11-03-2006, 01:54 PM
Hey everyone,
I just wanted your opinion on this. I work at my high school as a Light and Sound Technician managing the lights and sounds at all school functions. Tonight was opening night for the school musical.
Here is my problem.
In one scene the scrim comes down. For all those in theatre you know what a scrim is but to everyone else, it is the blocking sheet that comes down to seperate the actors from the scenery so the props and scences can change. All of the lights that I do, are based on cues. So a lighting change is all based on cues we see from the stage.( we are on the opposite side of the auditorium watching the preformance)All of the cues are based on movement and the scrim. Well, in a scence Charachter A enters on Stage Right * your left* and begins his lines, when that happens the spotlight turns on and when the scrim goes up, the lights go up. Well tonight, the stage hands didn't have the scenery changed by the time the lights came up and they blame me.
From my point of view, if the set is not ready- don't send out the actor- if the props ( in this case a whole HOUSE ) are not int he proper location/ angle- don't raise the scrim.
After all this, I was yelled at for " not doing my job" and " making the musical look bad". Would it be wrong of me to fire back at these comments since it was their cues and actios that made me do what I had to do???
I just wanted your opinion on this. I work at my high school as a Light and Sound Technician managing the lights and sounds at all school functions. Tonight was opening night for the school musical.
Here is my problem.
In one scene the scrim comes down. For all those in theatre you know what a scrim is but to everyone else, it is the blocking sheet that comes down to seperate the actors from the scenery so the props and scences can change. All of the lights that I do, are based on cues. So a lighting change is all based on cues we see from the stage.( we are on the opposite side of the auditorium watching the preformance)All of the cues are based on movement and the scrim. Well, in a scence Charachter A enters on Stage Right * your left* and begins his lines, when that happens the spotlight turns on and when the scrim goes up, the lights go up. Well tonight, the stage hands didn't have the scenery changed by the time the lights came up and they blame me.
From my point of view, if the set is not ready- don't send out the actor- if the props ( in this case a whole HOUSE ) are not int he proper location/ angle- don't raise the scrim.
After all this, I was yelled at for " not doing my job" and " making the musical look bad". Would it be wrong of me to fire back at these comments since it was their cues and actios that made me do what I had to do???
