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|'''Director''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> Mark Thomson </div> | |'''Director''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> Mark Thomson </div> | ||
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|'''Designer''' <div style="text-align: centre;">[[Rachael Light]] </div> | |'''Designer''' <div style="text-align: centre;">[[Rachael Light]] </div> | ||
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|'''Sound Designer''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Conor Brown]] </div> | |||
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|'''Lighting Designer''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Louise Chan]] </div> | |'''Lighting Designer''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Louise Chan]] </div> | ||
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|'''Production Electrian''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Nicholas Ruebenacker]] </div> | |'''Production Electrian''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Nicholas Ruebenacker]] </div> | ||
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|'''DPLX''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Pierce Brown]] </div> | |'''DPLX/ Programmer''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Pierce Brown]] </div> | ||
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|'''Lighting Crew''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Laura Martin]] </div> | |'''Lighting Crew''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Laura Martin]] </div> | ||
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|'''PSE''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Stuart Green]] </div> | |'''Sound 1/PSE''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Stuart Green]] </div> | ||
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|'''Sound 2/ AV''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Stuart Henderson]] </div> | |||
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|'''Sound Supervisor''' <div style="text-align: centre;"> [[Corey Jackson]] </div> | |||
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===Cast=== | ===Cast=== | ||
[[File:Spec Cast.jpg|600px]] | |||
==Stage Management== | ==Stage Management== | ||
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[[File:IMG_7553.jpg|500px]] | [[File:IMG_7553.jpg|500px]] | ||
There wasn't much technical challenges for the Stage Department in this show, the design consisted of painted flats and a raised deck. Our main challenge was the tracking backdrop flats. | There wasn't much technical challenges for the Stage Department in this show, the design consisted of painted flats and a raised deck. Our main challenge was the tracking backdrop flats. | ||
The backdrop flats needed to open in the centre to allow a Harley Davidson to pass through. We decided not to use trucks due to the size of the backdrop flats, there would have needed to be a large truck base to account for the height of the flats. A flown track was also not desirable as drifts would have been visible. The solution was to design a ground tracking system that could be supported by a truss structure, this was all built around the need for the flats to open to around 2m and the deck that was in place. | |||
=== Ground Plans === | === Ground Plans === | ||
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<pdf>Speculator_Masking_Plan.pdf</pdf> | <pdf>Speculator_Masking_Plan.pdf</pdf> | ||
=== Tracking Backdrop | === Tracking Backdrop Flats === | ||
The ground supported tracking backdrop flat system was designed so that the tracking system could would not be visible to the audience. By mounting the track onto the back of the flats and having the scenery carriers fixed on to the truss structures it would mean the track would move with the backdrop flats and would never be seen. | |||
As we weren't in the building as much as we would have been pre-covid 19 a lot of planing had to be done to ensure we had enough equipment in stock to build the tracking backdrop system. | |||
A small concept test was carried out before the full system was designed. | |||
<gallery mode=packed-hover heights=200px> | |||
Image:TB4.jpg|''Concept'' | |||
Image:TB3.jpg|''Concept'' | |||
Image:TB2.JPG|''Truss Build'' | |||
Image:TB6.jpg|''Truss Build'' | |||
Image:TB7.jpg|''Truss Build'' | |||
Image:TB5.jpg|''Flats Rigged'' | |||
Image:TB1.jpg|''Motorbike in place'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
<pdf>Tracking_Flats.pdf</pdf> | <pdf>Tracking_Flats.pdf</pdf> | ||
<pdf>MSTBF.pdf</pdf> | |||
=== Equipment List === | === Equipment List === | ||
<pdf>The_Speculator_2020_Equipment_List_.pdf</pdf> | <pdf>The_Speculator_2020_Equipment_List_.pdf</pdf> | ||
'''Equipment Prep''' | |||
<gallery mode=packed-hover heights=300px> | |||
Image:EP1.jpg|''Equipment Boxes'' | |||
Image:EP2.jpg|''Labels'' | |||
Image:EP3.jpg|''Prepped Kit'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Fit Up/ Strike Plan === | === Fit Up/ Strike Plan === | ||
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'''Strike Plan''' | '''Strike Plan''' | ||
<pdf></pdf> | <pdf>Strike Plan.pdf</pdf> | ||
=== Show Running === | === Show Running === | ||
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'''Stage Supervisor Running List''' | '''Stage Supervisor Running List''' | ||
<pdf>Darren_Wilson_Stage_Supervisor_Running_List.pdf</pdf> | <pdf>Darren_Wilson_Stage_Supervisor_Running_List.pdf</pdf> | ||
