Q calling Where, When, Who, What & Why?

I apologise Na for the inference. But the F'nM question has never came up, even with techies. I have even worked great riggers, who have been women & are as food if not better than a lot of men. They tend to be more attentive to the little details, where men are a bit more gung ho! One thing with a lot of SM's who have won the booby prise & got lumbered with the job. They do not understand the procedure & protocol of being able to give cues, in the acceptable manner. This happened with a production in a Big Top, which was one of the 'MOUSE' shows. Chucky baby a yank PSM who called the show during the tech rehearsal, Gave cues at 'Hit him' and other weird calls. Of course being an Aussie crew, not happened. They just look bewildered. It took quite a bit of time to det thru to him, that all that is required is the 'GO' word. Not y'know 7 various similar sounding derivatives. It took a few shows for him to get the hang of it, although he did slip ever now & then, but the crew covered him. Basically I use for Lighting numerical, audio alphabetical & Moves numbered per scene. Although now since the advent of digital audio it is simpler to use numerical. In the majority of shows there will be a lot more lighting cues, than audio or set moves. So the lighting cues become the bench mark,when producing the 'Running sheet'. With Moves I rarely give 3 cues per scene shift, so for each scene it is cue 1 - 2 or 3 Go. Then the next scene could be just Move 1 Go!. However I give an adequate stand by cue, possibly 1/2 a page before the cue. Further I use the term 'On Cue' if more than one element is actioning at the same time. This way after the stand by is designated for each operator, It is not necessary to blurt it out again just before the Go. With some shows the Go is prefaced by that many designation. The SM is breathless to give the go or misses it at the right time. But this is only me & I'm sure there are a lot who do it differently.

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[May you always play to a full house] Hear the lights & see the sounds.