Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.1.8 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #19 Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 03:00:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline For info on subscribing, unsubscribing, and suspending your list subscription, go to the Stagecraft web site at: http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #19 1. Bill in hel... by b Ricie 2. Re: Design on a budget by "Paul Guncheon" 3. Re: Tent rigging? by Stephen Litterst 4. Re: Design on a budget by Boyd Ostroff 5. Re: Design on a budget by Simon Shuker 6. Re: Design on a budget by Mike Voytko 7. Re: Waste Paint disposal by Jason Winslow 8. Re: Tent rigging? by Scott Sloan 9. Re: Waste Paint disposal by Pat Kight 10. Digest "back issues" available by CB 11. Re: Waste Paint disposal by "Stephen E. Rees" 12. OT? Drinking with Finns (was Tent Rigging) by Samuel Jones 13. Re: Tent rigging (addendum) by "josh Foreman" 14. Re: Drinking with Finns by "Storms, Randy" 15. Wireless Intercoms by "Fitch, Tracy" 16. Re: OT? Drinking with Finns (was Tent Rigging) by Herrick 17. Crappy cheap-o dimmers by Herrick 18. Re: Drinking with Finns by Fred Fisher 19. Re: Crappy cheap-o dimmers(Sunn) by LITETROL [at] aol.com 20. Re: Crappy cheap-o dimmers(Sunn) by Herrick 21. Re: Wal-Mart by Stuart Wheaton 22. Re: Tent rigging? by Stuart Wheaton *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20040526123231.22446.qmail [at] web50602.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 05:32:31 -0700 (PDT) From: b Ricie Subject: Bill in hel... In-Reply-To: Bill (Currently in Helsinki trying to uphold the American reputation for being able to drink with the best of them, but these Finns are tough competition.) May the Force Be with you... ===== Brian Rice b_ricie [at] yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001f01c4432d$1f844d10$2a02a8c0 [at] laptop> From: "Paul Guncheon" References: Subject: Re: Design on a budget Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 04:24:14 -1000 <> So did the producers try to provide all this support "before" the designer quit, or did they stand by while the director or whoever made unreasonable demands until it became an "Oh my god, what are we going to do now wait a minute my cousin's sister's daughter's husband is the Ikea store manager!" kind of thing. Part of the design equation are the budgets... money, time, manpower and skill levels. Laters, Paul "There's no need for silence," Tom allowed. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:28:23 -0400 From: Stephen Litterst Subject: Re: Tent rigging? Message-id: <40B4A987.5C052D8E [at] ithaca.edu> Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts References: Bsapsis [at] aol.com wrote: > > Bill > (Currently in Helsinki trying to uphold the American reputation for being > able to drink with the best of them, but these Finns are tough competition.) Oh dear, if Bill's having a hard time competing, the rest of us are doomed. ;-) Steve L. -- Stephen C. Litterst Technical Supervisor Ithaca College Dept. of Theatre Arts 607/274-3947 slitterst [at] ithaca.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:38:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Design on a budget In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2004, Paul Guncheon wrote: > So did the producers try to provide all this support "before" the designer > quit This also makes me wonder whether the designer really gave some thought to whether this was a job they wanted, knowing the budgets and requirements? Perhaps things were misrepresented, or maybe a budget crisis arose afterwards though? But all too often I see inexperienced but well meaning people take a job for low pay with the knowledge that there is very little budget. Then when the going gets rough a few weeks later they start to feel sorry for themselves for working under such bad conditions and quit. I suppose it's part of the learning process. But you have to be somewhat selective before agreeing to take on a project. If the pay is too low, if the conditions are poor, or if there isn't any budget then don't take the job. But if you do take the job (because you want the experience) then just do the best you can, don't feel sorry for yourself, and don't quit! Boyd Ostroff ooo Opera Company of Philadelphia Director of Design & Technology ooooooo 1420 Locust St, Suite 210 ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ooooooo Philadelphia, PA 19102 http://tech.operaphilly.com ooo (215) 893-3600 x225 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 19:08:32 +0400 From: Simon Shuker Subject: Re: Design on a budget In-reply-to: Message-id: <0HYB0056NU2FGU [at] dpmail1.emirates.net.ae> Good question Paul -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Paul Guncheon Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:24 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Design on a budget For info on subscribing, unsubscribing, and suspending your list subscription, go to the Stagecraft web site at: http://stagecraft.theprices.net/ --------------------------------------------------- <> So did the producers try to provide all this support "before" the designer quit, or did they stand by while the director or whoever made unreasonable demands until it became an "Oh my god, what are we going to do now wait a minute my cousin's sister's daughter's husband is the Ikea store manager!" kind of thing. Part of the design equation are the budgets... money, time, manpower and skill levels. Laters, Paul "There's no need for silence," Tom allowed. ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <47AFC064-AF29-11D8-A143-000A278CFE92 [at] nyu.edu> From: Mike Voytko Subject: Re: Design on a budget Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:28:03 -0400 Paul, Not sure if this plan was hatched before or after the designer bolted. But guess who ended up producing a working ground plan... (The LD knows CAD! Get 'im! :-) Couldn't agree more that realistic budgeting of all resources, not just $$$, is critical. Apparently, this is classified information--or heresy--given the paucity of people who understand and heed it... -- Mike Voytko Lighting & Sound Supervisor TSOA Theatrical Production New York University On May 26, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Paul Guncheon wrote: >> <> donated >> by IKEA. >> (This was after the set designer quit, declaring the set couldn't be >> done on such a small budget. Miracles do happen...) > > > So did the producers try to provide all this support "before" the > designer > quit, or did they stand by while the director or whoever made > unreasonable > demands until it became an "Oh my god, what are we going to do now > wait a > minute my cousin's sister's daughter's husband is the Ikea store > manager!" > kind of thing. > > Part of the design equation are the budgets... money, time, manpower > and > skill levels. > > Laters, > > Paul > > "There's no need for silence," Tom allowed. > > > > ------------------------------ Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20040526102149.00b6dee8 [at] mail.comcast.net> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:40:25 -0700 From: Jason Winslow Subject: Re: Waste Paint disposal In-Reply-To: References: Here in Portland a government agency collects latex paint, and recycles it into new paint. The new paint is dirt cheap ($5-$30 for a 5 gallon bucket to non profits), and comes in a variety of colors. The only down side is it is all semi gloss, therefore not as useful for on stage, but great for any backstage uses. http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?articleid=521 Are we the only ones who do this? Jason >Jon, > >Here in NY, too. The state DEP says we have to turn it into a semi-solid to >dispose of it. Last month, we had to dispose of about 75 gallons or more of >latex paint that would not re-mix without chalking up. Various methods are >approved in our county, and here are some: Jason Winslow sparkenter [at] *no Spam*comcast.net Master Electrician\ Carpenter Artist Repertory Theatre Portland,Oregon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:47:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Tent rigging? From: Scott Sloan Message-ID: In-Reply-To: >Oh dear, if Bill's having a hard time competing, the rest of us are >doomed. Speak for yourself... (8^)> --Scott Sloan TD/Head Rigger Antigravity=AE 519 West 36th Street Skyloft NY, NY 10018 Office (212) 279-0790 Fax (212) 279-3119 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <40B4D83D.4030000 [at] peak.org> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:47:41 -0700 From: Pat Kight Subject: Re: Waste Paint disposal References: In-Reply-To: Jason Winslow wrote: > Here in Portland a government agency collects latex paint, and > recycles it into new paint. The new paint is dirt cheap ($5-$30 for a > 5 gallon bucket to non profits), and comes in a variety of colors. > The only down side is it is all semi gloss, therefore not as useful > for on stage, but great for any backstage uses. > http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?articleid=521 > > Are we the only ones who do this? The local waste disposal company in Corvallis used to do the same thing, and gave it away free to nonprofits; we routinely picked up buckets of sort-of-white, sort-of-tan and sort-of-insitutional-green paint to use for basecoats, etc. (It was more or less flat). I'm not sure whether they stopped, or we ran out of uses for pukey-colored paint, but it saved us a fair amount of money at the time. -- Pat Kight Albany (Ore.) Civic Theater kightp [at] peak.org http://albanycivic.org ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20040526133937.0168d870 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:39:37 -0600 From: CB Subject: Digest "back issues" available >Some of you have wanted to get issues of the digest from the server, >which the new server doesn't support. To allow you to get past issues, >I've put them up on the web site for download Merci boucoup monsieur! I got #13, and am very happy. I should be more regular now that I'm back in the U.S., and my spelling should go back to its original (just plain clumsy) quality. Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-ID: <40B50148.3050808 [at] fredonia.edu> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:42:48 -0400 From: "Stephen E. Rees" Subject: Re: Waste Paint disposal References: Jason, No, that is done on a twice yearly basis here in Chautauqua County. (Western NY) Have never used the renewed paint but it's very inexpensive to not-for-profits. Steve > Here in Portland a government agency collects latex paint,d=521 > > Are we the only ones who do this? > Jason > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:44:04 -0700 Subject: OT? Drinking with Finns (was Tent Rigging) From: Samuel Jones In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <6D65951E-AF55-11D8-9F0F-000393BB489C [at] ucla.edu> Anybody who thinks they can keep up with the Finns hasn't been there and tried it. OBTW they had a fabulous wheat Vodka there 15 years ago, very smooth and very tasty. "Tasty" is not an adjective I would have used to describe vodka before that experience. I could never remember the name, since it was responsible for destroying the brain cells that held the info on my going away party. Sam Samuel L. Jones AutoPlotVW and AutoPlot Tools for SpotLight Developer sjones [at] arts.ucla.edu ========================================================== On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 10:47 AM, Scott Sloan wrote: > >> Oh dear, if Bill's having a hard time competing, the rest of us are >> doomed. > > > Speak for yourself... (8^)> > > > ------------------------------ From: "josh Foreman" Subject: Re: Tent rigging (addendum) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:56:09 -0400 Message-ID: Yes we have conferred with the tent company and the loads placed on