Script for a show with no words...

[rapscaLLion]

Hey guys,

Anyone have any thoughts on how to write a script as the show is being created for a performance with no words (or at least, no words from any real language)? I can probably write the sounds phonetically but noting gestures and dance escapes me...

Any advice would be great!

 

[Footer]

Same way you call dance. You need to write the movement/actions that are occurring onstage. If the piece is timed to music, all the better.

 

[cprted]

Same way you call dance. You need to write the movement/actions that are occurring onstage. If the piece is timed to music, all the better.

Exactly. If it is being performed to recorded music, you can call off a stopwatch. If it is live music, call off the score. If neither, you'll have to record gestures and movements.

 

[Footer]

Exactly. If it is being performed to recorded music, you can call off a stopwatch. If it is live music, call off the score. If neither, you'll have to record gestures and movements.

The stopwatch is a good place holder, but the cue should still be called from what is actually happening onstage. If you could call a show off a stopwatch, you wouldn't need an SM.

 

[Anvilx]

Reminds me, today I was reading a blog about funny search engine key phrase and one was "how do you make a blog without wrinting".
Back to your query perhaps you could draw pictures?
But I think Footer and cprted probably have a better idea.

 

[cprted]

The stopwatch is a good place holder, but the cue should still be called from what is actually happening onstage. If you could call a show off a stopwatch, you wouldn't need an SM.

Oh absolutely. There are SMs out there that actually call off a stopwatch (so I've heard), and it makes me shudder other than in very particular circumstances.

 

[Sayen]

Oh absolutely. There are SMs out there that actually call off a stopwatch (so I've heard), and it makes me shudder other than in very particular circumstances.

A stopwatch is great for shows when you've only seen a rehearsal or two before performance, such as in-house rentals or tours. I use a stopwatch through rehearsal to figure out approximate times, so I'm not giving five minute standbys when I'm unfamiliar with the pacing for a show.

 

[mstaylor]

I can see using a timing device to track music that you may not be very familar with, but I can't see calling cues from it. Unless your show is on tracks, then it will be different every night.

 

[Anonymous067]

using a stopwatch also doesn't work if you have a double cast, that switches off each night.