During the production week my main role/focus will be that of the sound department, so instead of concentrating 100% on the assembly of the set, sorting of props, painting the last parts etc.. I will be focusing on the set-up of the band, mixer, fold back systems, dealing with microphone issues and sorting out the PA Systems being used to provide sound to the audience.
Then during the show my role is the mixing of the Live Band, and controlling the level of sound coming from each instrument/amp/microphone and mixing them through into the speakers. I will also help with the Pre-sets and jobs needed doing before the start of every show, and the interval pre-sets/jobs, but my own focus will be that of sound.
Sunday 24 March 2013
Saturday 23 March 2013
Its Production Week on Monday!
So after weeks that have felt like years, we are now at the stage were Production Week Starts on Monday. We have finished about 90% Set with just small things to do next week, but these are only small things which is good because it means that these little jobs will not take up a huge amount of time.
Our Production week lasts 4 Days, Monday the 25th-Thursday the 28th of March. The Schedule as it stands right now is as followed:
Monday:
Tech Day, we have the theatre for a the whole day so that we can do all the major jobs like, The band Staging set-up, all the lighting rigged, sound set-up (Microphones) + All the cabling layed out ready to be plugged in etc... also at 9am on the Monday the Hire Company (Impact productions) will turn up with all the hired equipment/lighting/sound and staging, they also provided a technician to help set up the staging and the lighting. The plan is to stay until most of this is done so that is ready for Tuesday Morning!
Also at some point the Band will turn up with all their Instruments so that they can be set-up with microphones, amp plugged in etc... Me and will would then proceed to mix and equalize each and every instrument.
Tuesday:
The Cast would then come over to the theatre at 9am ready for a full technical rehearsal (with Wireless Microphone) and this would last until whatever time they finished. In the lunch break we would then fix any technical issues or set problems ready for when the cast return after lunch. When they return they will either proceed with going over parts of the play that they weren't happy with that needed more practice. Then they would go for another run-through getting as far through the play as possible.
Wednesday:
The Cast would again turn up at 9am, to get straight into Costume ready for a Dress Rehearsal. As we had a performance at 7pm that evening, all technical issues needed to be addressed and sorted by then, (the sound was proving to be the hardest to sort out and this was my department during the show). We would then do the same as Tuesday and go over areas that the Director or the Technical team weren't happy with, and then follow this with the final rehearsal before the first show.
All pre-sets would be made and the cast would go for dinner, we would then fix any problems or do any last minute adjustments that needed to be made.
Then we would have the first show at 7pm-10pm (Approx)
Thursday:
There would be a later start on the Thursday but the time would depend on how well the Wednesday night performance had gone. If all goes well we would come in and just get ready straight away for the matinee performance at 2.30pm. If there were areas that weren't as good as we wanted then we will be asked in a little earlier to fix/go over these areas.
There would then be the 2.30 performance and then after this a break/if there were still set/technical problems we will try and solve these before presetting for the evening performance at 7.30pm.
The Cast would then all return, get changed and ready for the last performance of the show, the show would go ahead at 7.30.
After the show had finished, straight away the Get-out would begin and the whole set and everything in the theatre would be taken down, packed away and either returned to the Hire company (Impact Productions) or taken back to college.
After this was done we would all go home and enjoy our holidays.
Our Production week lasts 4 Days, Monday the 25th-Thursday the 28th of March. The Schedule as it stands right now is as followed:
Monday:
Tech Day, we have the theatre for a the whole day so that we can do all the major jobs like, The band Staging set-up, all the lighting rigged, sound set-up (Microphones) + All the cabling layed out ready to be plugged in etc... also at 9am on the Monday the Hire Company (Impact productions) will turn up with all the hired equipment/lighting/sound and staging, they also provided a technician to help set up the staging and the lighting. The plan is to stay until most of this is done so that is ready for Tuesday Morning!
Also at some point the Band will turn up with all their Instruments so that they can be set-up with microphones, amp plugged in etc... Me and will would then proceed to mix and equalize each and every instrument.
Tuesday:
The Cast would then come over to the theatre at 9am ready for a full technical rehearsal (with Wireless Microphone) and this would last until whatever time they finished. In the lunch break we would then fix any technical issues or set problems ready for when the cast return after lunch. When they return they will either proceed with going over parts of the play that they weren't happy with that needed more practice. Then they would go for another run-through getting as far through the play as possible.
