I'm the new lighting tech at my school and the booth is a absolute mess. It needs to complete reorganized and I'm not sure where to start. Does anyone have any ideas
Hello!
@bmd2018 With apologies if this is too basic and offends your sensibilities but, as I can't see any aspects of your booth and / or its equipment, I'm going to start at the very bottom of the scale. Bear in mind these are my own personal thoughts and I'm sure others will be along to add their thoughts as well.
To begin with, I would put the
stage manager between the lighting and sound operators BECAUSE: In the event of a
headset system failure it's possible for the SM to physically / silently
cue both operators by simply touching them for a
standby and releasing / lightly patting them for a Go. If there are more operators within the same booth, one or two follow spot operators for example, I'd place them on one or both sides. Note I'm assuming having the SM in this central position still affords (s)he adequate visibility of the
stage.
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Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard.