Recent content by forbiddenpluto

Nope, just obnoxious strip lighting. It was a rehearsal and I needed to take acting notes. I got bored of writing the same thing over and over and over again, so I just wrote MOVE and I CAN'T HEAR YOU really big and started taking random pictures with the phone. lol

It's a combo of things to me. Going to the theatre and performing in it is a welcomed escape from reality. Theatre as a whole is a very interesting mirror on society. You can look back at the plays from different time periods and learn alot about the culture at that specific time.

Tis me... bored off my ass during an Acting 1 "show".

Well, it's high school theatre... I think that explains alot of it right there. Beyond that... They needed a theatre teacher... I needed a job. I got said job. After getting said job they then informed me that I'd be taking over all technical aspects of the theatre. I warned them that my...

I totally agree with the finding a few kids who are competant and tossing them in to the fire. I went over and observed another TD in my county with his advanced stagecraft class and if they're in production (which is almost daily) he gives the crew heads a list of tasks and says go, they...

Show wise we deal with musicals (Godspell next year, but I haven't decided on the pallette yet), dance shows (they like being extreme), plays, choral concerts, and presentations. They've booked us a few pro shows, but I haven't gotten their riders yet. We're a small theatre. I'm actually...

Trained in college on Final Cut Pro and lucky enough to have it at my HS too. :)

Okay, so I hunted through the archives and didn't find exactly what I needed. Totally set when I need to gel the spot though. ;) I've been given $ (probably the last for a while) to begin a stock set of gel and gobos. Now, with that being said I'm basically a complete newb when it comes to...

It's a work in progress at my theatre. We technically have 2 drama teachers. I am the TD and she is... well, she's supposed to be the main acting teacher. Right now I'm teaching Stagecraft 1 and Adv. Stagecraft (which thanks to the last teacher is really like Stagecraft 1.2) as well as Acting 1...

When things run as planned we have lighting and sound in our tiny booth and the SM directly out front. There's also an ASM on SL and SL as well as a runner on backstage in the dressing room in case of missing performers and/or crew.

Are they planning on dancing on it? If not I don't see why they'd want/need it. My guess is that they just want the white. Would painting the deck and runway be an option? Meh, if they want to burn that much of their budget let em.

Yeah, the Shakespeares do some of the job, but we've only got 30's. So I'm planning on ordering some 50 and 26 degree Source 4's and slowly over the period of several years switch out. I'm hoping by that time we'll have a blackbox where we'll be able to use the older Shakespeares (as well as our...

Actually the quotes we got for the ION were cheaper than most Expression boards... without an additional wing the price was under 5,000. I figured why not go for the newer technology. :)

Oh, I totally agree with the overkill on the DMX lighting. While yes, I'm super excited to have them, umm... the money could have been spent wiser and we wouldn't be in this position right now. However there was some politics from a teacher at the school (nothing to do with the dept) that...

Oh, I should also add that I don't have any software for any type of design. Suggestions? :) And I went on over and put up an intro! :)