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One more thing; do you have theaters around you? What do they use? Your students would be served well by being pushed to go ask for pointers from local venues. Not the least of which is to get inside talking to those who would likely be happy to share Keep us posted. High School Technical Theater. Scott Parker. Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message.

SKetching for the TD on Sat. Late morning I think. Leffel, Lindsey. Unfortunately no, but I'm sure we would all love if you would share your materials with us that can't make it after the fact! I so wish that I could make the Sketching for the TD session! MeLinda Tatum Kaiser.

Hi all, I'm looking to purchase a new lighting console for our school. Currently, we have 8 moving heads and 24 scrollers along with our conventional instruments. Any suggestions? The popular choice around here is ETC: Element has very nice help at the command line, perfect for the everchanging student crew.

The Ion has better moving light controls and more advanced features, but can get a bit confusing. What is your current console? And about thewww.

All in all, we have 4 boards, none of which are doing what they should. Anshuman Bhatia. I really want pictures and some more background for the HS website. It sounds like a great story of overcoming equipment limitations The express line has been cut by ETC, much to the chagrin of many here. It's not the best at moving lights by no means. Great board though. You mentioned your 8 moving heads and 24 scrollers. Did I miss the number of dimmers?

How many dimmers? Do you think you'll be getting more gear in the future? Also, we are offering a High School teachers one week training program this July.

This course is designed to teach teachers the basics of scenic art. You can get more information at the booth or by visiting the Cobalt Studios web site: www. I've used the HogPC program on a Windows machine in high schools and it works very well. Below that is the DMX widget that will handle one universe of signal.

The top right is the DMX super widget which output for universes. From what you describe, you can easily get away with one universe; but you will need to daisychain everything together. You can send the DMX cable to your moving lights and to the controller for the color scrollers. Sample 1 above inclues an Excel you can sort by page or by date depending upon your needs; just remember a new page like "43A" will throw off the sorting. Line Notes [Sample 1] [Template 1] [Sample 2] Sample 1 takes some time to compile, but uses less paper and if the same line notes are repeated, copy-and-paste for the future.

Sample 2 is handy for notice of just a couple lines, especially if you have some pre-cut strips ready at the SM desk. See Blocking Key Sample 1 for some examples of how to record line notes in your script.

Run Order [Sample 1] [Sample 2] When you approach runthroughs, post this list on the walls of the rehearsal to remind everyone what's next. If tracked music, you can include timings. Preset List [Sample 1] [Sample 2] [Picture Diagram Sample] [SM Preshow Checklist] It is recommended that you either have checklists built into the paperwork or place them in sheet protectors that you can write on for inventory then clean between shows.

Photos of specific presets can be helpful documentation. Shift Plot [Sample] [Template] If you need individual run sheets for different departments, you can create separate worksheets in the same Excel doc, linking the cells to the individual sheets.

Thus, stage management can update the main sheet and it automatically transfers to the individual crew sheets. This is a running list of everything that happens during a performance, with the script page, approximate run time, where it takes place, and who is involved.

While it's often "too much information" for anyone other than stage management, you can cut and paste from it to create individual lists for departments. Also works as the running paperwork for productions with only 1 or 2 crew members total backstage. Costume Change Plot [Sample] [Template].

Opera Paperwork Because of its complexity, the opera genre tends to have some of the most in-depth stage management paperwork, which can be adapted to other genres see the Running Info Sheet above. Here are a few samples:. ASMs are usually cueing all of this backstage. Prop Inventory - [Sample] Opera props are often a combination of rental items and things pulled by the local company. In this sample, true cues entrances, tracking notes are in the green dots, exits to be aware of are in pink, entrances are in orange.

Thirty second timings are in yellow, treble and bass clef are highlighted to help follow along. Stage managers may also place markings for 4 minutes places calls and 2 minutes "Are they backstage yet or do we need to make a second places call? I hope that we will get a thorough report from this committee at our Fall Conference and that we will all have a chance to help move this endeavor forward.

We are always looking for ideas for presentations as well as recommended presenters. Is it the same thing every time or something similar? Needless to say I am a little disappointed that no one offered any responses to my question. But being true to my offer to follow up with an article, I can only provide an example of one.

When I have found myself in a stagnant mode of creativity, art forms other than theatre have most often been my inspiration to provide my own personal renaissance.