So today we started with a minor lesson on the board. It's an ETC Element, so I am pretty familiar with it after my work on the SVSU summer shows last year. Patching and light checking remained fairly easy going until I opened the wrong show. It's saved by date, but the board is set up on a different date and time, so when we save a show as "5-24-2011" it comes up under the wrong day and gets really confusing when you are trying to find the latest show. So the mistake wasn't that terrible and Jarrod was pretty understanding about it. But still. We continue with the silly mistakes. But I guess everyone makes them, and I am kind of coming to terms with that. Even today, Andy came to focus some lights and it turns out he typed some of the paperwork wrong and we had to re-circuit a bunch of stuff. So it worked out alright.
After that, we dropped all the gels. That was also pretty easy going. We had to jam in some of the Par gels because they had barn doors on them too., and when I couldn't get some of them, Chris's answer was, of course, "you have to." So I kept trying. And eventually we just ditched the frames and stuck the gel sheets in to the barn slots. Not everyone's favorite solution, but it worked. The rest of the gels were easy and went by really quick. We are starting to get in to the work that I am more familiar and comfortable with.
We moved the light board in to the house as well, and had to drop the data lines and VGA cable and everything. Robert, the house TD told me to make sure I put stress relief on the cable before I dropped it. I misunderstood what he meant and just made sure it didn't tug from the connection when I dropped the cable and made sure it had slack and left it. He meant tie it to the beam above the drop area so it pulls from the string and not over the edge and holds its slack. So the sound guy says that cables aren't secured and people would trip, and I can't go up to fix it because I am in the lift working on lights, so Robert goes up to fix it and calls me out on my poor stress relief job on the cable. So I learned how to properly put stress relief on the cable. Sad way to learn - I don't like getting called out, but I know now and will always treat my cables in the best way possible.
We focused a few lights with Andy. Only 14, but it was still a nice break from all the cabling and new information. I like focusing. I know focusing. It's tough to screw up if you know what you're doing and can figure out what the designer wants. I can read them pretty well. So that went well. It was an on and off day with my confidence of what I know in theatre, but it's getting better.
We got out at 7 instead of 10 like we were supposed to. I went to the Sottile Theatre, which is right next door to the Robinson and watched the preview of the Magic Flute. It was pretty a cool - a German Opera with lots of trap doors, pyrotechnics, neat costumes, and a beautiful but simple set. Everything was pretty cool. It was long, and I was tired and I could barely stay awake for it or focus on it, but I'm glad I went.
After that, we dropped all the gels. That was also pretty easy going. We had to jam in some of the Par gels because they had barn doors on them too., and when I couldn't get some of them, Chris's answer was, of course, "you have to." So I kept trying. And eventually we just ditched the frames and stuck the gel sheets in to the barn slots. Not everyone's favorite solution, but it worked. The rest of the gels were easy and went by really quick. We are starting to get in to the work that I am more familiar and comfortable with.
We moved the light board in to the house as well, and had to drop the data lines and VGA cable and everything. Robert, the house TD told me to make sure I put stress relief on the cable before I dropped it. I misunderstood what he meant and just made sure it didn't tug from the connection when I dropped the cable and made sure it had slack and left it. He meant tie it to the beam above the drop area so it pulls from the string and not over the edge and holds its slack. So the sound guy says that cables aren't secured and people would trip, and I can't go up to fix it because I am in the lift working on lights, so Robert goes up to fix it and calls me out on my poor stress relief job on the cable. So I learned how to properly put stress relief on the cable. Sad way to learn - I don't like getting called out, but I know now and will always treat my cables in the best way possible.
We focused a few lights with Andy. Only 14, but it was still a nice break from all the cabling and new information. I like focusing. I know focusing. It's tough to screw up if you know what you're doing and can figure out what the designer wants. I can read them pretty well. So that went well. It was an on and off day with my confidence of what I know in theatre, but it's getting better.
We got out at 7 instead of 10 like we were supposed to. I went to the Sottile Theatre, which is right next door to the Robinson and watched the preview of the Magic Flute. It was pretty a cool - a German Opera with lots of trap doors, pyrotechnics, neat costumes, and a beautiful but simple set. Everything was pretty cool. It was long, and I was tired and I could barely stay awake for it or focus on it, but I'm glad I went.
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