Wednesday:
The Cast would again turn up at 9am, to get straight into Costume ready for a Dress Rehearsal. As we had a performance at 7pm that evening, all technical issues needed to be addressed and sorted by then, (the sound was proving to be the hardest to sort out and this was my department during the show). We would then do the same as Tuesday and go over areas that the Director or the Technical team weren't happy with, and then follow this with the final rehearsal before the first show.
All pre-sets would be made and the cast would go for dinner, we would then fix any problems or do any last minute adjustments that needed to be made.
Then we would have the first show at 7pm-10pm (Approx)
Thursday:
There would be a later start on the Thursday but the time would depend on how well the Wednesday night performance had gone. If all goes well we would come in and just get ready straight away for the matinee performance at 2.30pm. If there were areas that weren't as good as we wanted then we will be asked in a little earlier to fix/go over these areas.
There would then be the 2.30 performance and then after this a break/if there were still set/technical problems we will try and solve these before presetting for the evening performance at 7.30pm.
The Cast would then all return, get changed and ready for the last performance of the show, the show would go ahead at 7.30.
After the show had finished, straight away the Get-out would begin and the whole set and everything in the theatre would be taken down, packed away and either returned to the Hire company (Impact Productions) or taken back to college.
After this was done we would all go home and enjoy our holidays.
Sunday 17 March 2013
ASM Theory Lesson Work
This was done a long time ago, but I have only just remembered to upload it, we did this in a theory lesson to get a better understanding of what happens during Production Week, so that when we came to it ourselves we had a better understanding of what was going to happen.
A Week in Tech:
A Week in Tech:
Monday:
·
Normally have your get in at 8am, including
rigging and the fit up.
·
Then around 12pm you would try and start
focusing, this will be going on for the majority of the afternoon.
·
Between 4-5pm approximately you would start the plotting,
this could take on average 1-3 hours (or for big shows it could take longer)
·
Then at 7pm you would start your tech run, you
might not finish the tech run but would make a start.
·
At approx. 9.30pm you would finish, at this time
stuff like set painting or if the floors needed painting then this is when it
would happen.
Tuesday:
·
You would then arrive at 9am and carry on with
the tech run.
·
Then at approx. 4pm you would start the dress
rehearsal.
·
The between 8-9pm you would finish for the day.
Wednesday:
·
You would start with a couple of run-throughs at
around 9-10pm or what time the Director Requests.
·
You would be touching up any little details that
haven’t been addressed in concern to the set, props, and costumes.
·
You would then have a show at 7pm.
·
After the show you would pre-set the show ready
for the next performance.
Thursday:
·
You would normally arrive at 10-11pm and check
all of the pre-sets are still in the right place.
·
You would then sit down with the director and he
would have written a list of notes while watching the performance, which will
all be addressed by cast and crew.
·
You would then take a break and then come back
ready for a 1.30-2pm show.
·
This show would normally finish around 5pm and
then you will pre-set again ready for the evening performance.
·
Then 7.30pm Show.
·
Then at the end of the day you pre-set again for
the next show on Friday.
Friday:
·
You will be called in at around 11-12pm ready
for the 2pm show.
·
This would be the last show so you would strike
and put away as much as possible.
·
After this is done the crew would be allowed to
go home.
Thursday 14 March 2013
Paint... Glorious Paint!
Before we could even start painting on the designs and the actual colors that the flats would be during the show we had to put down a base coat of white. We used Rosco white to start off but when we ran out we moved onto basic Matt emulsion. We needed to put down a base coat of white because the canvas absorbs the paint so this puts a layer onto which we paint our designs.
This process of putting a base coat of white on each flat that we were going to use took forever, ages and after (or throughout) we were all hurting and tired from constant rollering of brushes. Luckily there were certain flats that we didn't need to paint so we left them and put them to one side and just concentrated on getting the white on so we could move onto the actual painting.
In terms of Health and Safety when we started to paint everything, we made sure that we vented to room by opening most of the windows to give a good circulation of air within the painting environment We also made sure that we took regular breaks and avoided breathing in to much of the paint fumes because this could effect our breathing.
When it came down to picking what to paint onto what flat, it fell down to me as the set designer to decide what to paint and how to paint it. I had a vague idea of what I wanted from the minute I started designing my set but I did rethink certain parts after looking/listening to what my other classmates were going to do, doing this helped because it led to greater outcomes.
There were 3 Sections to the set that needed to be painted:
1: The Dumpster: From the start I knew this would be bricks, just bricks like the outside of a building. The bricks would obviously be faded and one would be different to another and these would cover the the window flat and also the 0.25m wide flat. Because it needed to be as realistic as possible I went and measured a brick and made some templates of a brick. Me and Danielle then drew the outlines of hundreds of bricks onto these flats ready for them to be painted.
