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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crgwllmsFri, 4 June 2004, 01:50 pm
New Poll topic: should actors be involved in bumping in/out, and moving set pieces/lighting equipment?
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crgwllmsFri, 4 June 2004, 01:52 pm
Re: Poll Glitch - GRANT !!!!
Sorry folks, there seems to be a glitch in the poll engine once again. Votes aren't registering. Hopefully will be fixed soon. Everybody be nice to Grant.
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Walter PlingeSat, 5 June 2004, 09:26 pm
Re: New Poll - Carrying The Show
Every community show I've ever been involved with encouraged a team effort for bumping in and out. None of the groups I have worked with has had the luxury of working in their own theatre, so bumping in and out has been with a very limited time frame.
As long as it is done sensibly- those tasks requiring more expertise are left to the experts. There are lots of tasks to be done that everyone can pitch in and help with - chairs, props, costumes, clearing dressing rooms and leaving everything in order. A roster of duties is a fair way of sharing the work load.
The party doesn't start until the work is done.
Does the poll question have a real event that it is referring to? Perhaps the poll is too simplistic to cover all scenarios?
As long as it is done sensibly- those tasks requiring more expertise are left to the experts. There are lots of tasks to be done that everyone can pitch in and help with - chairs, props, costumes, clearing dressing rooms and leaving everything in order. A roster of duties is a fair way of sharing the work load.
The party doesn't start until the work is done.
Does the poll question have a real event that it is referring to? Perhaps the poll is too simplistic to cover all scenarios?
crgwllmsSun, 6 June 2004, 09:24 pm
Re: New Poll - Carrying The Show
suzanna 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.
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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.
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Walter PlingeMon, 7 June 2004, 06:08 pm
Re: New Poll - Carrying The Show
Great timing .... I have just completed a four show+bump out+after show party weekend so I guess I'm qualified to give an answer here.
Unless your show is profitable enough to be able to employ people to do this then I think its a definate YES! We only had 9 shows over 3 weekends but it still took near on 3 hours for our cast and crew of 50ish to get 90% of the job done. We were then able to enjoy our feast, there is still a lot of other behind the scenes things to do - washing costumes etc.
I would imagine all casts and crews would be covered by the companies insurance at every show, as long as suitable supervision and skill matching occurs then it works well.
Cheers
Lance
Unless your show is profitable enough to be able to employ people to do this then I think its a definate YES! We only had 9 shows over 3 weekends but it still took near on 3 hours for our cast and crew of 50ish to get 90% of the job done. We were then able to enjoy our feast, there is still a lot of other behind the scenes things to do - washing costumes etc.
I would imagine all casts and crews would be covered by the companies insurance at every show, as long as suitable supervision and skill matching occurs then it works well.
Cheers
Lance
crgwllmsSat, 19 June 2004, 02:06 pm
Re: Poll Result - Carrying The Show
Poll topic: should actors be involved in bumping in/out, and moving set pieces/lighting equipment?
466 participants in 2 weeks.
273 votes (16%) If they're capable, why not?
236 votes (13%) Yes, the more the merrier.
229 votes (13%) Depends if it's a pro or am show.
198 votes (11%) Only under supervision.
196 votes (11%) No, that's the tech's job.
193 votes (11%) They do it, in my experience.
190 votes (11%) Only if covered by insurance.
181 votes (11%) They don't do it, in my experience.
Very even spread of votes for these topics. Seems in general that actors need to add 'bumping out' at least, to their list of marketable skills.
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466 participants in 2 weeks.
273 votes (16%) If they're capable, why not?
236 votes (13%) Yes, the more the merrier.
229 votes (13%) Depends if it's a pro or am show.
198 votes (11%) Only under supervision.
196 votes (11%) No, that's the tech's job.
193 votes (11%) They do it, in my experience.
190 votes (11%) Only if covered by insurance.
181 votes (11%) They don't do it, in my experience.
Very even spread of votes for these topics. Seems in general that actors need to add 'bumping out' at least, to their list of marketable skills.
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