New Poll - Carrying The Show
Fri, 4 June 2004, 01:50 pmcrgwllms6 posts in thread
New Poll - Carrying The Show
Fri, 4 June 2004, 01:50 pmNew Poll topic: should actors be involved in bumping in/out, and moving set pieces/lighting equipment?
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Re: New Poll - Carrying The Show
Sun, 6 June 2004, 09:24 pmsuzanna burke wrote:
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> Does the poll question have a real event that it is referring
> to? Perhaps the poll is too simplistic to cover all scenarios?
Wherever possible, poll questions are created from reader's suggestions. So I don't know if there's a specific context to this one.
Also wherever possible, I try to modify polls that seem too simplistic and don't seem to have included enough options.
It is, however, pretty difficult to navigate the lists of suggested polls. It's not easy to separate new poll ideas from previously run polls, and many ideas are submitted incomplete or with blank titles so they look all the same. Every so often when I'm feeling brave I trawl through the list and try to find something worthy, and delete miswritten ones.
And of course, every so often I compose my own.
Please feel free to contribute new ideas!
This poll seems to me to be a bit polarized between amateur companies and professional ones.
In general, I imagine amateur groups all pitch in, although there are probably those actors who feel they should not be required to.
Professional groups usually are very clear as to what actors duties are and tech's duties, and you can sometimes get into trouble for stepping into another person's territory. I think that's mainly an insurance thing, and making sure only qualified tech's handle equipment. Additional payment loadings are also involved, if an actor is required to do tech stuff, or a tech required to be costumed onstage, etc. However, I'm currently in an exception-to-the-rule pro job where the actors also bump the set in and out.
I don't know that the poll will provide anything particularly conclusive - the main reason I activate them is to stimulate discussion topics.
The Poll-tergeist
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> Does the poll question have a real event that it is referring
> to? Perhaps the poll is too simplistic to cover all scenarios?
Wherever possible, poll questions are created from reader's suggestions. So I don't know if there's a specific context to this one.
Also wherever possible, I try to modify polls that seem too simplistic and don't seem to have included enough options.
It is, however, pretty difficult to navigate the lists of suggested polls. It's not easy to separate new poll ideas from previously run polls, and many ideas are submitted incomplete or with blank titles so they look all the same. Every so often when I'm feeling brave I trawl through the list and try to find something worthy, and delete miswritten ones.
And of course, every so often I compose my own.
Please feel free to contribute new ideas!
This poll seems to me to be a bit polarized between amateur companies and professional ones.
In general, I imagine amateur groups all pitch in, although there are probably those actors who feel they should not be required to.
Professional groups usually are very clear as to what actors duties are and tech's duties, and you can sometimes get into trouble for stepping into another person's territory. I think that's mainly an insurance thing, and making sure only qualified tech's handle equipment. Additional payment loadings are also involved, if an actor is required to do tech stuff, or a tech required to be costumed onstage, etc. However, I'm currently in an exception-to-the-rule pro job where the actors also bump the set in and out.
I don't know that the poll will provide anything particularly conclusive - the main reason I activate them is to stimulate discussion topics.
The Poll-tergeist
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