Friday
12th October
Production session was concentrating on Personal
protective equipment (PPE). So I wore my steel toe capped safety boots for the
day. It turned out to be quite a big mistake on my part as even though they are
lighter than some of the safety boots on the market they are still rather heavy
and drag on my bad leg and after walking around in them all day, when I got
home in the evening, my knee had swollen up and was extremely painful. So I
have now stored them in the control booth at Matthew Boulton so I only need to
wear them when necessary.
We spoke for a while on Health and Safety issues in our job and what we should look out for. In my opinion it’s mainly about keeping your wits about you and always using common sense. I realise that in my case I will have to do a lot of self-assessment for certain jobs due to my disability i.e. I cannot climb ladders, and must be careful when lifting heavy items as I cannot squat/lift with my knees.
We spoke for a while on Health and Safety issues in our job and what we should look out for. In my opinion it’s mainly about keeping your wits about you and always using common sense. I realise that in my case I will have to do a lot of self-assessment for certain jobs due to my disability i.e. I cannot climb ladders, and must be careful when lifting heavy items as I cannot squat/lift with my knees.
Afterwards Anthony showed us all QLab a great piece of software specifically designed for creating multimedia set-ups for live performance and installations.
It enables you to design, edit and control audio and video playback with MIDI integration and also live playback options.
Unfortunately it is only available for Apple Mac. Computers so for the moment is unobtainable to me, otherwise I would have already downloaded the free version and would be having a good play with it, as that is always the best way to learn with this kind of software. But any way it was good to get to see how it works and how it can be a very useful tool to us in the future. (We will probably be using it on Snow Queen).
Afterwards we went down to the hall to have a look around and get a feel for
the space where Snow Queen will be performed. Whilst we were debating the size
and placement of the platform/cave structure that will be an integral part of
the set Ruth told us our assigned production team roles for the show: Alex N.
is Stage Manager (SM) and Props/Costume master; I am Deputy Stage Manager (DSM)
and Sound Operator and Alex W. is Lighting Operator.
It turns out that the role of DSM is quite a big one as I have to attend all rehearsals, take notes, keep the ‘Book’ (the bible so to speak of the show containing all, script changes, adjustments, and guides of all lighting and sound cues.)
As the threat of ‘paper-work’ has always had an adverse effect on me, ranging from ‘mild nausea’ to ‘abject terror’ it was with some trepidation that I accepted my role. But then again, I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge and will always try to do my best no matter what, but isn’t that the point of entering Higher Education? To be challenged and taken out of my comfort zone and to expand my work capabilities?
It turns out that the role of DSM is quite a big one as I have to attend all rehearsals, take notes, keep the ‘Book’ (the bible so to speak of the show containing all, script changes, adjustments, and guides of all lighting and sound cues.)
As the threat of ‘paper-work’ has always had an adverse effect on me, ranging from ‘mild nausea’ to ‘abject terror’ it was with some trepidation that I accepted my role. But then again, I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge and will always try to do my best no matter what, but isn’t that the point of entering Higher Education? To be challenged and taken out of my comfort zone and to expand my work capabilities?
Ref. QLab by Figure 53 : http://figure53.com/qlab/
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