The production meeting on 6th May 2015 with the stage manager of the venue has answered our questions and worries about the requirements for our piece. The technical rider was talked over and everything we need and want to do is possible. Furthermore, the risk assessment had no major risks and was cleared by the stage manager.
All technical documents have been completed ready for the technical rehearsal. I used Movie Maker and iMovie for the videos, and Audacity to cut and create the sound. We had a time frame of two hours for our technical rehearsal to manage everything we needed to do so less pressure would be put on to the performance day. As I am unfamiliar with QLab I brought all of the files, with the exception of a few still needing to be edited, to then be put on to QLab on the venue MAC computer. As I knew exactly where the missing video and sound needed to be in QLab, I entered a cue name ‘files needed’ in the position it is supposed to be in so I can add the files on performance day.
As I was in the tech box arranging all technical requirements, the other members of JumpCut were setting the stage with props and set. As there are so few of us, all members of JumpCut came in for the tech for the purpose of marketing, props and set design, and the director’s comments.
Here we was able to witness the whole set and layout for the first time and just a few adjustments had to be made, such as positioning of certain lights, however, that has not hindered or altered any blocking or cues.
The performance is now one week away and I feel that our piece is together and ready with just some minor adjustments needed. For now, I shall be editing the rest of the sound and video and giving notes on each run through we have.
Work cited:
JumpCut. (2015) Username [technical rehearsal] Lincoln. 13th May 2015.
Stacey Hartley – Stage Manager