2: The Wedding Venue (a Touch of Class Banqueting Hall): This was really a late decision on what color to paint these 3 flats, the Doorway and the 2 x the 1m flats. I knew that I wanted it to look like the inside of wedding venue and back then it was very one color, and very light and pale... so we went for a light blue. Dan (HND) then volunteered to paint all 3 flats in the same color. He did this because it meant the whole thing would have the same brush stoke/painting pattern across it so there wouldn't be any patches that looked out of place.
3: Robbie's Basement Bedroom (Basement being Key): Originally on my model box I had painted these flats a light cream/peachy color. Originally I was happy with this choice but when it got round to have to decide on what we were going to paint onto the flats I thought of a different design idea of breeze blocks, these would then show the representation of the scene being in a basement environment and it also the plan was to then decorate the flats with posters/t-shirts and other items. I decide to again create a template of a breeze block to use to draw on the design/pattern which would then be painted later.
For all these designs, I had to draw up on all the designs (with Danielle's help on the brick sections). This took some considerable time but it gave us a clearer understanding of what paint onto the flats.
After all the decisions had been made, we proceeded to move on a implement our designs. What actually happened what that after Ii had marked out one of the 1.75m x 3m Flats, (which also happened to be the window flat), with the brick pattern that I wanted in which I had included a wooden mantel, I mixed up/helped mix up the paint (Rosco) that would be used to paint the bricks. We went for a reddish brick color but it did have a touch of peach/cream to it, we then added a darker red color on top of this to create the desired effect. After the paint had been mixed Hannah, Amy and Mark made a start on the painting of the brick design which had been drawn out. This was a time consuming process but this was down to the fact that they had to be visually effective and also add to the whole image of the Dumpster section to the set.
After the main bricks has been painted we mixed up a light pale/cream color that would be used to represent motor/cement used to form the walls, we then we around each brick and filled in the blank sections that we included into the design. This was a much quicker process but it finished off the whole design and added that finishing touch needed.
As you can see in the image (Above) the brick effect worked excellently when viewing it from a distance, (This image is from a later stage, that I added onto here because I didn't have any other images). Hannah, Amy and Mark did an excellent job at bringing my vision to life and once again if we hadn't all contributed ideas, skills and teamwork into the mix the final outcome wouldn't of been as good.
I then started to make some progress by starting to paint the breeze blocks, I just repeated the whole preparation process by mixing up some grey paint to use, I made sure it was like a distorted dark grey. I managed to create a color that I was happy with and went about painting the breeze blocks on which I had marked out onto a 1.75m x 3m flat and a 1.25x 3m flat.
(This picture is also taken from later on during production week, but I added it to show how we had design and painted it.)
I used a much larger brush compared to the others who were painting smaller bricks, this did mean that I was done alot faster but still managing to get the effect that I set out to achieve.
Again we used the other paint that we made up to finish off the bricks we then used this to finish off the breeze blocks and this worked nicely.
After these 2 Sections had been done we moved onto the flats that will represent the 'Touch of Class Wedding and Catering Venue' and these were the easiest of them all, because they were just going blue all over, as a group we did discuss if we should paint on a pattern across the top of the flats to break up just the huge expanse of color and then also add a block along the bottom and around the door as well. We decided against this due to a couple of factors, we had a lot to get done ready for the show and this wasn't going to be a quick job and we didn't know if it would turn out good for sure so didn't want to risk having to paint over it and start again.
In conclusion as a group we all worked together to complete, design, mixing of paint, drawing of the brick and most of all the painting of the designs. We all took different roles and used our strengths to help get everything done. The whole process of getting these all done did take a couple of weeks but by the end of it they were all looking ready to be assembled and used for the final set, but most of all we were all happy/proud of what we had achieved and it was looking good. The next couple of lesson/the last couple leading up to production week are going to be now focused on completing everything ready for it to be taken over to the theatre.
This process of putting a base coat of white on each flat that we were going to use took forever, ages and after (or throughout) we were all hurting and tired from constant rollering of brushes. Luckily there were certain flats that we didn't need to paint so we left them and put them to one side and just concentrated on getting the white on so we could move onto the actual painting.
In terms of Health and Safety when we started to paint everything, we made sure that we vented to room by opening most of the windows to give a good circulation of air within the painting environment We also made sure that we took regular breaks and avoided breathing in to much of the paint fumes because this could effect our breathing.
