Nearly a rant, but not quite. Spectacle? Annoyed old engineer? What?

[tladuke]

I'm 62 so I think I classify as ancient as well. I agree with the general concensus . It's a shame that many schools now begin theater training with emphasis on tech and not story. I work in the themed entertainment industry and its all about tech. In fact, it's an arms race between the industry heavy weights. What's the most complex, bleeding edge and expensive tech we can use and then get a writer to wrap a story around it.

 

[Ancient Engineer]

p.s. From your profile, you're younger than me so you're not allowed to call yourself "Ancient"

Like I tell folks: It's really not the years... it's the mileage.




Or maybe its the now-less-than-useful knowledge I carry around in my noggin.

I can, for instance, setup and time a 8 camera NTSC shoot without CCUs and a punch-n-crunch switcher and have it all look reasonably watchable.

Not exactly in high demand any more.

I can operate and maintain a Quadruplex VTR and a fix a JH-600 console and backfocus a elipsoidal.

Ancient... by anyone born in 2001 standards, ...who is now loading in your show even as we speak...


Every day I get up and don't recognize the old man staring back in the mirror. At least I don't feel how he looks!

 

[JohnHuntington]

It's a shame that many schools now begin theater training with emphasis on tech and not story.

I've just spent a bunch of time reviewing various theatre school curricula I don't think that's the case for playwrights, actors, directors, etc. And I argue not enough tech is being taught to the technical students.

John