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Falling of stage = #1 death
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2nd is rigging
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Rules
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NEver walk through a dark theatre
don't trust anyone to do rigging right |
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Rigging
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Scenery that moves up and down
based off of nautical uses Originally known as Hemp system (used sandbags for weight) |
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Single Purchase Counterweight system
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Batten, 52 feet long
clamshell clamp = two pieces of metal that wraps around batten and bolted around the pipe trim-chain In-trim = stage floor out-trim = where we stop it at Turn Buckle - allows us to adjust levels Aircraft Cable - goes up to the grid Pulley - wheel that turns Block - the total assembly that makes the pulley works lift line and down line |
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HEadblock
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block above the operators head
It is mounted to the head beam |
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Arbor
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two steel plates separated by steel rods
we stack weights inside of it attached to the arbor is the purchase line: goes up to the headblock, then down to the stage floor through a tension block and loops back around into the arbor |
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Rope Lock
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Squeezes the rope to keep it from moving
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Single Purchase Counterweight system
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One to one, pound for pound needed on the arbor as is on the batten
the pipe will move a foot for every foot the batten moves |
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Double Counter Weight System
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For every pound you need two pounds
attached to the grid |
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Rules
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Person lowering controls the safety of everyone else
If anything happens, yell! MOVE YO ASS All weight should be on the floor load batten and then load arbor |
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Everything is numbered from the proscenium
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aye
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Aircraft Cable
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"plow cable"
1/4 inch is more permanent but we use 1/8 for temporary applications 7x19 (7 bundles of 19 wires) 1/4 holds 7,200 1/8 holds 3200 |
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Thimble
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Things at the end of the wires that I saw, the wire goes around it to keep crinks out
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Sleeve
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Gets crimped to hold it in space
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Cable clamp
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sucks dick
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Crosby
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a u-bolt shaped bolt that slides through a saddle with two nuts
becomes a cable clamp when you put the cable through it part where you turn it back is the dead horse you can't saddle a dead horse |
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Shackle
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Jaw shackle, for I bolts
attaches things to the aircraft cable |
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Make sure everything is
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Rated for the weight you are lifting
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Quick Links
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Look like a safety pin
needs to be wielded shut |
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D-Ring
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D-shapped
Block & tackle series of pulleys on rope |
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bottom hanging iron
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Goes on the bottom of the flat
always bolt with a carriage bolt needs to have give |
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Top hanging iron
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not bent
we use two bolts hangs across rail and style (bolt both) Needs something at the top to the run an aircraft cable down through a bottom hanging iron |
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Foot Iron
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L shaped, hangs on bottom of the flat
Gives us a means of putting in screws |
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D-Ring-Plate
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A D-ring and a plate, usually attached to the top of the flat so the aircraft cable can go through it instead of a top hanging iron
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Rigging a flat
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bottom hanging iron on the bottom
turn buckle connected to hanging bottom iron, cable connected to the top of batten with a shackle |
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#1 killer in the theatre
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PAINT
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3 components
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Vehicle: what allows us to smear the paint
water or oil that dries off of the surface, oil not good,only used for gloss. (takes forever to dry) Binder: glue that holds the paint to the wall. Usually synthetic, gelatin smells horrible Pigment: just the color |
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We prefer (in paint)
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Acrylic over oil and latex
can be 10 parts water to 1 part paint (very expendable) Doesn't build up too many layers |
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Chroma
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pure pigment. If not pure Chroma, it will not look right on stage
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Classifications of Paint
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Hue, Chroma, & Value
Hue: name of color (baby blue) Chroma: Purity of pigment Value: Light to Dark ratio |
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Dyes
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Inorganic
Need special dyes Aneline Dye - carcinogenic (only used in scenery) |
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Paintbrushes
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Bristles, The Handle, and the Ferrule (no paint on dis trick)
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Types of Brushes
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Lay-in Brush
Usually really wide (3-4 inches) Sash Brush Long and thin, with a diagonal shape on the bristles used for windows (a sash is part of a window) hold like a pencil Artist Brush Super long and skinny, round handle |
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Paint Roller
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dont paint well
Cross hatching = x motion used to paint the floor or hard flats |
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Sponges
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Natural and synthetics
Hold a lot of paint Natural = expensive |
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Paint Wands
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bamboo poles used to paint, ideal for artist brushes
extends reach of brish |
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Lining
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used for painting straight lines
8ft long |
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Schlipitka
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Paint technique
painting with feather dusters dump in paint, squeeze excess spin feathers for cool designs |
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Prime Coat
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purpose is to seal all cracks in muslin, steel, etc for painting
usually a light color after priming we put on the paint light, then medium, then dark shade looks boring without the three shades Wet blend, use water to blend all three colors |
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Charging the brush
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Putting the brush back in the paint
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Scrumble techique
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makes things look weathered
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Spatter
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Take original 3 colors and water them down
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Combing
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put the metal comb in and dip it
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Painting bricks
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highlighting and shadowing, just suggest the highlight with a cutting dark line
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Stones
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Use sea sponge
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Crash box
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wooden box with glass among other things
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Gunshots
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Horrible to do live, but can only be done live
we use blank guns |
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Flashpot
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devise that holds igniter and explosive materials
o If you’re going to generate a cloud of smoke, flash, or bang of whatever sorts, you need to warn everyone that you are going to do this! o Everything has to be fire approved! o Put something around your igniter o Put a steel mesh ontop of what you have around the igniter (MUST BE STEEL!) • Use window screen o For BOOMS! Use powder with a loud report, or flash powder for flames |
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Water on Stage
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comes from a faucet
gravity tank, water bucket above faucet that drains into a catcher Closed System |
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Freshwater
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Have to run a garden hose from a sink with another hose returning it to the source
use bucket and well for clean water OPEN SYSTEM |
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Atmospherics
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Rain - have a pipe with holes and cap at the end, run a hose to it and voila, or have showerheads
Snow - use a snow cradle, loop muslin, slit holes down to middle, put in form of plastic. Fly operator lowers and raises = snowstorm |
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Haze
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water droplets suspended in air
makes our vision blurry and makes audience members cough |
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Smoke
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water particles are heated up and made to rise
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Fog
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Water droplets are chilled to fall lower
o Dry ice is carbon dioxide o Oxygen deprived = passing out o Dry ice will burn you! o Not poisonous |
