, tell me about a product or service that doesn't yet exist.

Tell me here​

Hmm...I don't know--my theater runs pretty darn well compared to most....that is until the 'supervisors/directors/producers' and actors or musicians arrive.

The product or service that doesn't exist yet is this--a standardized theater competency of full operation & production. Some folks 'get it'--some just do not.. A Lot of places cut corners and 'get by'...some are there to appease and be served for their 'vision of art' which is ego stroking....and some people have backgrounds not adept to what others in the business hold as 'professional standards' for operation and function... Some of it is due to poor funding or support--sometimes its due to lack of caring....and other times its due to those with that superior "arrr-TEEEEEST" mentality of lofty artsy floaty visions and ideas which they can be patted on the head for and given a cookie of recognition and ego stroking, but they have no grounding in reality, practice or concept in understanding what it actually takes in work to accomplish it safely and professionally... No one is on the same page at the same time...

Theater while having artful base and flair, is still a business with practices and standardizations and levels of ability in operation. So basically what is needed--everyone in a venue from actors to tech to FOH to guests having the same grounded 'clue' for reality and working on the same level of expectation and standards....


-w

 

[Sony]

A gel organizer that doesn't suck, I mean, filing cabinets with folders work, but it's not the perfect solution. Still it's the best by far that I have come across for regular source 4 sized cuts and things of that nature, but when I have cuts for a 10 degree or a 5 degree, a filing cabinet isn't large enough. So if someone could design a larger cabinet and filing folders (the ones with the metal supports and grooves to hang them and keep them organized) that acommodates larger 10", 14" and 18" cuts, that would be amazing!

Currently I use a Filing Cabinet for the cuts of gels and then an Architect Filing Cabinet (the big wide flat ones) for full gel sheets and it keeps things really well organized but the larger gel cuts get left out and then they get lost, or I have to fold them to fit them in a folder and they get creased and I HATE when they get creased.

 

[Footer]

A jetpack has not become a viable product and would make my life much easier.

For me, it would be a legit way to fully collaborate on a project completely cloud based and one tracked. A space that combines google wave, sketchup, WYSIWYG, AutoCAD, vectorworks, photoshop, and some type of costuming rendering program into one. It would allow real time tracking for all design elements. It would provide a one stop place for everyone on a given production to collaborate without having to fly across the country to meet in person.

 

[MrsFooter]

Trust in an aerosol can.

That way, when I've got some jerk road sound guy who thinks that because he's a man and older than me he is more qualified to do my job than I am, despite the fact that he can't identify the right end of wrench...

*psss* Right in his face.

"Oh, wait, you know what you're doing. You've clearly done this many times before. I'll just let you do your job."

 

[DuckJordan]

Trust in an aerosol can.

That way, when I've got some jerk road sound guy who thinks that because he's a man and older than me he is more qualified to do my job than I am, despite the fact that he can't identify the right end of wrench...

*psss* Right in his face.

"Oh, wait, you know what you're doing. You've clearly done this many times before. I'll just let you do your job."

you my friend are looking for the force, much simpler to use and less cumber sum than an aerosol can. or my favorite pull out a pocket sized resume

 

[MrsFooter]

A gel organizer that doesn't suck, I mean, filing cabinets with folders work, but it's not the perfect solution. Still it's the best by far that I have come across for regular source 4 sized cuts and things of that nature, but when I have cuts for a 10 degree or a 5 degree, a filing cabinet isn't large enough. So if someone could design a larger cabinet and filing folders (the ones with the metal supports and grooves to hang them and keep them organized) that acommodates larger 10", 14" and 18" cuts, that would be amazing!

Currently I use a Filing Cabinet for the cuts of gels and then an Architect Filing Cabinet (the big wide flat ones) for full gel sheets and it keeps things really well organized but the larger gel cuts get left out and then they get lost, or I have to fold them to fit them in a folder and they get creased and I HATE when they get creased.

Oh, and the product you're looking for would be a lateral filing cabinet. We store all our gel, from the 6.25" to the 10" sizes, in one of these bad boys. They're wider and deeper than a legal-size, so plenty of space for all, and because files are hung sideways, they're much easier to pursue through when you don't know exactly what you want.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

One word.



Money.



Or lack therefore of.

 

[photoatdv]

Hum, Dave... what's the fancy form for?

 

[Anvilx]

For me, it would be a legit way to fully collaborate on a project completely cloud based and one tracked. A space that combines google wave, sketchup, WYSIWYG, AutoCAD, vectorworks, photoshop, and some type of costuming rendering program into one. It would allow real time tracking for all design elements. It would provide a one stop place for everyone on a given production to collaborate without having to fly across the country to meet in person.

One word: Unigraphics

 

[Footer]

One word: Unigraphics

NX (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This?

That does feed the practical end, but in no way feeds the collaboration end. I want something to come close to replicated the 12 hour design meetings where images are thrown all over the place, concepts happen, people fight, the world explodes.

 

[dvsDave]

Footer, I know what you mean. Perhaps this could be accomplished if Google Wave ever reaches its full potential. (IE: It can handle more than 10 people collaborating smoothly)

I have several ideas along these lines, but the tech just isn't quite there yet. I'm keeping an eye on it in the meantime.

 

[Sony]

Oh, and the product you're looking for would be a lateral filing cabinet. We store all our gel, from the 6.25" to the 10" sizes, in one of these bad boys. They're wider and deeper than a legal-size, so plenty of space for all, and because files are hung sideways, they're much easier to pursue through when you don't know exactly what you want.

I shall look into this!

 

[Raktor]

Staff that all magically work together with no conflicts, all pull their own weight, and all do their assigned tasks safely and timely.

90% of them are fine, but there's always that 10% that cause problems for everyone.

 

[Anvilx]

NX (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This?

That does feed the practical end, but in no way feeds the collaboration end. I want something to come close to replicated the 12 hour design meetings where images are thrown all over the place, concepts happen, people fight, the world explodes.

Unigraphics, NX as it is known today, was built for collaboration. I was talking to my dad about it and he said that one of the demos that he has seen is several people, indifferent places one in say England, Germany, and Spain all working together live. And this was in ~1993.

 

[CSCTech]

Being part of a highschool

Or have a budget X_X

 

[eternalfire1244]

In my case- a owner that does not back-stab and play games with employees and volunteers.

Another would be Light plotting software that runs natively in Linux (preferably FOSS).

 

[kiwitechgirl]

I could really use whatever it is that makes a TARDIS bigger on the inside than on the outside....that way we could apply it to our building, the exterior walls of which cannot be altered, and get a theatre space that actually has wings and more roof height!

In the real world, I'd settle for playwrights who don't write scenes where people cook full meals on stage.

 

[Rockey]

A zip-line from the booth to the stage. Or a transporter. It's just too hard to fight the crowd during intermission, before/after shows, etc or to get to the stage REALLY quickly when something goes terribly wrong. This also applies to the catwalks.