When it came down to picking what to paint onto what flat, it fell down to me as the set designer to decide what to paint and how to paint it. I had a vague idea of what I wanted from the minute I started designing my set but I did rethink certain parts after looking/listening to what my other classmates were going to do, doing this helped because it led to greater outcomes.
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| This was an image that I just found that looked near perfect to the effect I wanted to get. |
1: The Dumpster: From the start I knew this would be bricks, just bricks like the outside of a building. The bricks would obviously be faded and one would be different to another and these would cover the the window flat and also the 0.25m wide flat. Because it needed to be as realistic as possible I went and measured a brick and made some templates of a brick. Me and Danielle then drew the outlines of hundreds of bricks onto these flats ready for them to be painted.
2: The Wedding Venue (a Touch of Class Banqueting Hall): This was really a late decision on what color to paint these 3 flats, the Doorway and the 2 x the 1m flats. I knew that I wanted it to look like the inside of wedding venue and back then it was very one color, and very light and pale... so we went for a light blue. Dan (HND) then volunteered to paint all 3 flats in the same color. He did this because it meant the whole thing would have the same brush stoke/painting pattern across it so there wouldn't be any patches that looked out of place.
3: Robbie's Basement Bedroom (Basement being Key): Originally on my model box I had painted these flats a light cream/peachy color. Originally I was happy with this choice but when it got round to have to decide on what we were going to paint onto the flats I thought of a different design idea of breeze blocks, these would then show the representation of the scene being in a basement environment and it also the plan was to then decorate the flats with posters/t-shirts and other items. I decide to again create a template of a breeze block to use to draw on the design/pattern which would then be painted later.
For all these designs, I had to draw up on all the designs (with Danielle's help on the brick sections). This took some considerable time but it gave us a clearer understanding of what paint onto the flats.
After all the decisions had been made, we proceeded to move on a implement our designs. What actually happened what that after Ii had marked out one of the 1.75m x 3m Flats, (which also happened to be the window flat), with the brick pattern that I wanted in which I had included a wooden mantel, I mixed up/helped mix up the paint (Rosco) that would be used to paint the bricks. We went for a reddish brick color but it did have a touch of peach/cream to it, we then added a darker red color on top of this to create the desired effect. After the paint had been mixed Hannah, Amy and Mark made a start on the painting of the brick design which had been drawn out. This was a time consuming process but this was down to the fact that they had to be visually effective and also add to the whole image of the Dumpster section to the set.After the main bricks has been painted we mixed up a light pale/cream color that would be used to represent motor/cement used to form the walls, we then we around each brick and filled in the blank sections that we included into the design. This was a much quicker process but it finished off the whole design and added that finishing touch needed.
As you can see in the image (Above) the brick effect worked excellently when viewing it from a distance, (This image is from a later stage, that I added onto here because I didn't have any other images). Hannah, Amy and Mark did an excellent job at bringing my vision to life and once again if we hadn't all contributed ideas, skills and teamwork into the mix the final outcome wouldn't of been as good.
I then started to make some progress by starting to paint the breeze blocks, I just repeated the whole preparation process by mixing up some grey paint to use, I made sure it was like a distorted dark grey. I managed to create a color that I was happy with and went about painting the breeze blocks on which I had marked out onto a 1.75m x 3m flat and a 1.25x 3m flat.(This picture is also taken from later on during production week, but I added it to show how we had design and painted it.)
I used a much larger brush compared to the others who were painting smaller bricks, this did mean that I was done alot faster but still managing to get the effect that I set out to achieve.
Again we used the other paint that we made up to finish off the bricks we then used this to finish off the breeze blocks and this worked nicely.
After these 2 Sections had been done we moved onto the flats that will represent the 'Touch of Class Wedding and Catering Venue' and these were the easiest of them all, because they were just going blue all over, as a group we did discuss if we should paint on a pattern across the top of the flats to break up just the huge expanse of color and then also add a block along the bottom and around the door as well. We decided against this due to a couple of factors, we had a lot to get done ready for the show and this wasn't going to be a quick job and we didn't know if it would turn out good for sure so didn't want to risk having to paint over it and start again.
In conclusion as a group we all worked together to complete, design, mixing of paint, drawing of the brick and most of all the painting of the designs. We all took different roles and used our strengths to help get everything done. The whole process of getting these all done did take a couple of weeks but by the end of it they were all looking ready to be assembled and used for the final set, but most of all we were all happy/proud of what we had achieved and it was looking good. The next couple of lesson/the last couple leading up to production week are going to be now focused on completing everything ready for it to be taken over to the theatre.
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