For Semester one of QUT’s Essentially Dance, I had the opportunity to work as general crew. In previous productions I had only ever moved set or set up and operated the sound elements. This exposure to so many new aspects of theatre was an interesting and positive experience as I got to work with almost every department. This consequently provided me with many new learning experiences and new issues which I had not tackled previously.
One of these issues included trying to move the lifter out of the beam of light I was about to focus while still being able to focus it comfortably. On the occasions where we had moved the lifter in place to focus, it was often in the way of where the lighting designer wanted to focus the light. This resulted …show more content…
I had very little experience mopping beforehand and no experience at all in mopping a tarquet. For me, the most significant pieces of information that made it different to how I had mopped previously was the need to have an almost dry mop and being able to mop in a straight line. Previously I did not notice that mopping in a form other than straight lines left the stage looking worse off than had it been done correctly. I did notice however that water did not seem to dry as quickly on tarquet as it did on a stage or other floor and left the floor dangerously wet if too much water was used to mop it. This was especially relevant when the dancers and technical staff were going to use the flooring as soon as it had been mopped requiring the floor to be dry almost straight away. Having mopped the tarquet numerous times over the season I feel that I can confidently mop a tarquet at a significant pace to such an extent as to have it dry when it is required to be and to be done in straight lines so that it is aesthetically pleasing for the viewers in stage lighting. This knowledge will be essential to me as a practitioner because being able to mop correctly is a skill that everyone in the industry has to have and be able to use. However, I could improve in this by being faster while still maintaining the same or better quality of
One of these issues included trying to move the lifter out of the beam of light I was about to focus while still being able to focus it comfortably. On the occasions where we had moved the lifter in place to focus, it was often in the way of where the lighting designer wanted to focus the light. This resulted …show more content…
I had very little experience mopping beforehand and no experience at all in mopping a tarquet. For me, the most significant pieces of information that made it different to how I had mopped previously was the need to have an almost dry mop and being able to mop in a straight line. Previously I did not notice that mopping in a form other than straight lines left the stage looking worse off than had it been done correctly. I did notice however that water did not seem to dry as quickly on tarquet as it did on a stage or other floor and left the floor dangerously wet if too much water was used to mop it. This was especially relevant when the dancers and technical staff were going to use the flooring as soon as it had been mopped requiring the floor to be dry almost straight away. Having mopped the tarquet numerous times over the season I feel that I can confidently mop a tarquet at a significant pace to such an extent as to have it dry when it is required to be and to be done in straight lines so that it is aesthetically pleasing for the viewers in stage lighting. This knowledge will be essential to me as a practitioner because being able to mop correctly is a skill that everyone in the industry has to have and be able to use. However, I could improve in this by being faster while still maintaining the same or better quality of