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STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 5, VIDEO 1 One of the more important jobs you will have during rehearsal is tracking the props. Youll need to know where they start, who uses them, and where they wind up. As soon as the actors start on their feet you will want to start...

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 6, VIDEO 1 During tech rehearsals you will have developed a checklist for your activities before each performance. Its important to make sure that you are consistent with attention given to each item on your checklist. If you change your pattern you might miss something. Stage management...

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 7, VIDEO 1 While you will use a lot of the same basic rehearsal prep and techniques in your rehearsal process, there are a lot of added duties and people when you work on a musical or opera production. First off, you will normally have a lot...

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 7, VIDEO 2 Les Mis, Phantom, Chicago, Lion King, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, and Wicked are just a few of the shows in musical theatre history that have become long-run shows, meaning they have run for more than five years. In the case of Phantom, it has...

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 7, VIDEO 3 Main rag in. House to full. Go. Thank you all. Great show. Ill take work lights. Its a one oclock call tomorrow for rehearsal. One oclock everybody. Have a great night. Get home safe. When a show decides to go on tour, your job...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 1, VIDEO 1 Hi. Im Bob Fowler, and this is my wife Marti. Wed like to welcome you to this second edition of Audio for Theatre, Sound Reinforcement, and Design. Were really fortunate to have two outstanding professionals writing and co-hosting this program with...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 So what does a sound system look like in a professional theatre? Lets take a look at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of The University of Missouri St. Louis. There are two outstanding performance spaces here,...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 3, VIDEO 1 Lets compare the path of audio in a theatre to something many of us have done: a road trip. Imagine youre graduating, and your family is going out of town for a Saturday night graduation party for you and your twin...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 3, VIDEO 2 Before we even start to look at mics, we need to take a quick look at what might be the scariest aspect of running an audio mixer for a showfeedback! Now youve all heard it, but might not know what it...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 4, VIDEO 1 Many people think that a microphone reaches out to capture sound. The truth is the diaphragm of a mic only catches the sound waves that actually get to the mic. If the audience is going to hear the actors clearly, the...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 6, VIDEO 1 Now this mixer might look a little intimidating at first glance. What in the world do all those knobs, buttons, and faders do? Where do I turn them? Its actually a lot less difficult than it seems. Lets break it down...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 7, VIDEO 1 The next section we need to look at is the Auxiliary, or Aux section of the mixer. Remember how we could get on and off the highway on the way to the graduation party? Sometimes we left graduation pictures at peoples...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 8, VIDEO 1 In this section, I would like to discuss how I typically tune a PA system when Im using an analogue mixer. The process is similar when you have a digital mixer, but a digital mixer has a lot of the tools...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 9, VIDEO 1 Digital mixing consoles, also called DMCs, have become increasingly popular in the past few years for their flexibility, size, cost, and the wide range of features that are included in one package. In this segment, we will be explaining some of...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 10, VIDEO 1 We will be using a Soundcraft Performer SI as our example console today. This console packs a lot of features into a very small package, and its pretty easy to operate once you get a feel for it. If you have...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 12, VIDEO 1 One of the funniest things about audio is that when you need help to carry in the heavy stuff, no one claims to know anything about it. But when you are having problems, everyone wants to get their hands in and...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 13, VIDEO 1 As I said earlier, power amplifiers are the backbone of any sound system. Room size, room acoustics, speaker capability, speaker placement, and the types of shows youll be doing are all factors that should be taken into consideration when selecting speakers...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 13, VIDEO 2 In any sound system, at home, in your car, in a stadium or in a theatre, the ultimate quality of the sound heard by your audience depends on the speakers, and where they are placed. The best digital recording on the...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 13, VIDEO 3 As weve seen, in order to produce clear sound across the entire range of frequencies, speaker manufacturers make two-way, three-way, and even four-way speaker systems so that each driver has a smaller portion of the work to do, resulting in clearer...

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 13, VIDEO 4 Once you know you have quality speakers, the number of them and their placement becomes key. To make your system as efficient as possible, you want your speakers aimed pretty close to the ear- level of your audience. In a fixed...