Its been a bit of a rough week although its been fun and pretty damn funny at times, and yeah i do agree with Scotty, Dympie is gonna have a lot of hate mail when the audience finishes watching her (lol). Anyway so far i’ve been trying to help Kim with the tables and chair hiring which seem to be in place for the most part. I’ve spoken to scott and it seems as though we both agree on having a Ready Steady Act shirt for all cast and crew, of course we’ll have to see if anyone else agrees.

Now for the low down on my part. Lighting looks like its going to be very basic with little to no effects which will make my job a little easier, but then again i want this too be a challenge! Still i think i need to have one final meeting with Kim and Scott so i’m able to finally negotiate if we all really want to have the ‘mock’ band with flashing lights. So far i’m not happy with the level of response im getting on ideas as i have no idea whether its final or not because my ideas do need a bit of participation of a few other people and if they’re gonna come back saying “when did you decide to do this?” then i dont want to start inputting out of the box ideas. This needs to be delegated and discussed with the rest of the gang in order to make sure we have no pointless arguments.

As an added note i recommend we get onto writing down every little piece of info somewhere in the studio so we’re able to look at each others progress (vineblogs doesn’t seem to be working in my opinion, if i even get 1 view or comment besides one from Scotty ill be happy).

Moving onto Stage Management and it seems like my job will become a lot more utilised when the performance period comes along. At the moment its getting a basic jist of every scene and marking off where, when and how people enter and exit. Further ill be making sure the light and sound ques (when gartner starts making some) are on time. Sound effects might be difficult (eg. the slap) when working in synchronization with actors as im not sure how the sound will be controlled. Ill probably have to talk about that with Scotty.

My two -sub- roles, Multimedia and Acting appears to be on track with nothing further to add besides the fact i think i would like to get the Waiter a little more involved. To me it would be a waste of an opportunity considering how much effort the girls put into trying to receive the waiters attention. I personally would like to add a little bit of character to the waiter in showing what a real prick this guy is and how poorly he cares about the treatment of his customers. I could see him as chatting with other members of staff while walking along oblivious to all his surroundings. Maybe adding a smoke (somehow replicating a real cigarette with out the added 40,000 chemicals) to my mouth while walking right along the tables. The idea of having a bar on the side with my serving drinks (quite literally) could be a good idea if im able to control my Que calls from there.

Now to my main point of writing this blog, my involvement in the school musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. My role, as suggested by Scotty, would be to get a good idea of what exactly the backstage is like in a major production and to see how the staff and the technicians are utilised behind the scenes. Of course this will be mainly contributing my knowledge of my job as Stage Manager and to a certain extent Lighting. However, i dont intend on standing their all night watching 3 hours of madness before and after the show. My actual job seems to be pushing more to helping getting backdrops on and off the stage as there looking for big strong men to push them around (i hardly fit into that criteria but hey who cares im sure its gonna be fun…).

I’ll keep you guys posted on my upcoming run throughs as being apart of the staff.

Well until next time,

moondy