edmedmoped
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'Making noise' before running sound effects out of rehearsal or show.
'Going dark' before turning working lights off.
'Going dark' before turning working lights off.
Nice way to meet your coworkers. Who's got your back.Reviving this thread a little and taking it in another direction.
Have any of you people had any odd reactions when you yell "HEADS UP"?
A while back I was working in a venue at height in a lift and dropped a gel frame. I yelled 'Heads Up!' and a gentleman in the room started yelling and freaking out. After a minute he 'came to' and said 'What was that?' I explained that I dropped a gel frame, and he replied "I'm a Vietnam vet with PTSD! Don't scare me like that"
Kind of makes you think twice next time....!
I'm sure this has been covered in this thread, but at four pages I'm not sure it's worth a skim, but I had this recent experience-
I was vacuuming out some overhead projectors at my church in a scissor lift. A lot of people below setting up Christmas decorations (I did have a spotter on the ground FWIW), but I dropped the little piece of foam and instinctively shouted "Heads!" in a room full of volunteers. Everyone looked up confused as the foam hit the ground before anyone could even move. I think the better practice is never drop stuff. If it's heavier than a 2" square piece of foam it won't be pretty.
I've seen this a bit, gel frames being dropped from catwalks, screws from high areas, etc... they usually never call "heads!" until the object has already hit the ground or is just about there... I kicked a gel frame once on a high school catwalk and it fell through a crack, I didn't call "heads" until it was 3/4 the way down after I went "Holy sh*t did I just do that?"I tend to call "Loud Noise" fairly often, usually during strike if we are floating flats and such.
The two times I have been in a theatre when a weight was dropped, the loader was not really even able to yell heads... both times in two different venues it went something like this....
If something is falling that is really going to do damage, odds are they aren't actually going to get anything real out because they will be in shock themselves, something to think about....
Similar to "Striking", another term more common on TV/movie shoots. Used to warm people nearby that a light is about to be turned on.
(Bonus points to anyone who can explain why they would use the term "striking")
From "striking" an arc lamp.
Where do I collect my bonus points? Are they Air Miles?
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