Putting a Face on Theatre
March 2011 Blog Posts (42)
Don’t Get Bent Out of Shape
Ergonomics is defined as is the science of designing the workplace environment to fit the user and work task. Proper ergonomic design of a workspace is necessary to prevent strain injuries, improve work efficiency, and make the operations safer for others that might also be affected should the work piece be dropped or shift unexpectedly. Strain type injuries can be cumulative due to work repetition, and…
ContinueAdded by Erich Friend on March 31, 2011 at 3:56pm — No Comments
Writing Under the Gun
About once a year or so for the past ten years, I've had the good fortune to participate in a variety of play-in-a-day festivals of one kind or another.
A few weeks ago I joined a local company here in DC -- a director and three actors with whom I was largely unfamiliar -- in what I'll call the "traditional" speed-production format: you pick a theme, a prop, and a line of dialogue out of a hat, and 24 hours later the curtain goes up on ten or so minutes of whatever those things…
ContinueAdded by Gwydion Suilebhan on March 30, 2011 at 5:00am — 2 Comments
Video over CAT5
The following is a repost from Projectionfreak.com
There's lot's more info there.....so go.....
With the advent of higher-end home theater installs as well as industrials, tours, and museum/corporate installs, we've all seen the need for getting signal to far away places. The thing is, it's not only for distance. With tour budgets tightening and space/weight at a premium, structured cabling has definitely…
ContinueAdded by Jeff Gooch on March 29, 2011 at 5:18pm — No Comments
Buzzing Headache
(One theory is that I've associated intercom or door buzzing with other audio buzz - the noise kind. The other is that they're simply just a pain!)
For my next project I have a my… Continue
Added by Richelle Thompson on March 29, 2011 at 4:30am — 2 Comments
The Bad Dress Rehearsal - Good Opening Night Myth - When Should the Show Be Performance Ready?
It's been my experience that in the world of amateur theatre there is this idea that if the final dress rehearsal is bad, it means a good opening performance. Has anyone else run into this idea?
The truth is that frequently in amateur theatre settings, the opening night may well be the first time that the show is performed without any stops, with all the props, with all the costumes, with all the set finished, and so it seems like it's a good performance. And compared to the final…
ContinueAdded by Richard T. Young on March 28, 2011 at 7:25pm — No Comments
Pet Peeve- connectors
Added by Jeff Gooch on March 28, 2011 at 9:29am — No Comments
Photo of the Week - March 28, 2011
Welcome to another Photo of the Week RUMBLE!!!!!! OK, it’s not really a rumble, I just like pretending that I’m a monster truck announcer as I’m typing.
“It’s photo of the week madness here on TheareFace.com, with all the bone-crushing, heart-pounding excitement you’ve come to expect from this battle of theatrical titans! The F might be stopped, but the action is just beginning as we get rid of the negatives and put three design demons side by side to see what develops!”…
Added by Jacob Coakley on March 27, 2011 at 9:37pm — 1 Comment
Christie Digital Solaria at Cinemacon
Added by Jeff Gooch on March 27, 2011 at 3:13pm — No Comments
Importance of Being Earnest
Added by Richard T. Young on March 26, 2011 at 8:20am — No Comments
Calendars and Gantt Charts
The last few weeks we’ve looked at a number of different tools to help visualize how long a project will take to complete. A work breakdown structure (WBS) helps visualize the scope of work by breaking a project into chunks that can be effectively estimated and scheduled. PERT charts take that…
ContinueAdded by Rich Dionne on March 25, 2011 at 7:15am — 3 Comments
Rigging Runaways
Probably one of the most terrifying things you can hear when working on an Arena Show or Theatre Stage is someone calling “HEADS!” Why is this so scary? Because it means that something is falling from somewhere. You don’t know what it is, how heavy it is, and you don’t know where it’s coming from (other than ‘above’). So, what can you do to …
ContinueAdded by Erich Friend on March 24, 2011 at 10:37pm — 2 Comments
Digital Projection 3D Mapping
Added by Jeff Gooch on March 23, 2011 at 6:28pm — No Comments
Tempt Me to Submit
The following is a description of an actual submission opportunity for a theater in a major American city. All identifying information, including the name of the theater in question, has been redacted:
ContinueFor 20 years, the [name of theater] [name of festival] has provided playwrights with the unique opportunity to see their work leap from page to stage, with the help of some of [the city’s] finest theatre professionals. Out of the hundreds of entries submitted…
Added by Gwydion Suilebhan on March 23, 2011 at 5:00am — 2 Comments
More thoughts on Period Music - The Soundtrack
In the way that themes or effects seem to reappear - my music world this spring is the 30's. For Much Ado about Nothing - British popular/theatre music meets India, and now... the big screen - with a production of Ron Hutchinson's play, Moonlight and Magnolias, a comedy set in Hollywood producer David O. Selznick's office, about the frantic mid-shoot screenplay rewrite for one of the most famous movies ever: Gone With the Wind.
The script calls for…
ContinueAdded by Richelle Thompson on March 22, 2011 at 4:00am — 2 Comments
Small Production- Big Projection, Indianapolis Opera does both well
Added by Jeff Gooch on March 21, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments
Lighting Design Portfolio
Added by Aaron Crosby on March 20, 2011 at 8:27pm — No Comments
Teaching Acting and Directing in Unison
We are working on curriculum revision and are thinking about teaching acting and directing in Unison. Suppose you have a three credit beginning acting class and a three credit beginning directing class. In acting class by way of criticism you find yourself saying "that's really a directing problem." In directing class you find yourself having to constantly reschedule performances because the students have such a hard time finding actors to work with. So the idea would be to combine them.…
ContinueAdded by Richard T. Young on March 19, 2011 at 9:48am — No Comments
Project Planning: Why Does It Matter?
This week, as you read this, I’m in Venice with my wife celebrating our first ten years together. (Aren’t you jealous?) I had every intention of getting ahead of my game and writing a post in advance about Gantt charts, as promised last week. Unfortunately, life got in the way (as tends to happen), and I’d rather post a quality discussion of Gantt charts than a quickly-whipped together one.
In place of either of those things, then, I present to you a revision of a post for my…
ContinueAdded by Rich Dionne on March 18, 2011 at 4:00am — 1 Comment
Emergency Preparedness
As the world has watched the devastation unfold in Japan over the last six days, it has been amazing to see the calm and orderly fashion with which both the government and public sectors have responded. It should bring to light for all of us that we should have emergency plans prepared and rehearsed for both our personal and professional lives.
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ContinueAdded by Erich Friend on March 17, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments
cd review
Added by billy jones bluez on March 16, 2011 at 5:56pm — No Comments
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