DRU
Active Member
I have a couple questions for fellow technical directors and/or shop managers and/or those with similar positions:
1. To what degree, after you receive designer drawings from the designer, do you allow your carpenters to offer opinions on how to build a show, before you start drafting and budgeting? Whom do you consult before and during budgeting and drafting concerning how to build a show?
2. Do your carpenters build from designer drawings, or does everything in a show have to be drafted by the TD before going out on the floor?
3. If a problem comes up on the floor with how something is to be built in your shop, is the carpenter allowed to make changes without checking with the TD, or is checking with the TD required? Is there a middle ground?
4. Does the TD have the final say in how scenery is to be built? Does a carpenter have any say in how scenery is to be built? If yes, to what degree?
5. Do you consider your scenic artist and the paint shop a separate shop that you work with, with the scenic artist as the head of that department, or is the paint shop a sub-section of the scene shop, and you oversee both? Are there pros and cons for each setup?
6. Before a show is budgeted and drafted, how much interaction do you have with your scenic artist? Do you talk about scheduling before, during, or after a show is budgeted in the red and drafted?
Thanks in advance.
1. To what degree, after you receive designer drawings from the designer, do you allow your carpenters to offer opinions on how to build a show, before you start drafting and budgeting? Whom do you consult before and during budgeting and drafting concerning how to build a show?
2. Do your carpenters build from designer drawings, or does everything in a show have to be drafted by the TD before going out on the floor?
3. If a problem comes up on the floor with how something is to be built in your shop, is the carpenter allowed to make changes without checking with the TD, or is checking with the TD required? Is there a middle ground?
4. Does the TD have the final say in how scenery is to be built? Does a carpenter have any say in how scenery is to be built? If yes, to what degree?
5. Do you consider your scenic artist and the paint shop a separate shop that you work with, with the scenic artist as the head of that department, or is the paint shop a sub-section of the scene shop, and you oversee both? Are there pros and cons for each setup?
6. Before a show is budgeted and drafted, how much interaction do you have with your scenic artist? Do you talk about scheduling before, during, or after a show is budgeted in the red and drafted?
Thanks in advance.