Busy weeks of OT
Weather: Just starting to snow, 12 inches expected overnight
Cat: High on catnip
Husband: Restarting his computer from scratch
Been real busy this week getting Brundibar on its feet. Had a few troubles with the package from the rental company including a revolution with a bad brain, an Autoyoke with a barrel factory labeled as 19 degree but really had a 26 degree barrel, missing the entire cable box in the first delivery, no manuals for the MDG fogger or Aquafogger (neither of which I've used before), and the wrong size dimmer pack sent: a 12 pack instead of a 48 pack. As a replacement they sent a 96-dimmer pack, which threw off my careful addressing, but not too badly. We're using just about all of the second DMX universe to control all the toys involved.
(For the non-theater folks reading this, DMX is the name of the control protocol used to control nearly everything used lighting-wise including moving lights, foggers, and strobe lights. The details of control differ between each type of unit and can be hard to coordinate.)
The Yale version of the show uses 390 conventional lights, 13 movers (9-Autoyoke, 2-VL1000, 2-Revolution), 10 gobo rotators, 6 Dataflash strobes, 26 Wybron scrollers, 11 Coloram scrollers (including 2 on the 10 degree followspots), 2 Gam FimFX loops, 2 F100 foggers, 2 Aquafoggers, and 1 MDG atmospheres hazer, all run on an ETC Obsession II board. Over the course of the run we'll use 600 lbs of dry ice, replace 15 sheets of color, and pray we don't have to replace a moving light. Getting to most of the lighting positions is tricky, even more so with the bridge of Comedy on the Bridge on stage.
It's been a challenge working with this student ME. She's made choices and done things differently than I or my boss would have preferred. I've had to take a stand at times to get things done effectively and had to allow her to choose her priorities. As a result, none of the deck units were ready for focus day, very little of the deck cable was cleaned up by the time actors hit the stage, the extra cable swag on the electrics was not cleared of the moving lights, we ran out of cable and had to make cable everytime we needed some, and had to constantly run over to the other theater spaces to get stuff we knew we needed to borrow but only got as we needed it. But overall, with guidance, it all worked out.
I'm still considering whether this job is a keeper. These two weeks have shown me the worst and the best aspects of the job. I'm enjoying the connections I've made with the students. But I am disappointed in the support from my boss, especially when it comes to implimenting all the fancy toys. We'll see how it goes.
Cat: High on catnip
Husband: Restarting his computer from scratch
Been real busy this week getting Brundibar on its feet. Had a few troubles with the package from the rental company including a revolution with a bad brain, an Autoyoke with a barrel factory labeled as 19 degree but really had a 26 degree barrel, missing the entire cable box in the first delivery, no manuals for the MDG fogger or Aquafogger (neither of which I've used before), and the wrong size dimmer pack sent: a 12 pack instead of a 48 pack. As a replacement they sent a 96-dimmer pack, which threw off my careful addressing, but not too badly. We're using just about all of the second DMX universe to control all the toys involved.
(For the non-theater folks reading this, DMX is the name of the control protocol used to control nearly everything used lighting-wise including moving lights, foggers, and strobe lights. The details of control differ between each type of unit and can be hard to coordinate.)
The Yale version of the show uses 390 conventional lights, 13 movers (9-Autoyoke, 2-VL1000, 2-Revolution), 10 gobo rotators, 6 Dataflash strobes, 26 Wybron scrollers, 11 Coloram scrollers (including 2 on the 10 degree followspots), 2 Gam FimFX loops, 2 F100 foggers, 2 Aquafoggers, and 1 MDG atmospheres hazer, all run on an ETC Obsession II board. Over the course of the run we'll use 600 lbs of dry ice, replace 15 sheets of color, and pray we don't have to replace a moving light. Getting to most of the lighting positions is tricky, even more so with the bridge of Comedy on the Bridge on stage.
It's been a challenge working with this student ME. She's made choices and done things differently than I or my boss would have preferred. I've had to take a stand at times to get things done effectively and had to allow her to choose her priorities. As a result, none of the deck units were ready for focus day, very little of the deck cable was cleaned up by the time actors hit the stage, the extra cable swag on the electrics was not cleared of the moving lights, we ran out of cable and had to make cable everytime we needed some, and had to constantly run over to the other theater spaces to get stuff we knew we needed to borrow but only got as we needed it. But overall, with guidance, it all worked out.
I'm still considering whether this job is a keeper. These two weeks have shown me the worst and the best aspects of the job. I'm enjoying the connections I've made with the students. But I am disappointed in the support from my boss, especially when it comes to implimenting all the fancy toys. We'll see how it goes.
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