Before we entered the theatre each member of our group had a to do list with instructions of what jobs needed doing and rough guideline to how long should be spent doing it. For example my hour and a half consisted of rigging the par cans on a stand and patching them, helping rig and patch Fresnel's-30 mins. Fill in cue sheet-30 mins. Plot-30 mins. Everyone had a different role to ensure the most work was being produced at all times.
Rigging
I felt we rigged quickly and well, we were ahead of schedule. All lights had been positioned and fixed correctly with no alterations to our lighting plan. We were questioned on as to whether there was a reason for using such a high powered Fresnel, however their was none except they were closest to the door and therefore more time effective. If we were repeating this performance we would make the area safer by taping excess wires to the floor using white tape to show a trip hazard, however as we were not using performers and everyone was aware of wires location we only did this with one light during our performance.
Gelling
Gelling was our biggest downfall within the performance time, but i do not feel this is due to the rate we worked at. We had 2-4 people working on gels at all times, however we did not estimate correctly how many new gels had to be cut. In our plan we did not include enough time to cut a gel for nearly every light and therefore this process ran 15 mins over its planned time. Unfortunatly due do our inability to react well to this situation and prioritise our later jobs this cut out our plotting time. If we were do the perormance again we would now have the gels we needed and the process would be quicker. If the same event occured again we would look at alternate solutions such as trying to focus from the ground so that all 8 group members could work or create more gel cutting stations and increase productivity.
Focusing
By the time we came to focus we were 20 minutes behind schedual, this created a frustration and panic amoungst the group in which communications broke down. Godwin worked quickly to get as many lights focused effectively as he could and the girls on the tallescope worked well with him to ensure that the focusing was safe, however we had 2 other group members in the catwalk unable to do anything whislt we tried to focus the stage lights first, this in effect was wasting time that we didnt have and could have been avoided if we focused more than one light at a time. I at this stage was writing a cue sheet to try and plot quickly. Again if this task was repeated under the same pressures i feel we should have tried to focues the lights from the ground, we would lose some effectivness but we have increased our plotting time and perhaps fullfilled some of the aims we had for our lighting states.
Plotting
we managed to program in 2 lighting cues and create 2 groups in the 5 minutes we had on the board before focusing, this was promising as it showed that we should have been able to create 10 cues in the 30min slot we had provided if we had not over run. The only problem we had with the lighting board was that our cues kept replacing each other rather than come before or after, however we asked for assistance and it appeared to be an error we had not been taught to deal with. On repeating the task i would prioritise getting in the lightin cues over and other area after rigging. I feel it would have been better to have a show wrongly focussed and gelled than to be in the situation we were in. Liv and I did our best after the cues and groups were used to create a show, however not all lights cleared when we expected and we lost all of our timings and lighting states.
Overall
Overall i feel the group worked well, we had a clear plan and structure and showed evidence that we knew how to exacute it. Our strong points were our quick rigging and maintaining safe enviroment whislt working at pace, i feel we had interesting ideas and played well to each group members strengths and weaknessess. Everyone showed ability in all areas and proved that they were capable of doing the jobs that needed to be done. Our weaknessess were our inability to adapt to the situations, not priorotising jobs or finding solutions to problems quick enough to keep our show alive.
I feel as if we have progressed from our first assignment together and have learned to plan well ahead and take responsibilities within roles, however this time we did not achieve the final product and this is something that we need to ensure does not happen again in the future.
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