=== Flys === | === Flys === | ||
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==== Flys & Hemp Plot ==== | ==== Flys & Hemp Plot ==== | ||
<pdf></pdf> | <pdf>The_Speculator_Flys_Plot.pdf</pdf> | ||
==== Points Plans ==== | ==== Points Plans ==== | ||
'''Points Plans''' | '''Points Plans''' | ||
<pdf></pdf> | <pdf>Speculator_Points_Plans.pdf</pdf> | ||
'''Points Master''' | '''Points Master''' | ||
<pdf></pdf> | <pdf>Speculator Points Master.pdf</pdf> | ||
==== Fly Cue Sheet ==== | |||
<pdf>The_Speculator_Fly_Cue_Sheet.pdf</pdf> | |||
==== | ==Sound== | ||
This show had many complex factors regarding sound. Due to the COVID risk assessments all actors had to fit their own radio microphones and the sound crew were not allowed to touch the microphone on the actor. This led us to double micing all the cast. We had some challenges with wigs and masks but in the end it sounded great. We had to set up a broadcast mixing desk as the production was being filmed. Stuart mixed the mics for the room on the Yamaha QL5 and Conor adjusted levels on the Yamaha LS9 for the recording. | |||
== | ===Input and Output Sheets=== | ||
[[File:Screenshot 2020-12-07 at 20.40.31.png]] | |||
[[File:Speculator Outputs.png]] | |||
==Lighting== | ==Lighting== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:09, 1 May 2021
| The Speculator | |
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| Summary | |
| Dates 2nd & 3rd December
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| Performance Course Third Year BA Acting
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| Location New Atheneum Theatre
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| Creative Team | |
| Director Mark Thomson
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| Designer | |
| Sound Designer | |
| Lighting Designer | |
| Production Team | |
| Stage Manager | |
| Deputy Stage Manager | |
| Assistant Stage Manager | |
| Assistant Stage Manager (Book Cover) | |
| Assistant Stage Manager | |
| Technical Stage Supervisor | |
| Head of Flys | |
| Deputy Technical Stage Supervisor | |
| Deputy Technical Stage Supervisor | |
| Production Electrian | |
| DPLX/ Programmer | |
| Lighting Crew | |
| Sound 1/PSE | |
| Sound 2/ AV | |
| Sound Supervisor | |
Overview
The Speculator is set in Paris in 1720. The French playwright Pierre Marivaux is playing games with love and chance. Europe is in chaos. And John Law, a Scot from Edinburgh, is the richest and most powerful man in the world. He upsets order and alters the value of money. How long can his influence last?
Cast
Stage Management
The ASMs did some provisional props lists, risk assessments and props research tasks remotely before most props were cut due to Coronavirus safety measures.
However the ASMs did build an IKEA bed and mix some brown and black paint with some Cuprinol Oak finish wood stain which was then painted onto the bed as well as using the mixed brown and black paint to paint the top of a table.
the Tavern Crates and Barrels were borrowed from NTS.
Technical Stage Department
Design
There wasn't much technical challenges for the Stage Department in this show, the design consisted of painted flats and a raised deck. Our main challenge was the tracking backdrop flats.
The backdrop flats needed to open in the centre to allow a Harley Davidson to pass through. We decided not to use trucks due to the size of the backdrop flats, there would have needed to be a large truck base to account for the height of the flats. A flown track was also not desirable as drifts would have been visible. The solution was to design a ground tracking system that could be supported by a truss structure, this was all built around the need for the flats to open to around 2m and the deck that was in place.
Ground Plans
Masking Plan
Dimensions provided on the plan so that an accurate representation of the masking drawn in Vectorworks can be achieved in the venue.
Tracking Backdrop Flats
The ground supported tracking backdrop flat system was designed so that the tracking system could would not be visible to the audience. By mounting the track onto the back of the flats and having the scenery carriers fixed on to the truss structures it would mean the track would move with the backdrop flats and would never be seen.
As we weren't in the building as much as we would have been pre-covid 19 a lot of planing had to be done to ensure we had enough equipment in stock to build the tracking backdrop system.
A small concept test was carried out before the full system was designed.
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Concept -
Concept -
Truss Build -
Truss Build -
Truss Build -
Flats Rigged -
Motorbike in place
Equipment List
Equipment Prep
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Equipment Boxes -
Labels -
Prepped Kit
Fit Up/ Strike Plan
Fit Up Plan
Strike Plan
Show Running
Team Running Document
Stage Supervisor Running List
Flys
Flys & Hemp Plot
Points Plans
Points Plans
Points Master
Fly Cue Sheet
Sound
This show had many complex factors regarding sound. Due to the COVID risk assessments all actors had to fit their own radio microphones and the sound crew were not allowed to touch the microphone on the actor. This led us to double micing all the cast. We had some challenges with wigs and masks but in the end it sounded great. We had to set up a broadcast mixing desk as the production was being filmed. Stuart mixed the mics for the room on the Yamaha QL5 and Conor adjusted levels on the Yamaha LS9 for the recording.