the poles are within the working load allowable of the poles. We actually use pole clamps provided by the rental house that make the actual point be about 16" off of the center of the pole. The clamps themselves aren't pretty but they do the job. This year I am wanting to safety the rig to the top of each pole since the tops have a smaller 3-4" diameter circular section before the actual pin. Bill, and all -- I will try to get a hold of the drawings of the truss rig tomorrow. Thanks -- Josh ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "Storms, Randy" Subject: Re: Drinking with Finns Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:01:40 -0700 Earlier this year we booked a really cool Finnish act called "Semarrit" -- They are kind of the bad boys of Finnish acapella music -- anyway, as cultural ambassadors they did little to disprove the legendary appetite of the Finns for alcoholic drinks of all sorts; I think they almost drank the town dry! Cheers, -- r. Randy Storms rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu --------------------------------------------------- >Anybody who thinks they can keep up with the Finns hasn't been there >and tried it. ------------------------------ Subject: Wireless Intercoms Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:00:12 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Fitch, Tracy" The new Telex wireless are a much better battery design than the old = ones.=A0 You don't have to pull out the battery sled to replace anymore = -- it is a snap-on battery pack.=A0 The new Clearcom unit is the exact = same unit, only made in clearcom white. =A0 HME also has a new unit -- the 850.=A0 I can't quote exact dealer prices = but I can tell you that the Telex/Clearcom are quite a bit cheaper = (multiple thousand dollars).=A0 On the other hand, the HME is more = configurable and just felt hardier to me in my hands.=A0=20 =A0 HME is a company I hadn't thought about in a long time and it suddenly = struck me to wonder where they went.=A0 Looking up while picking up a = drive-through burger, I figured it out.=A0 HME makes most of the = fastfood intercoms I've seen since I started looking.=A0 I'd say they = ought to know something about durability working in that environment. =A0 The general solidity of the unit, previous positive HME experience, and = that durability made me opt for the HME even thought it does cost a bit = more.=A0 (probably $11,000 for four packs with two transmit channels = versus around $9,500 for four packs of the Telex/Clearcom)=A0 Well that = and learning that Telex is actually the manufacturer making the units = for themselves and Clearcom.=A0 My experiences with Telex parts/repair = have been much less than stellar. --Tracy Fitch TD, UNC Charlotte; LD, Everywhere Else ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:01:50 -0400 Subject: Re: OT? Drinking with Finns (was Tent Rigging) From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 16:44 America/New_York, Samuel Jones wrote: > > > since it was responsible for destroying the brain cells that held the > info on my going away party. > > Sam > Going away party??? Are you sure it wasn't an assassination attempt? Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:22:58 -0400 Subject: Crappy cheap-o dimmers From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Does anyone have any experience with Sunn Sunn-spot ps-1200 dimmers. they are little plug into the wall 4 ckt dimmer packs. I'm looking for a pdf manual for them. They seem to only have 3 dipswitches to set their channels. Also they are only 3 pin (DMX) (I hope it's dmx) I'm trying to interface them with a microvision FX that is already converting to AMX for some CD-80's. (Yeah I know..I'm looking forward to that as well) it's a fun job I have when I go from a Virtuoso DX to a Microvision FX in the same week. now where is that group button....?? TIA, _herrick Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:23:27 -0500 From: Fred Fisher Subject: Re: Drinking with Finns In-reply-to: Message-id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040526161033.00b88430 [at] wiscmail.wisc.edu> We had a group of Finnish singers (Varttina) last fall and they wanted us to supply them with a bottle of vodka before the performance. We didn't and they still went on with the show. Fred F. >Earlier this year we booked a really cool Finnish act called "Semarrit" -- >They are kind of the bad boys of Finnish acapella music -- anyway, as >cultural ambassadors they did little to disprove the legendary appetite of >the Finns for alcoholic drinks of all sorts; I think they almost drank the >town dry! > >Cheers, > >-- r. > >Randy Storms >rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu >--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: LITETROL [at] aol.com Message-ID: <86.ce11d4c.2de66c48 [at] aol.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:55:20 EDT Subject: Re: Crappy cheap-o dimmers(Sunn) In a message dated 5/26/04 5:23:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Herrick [at] hglightingdesign.com writes: << I'm looking for a pdf manual for them. They seem to only have 3 dipswitches to set their channels. Also they are only 3 pin (DMX) (I hope it's dmx) >> Herrick, Sunn products typically use "MicroPlex" or "NSI" protocol. 15 volts on 2 of the pins and data on the 3rd pin. You'll probably need something like an NSI 501 converter, to send DMX into this unit. The good news? The 501 is self-powered from the Sunn dimmer pack.... steve short steve [at] litetrol.com 1 800 548 3876 (LITETRO) fax 516 681 7288 lite-trol service company, inc. 485 w. john street Hicksville NY 11801 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:34:47 -0400 Subject: Re: Crappy cheap-o dimmers(Sunn) From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Oh dear I was afraid of that. Thanks for the info! On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 17:55 America/New_York, LITETROL [at] aol.com wrote: > > Herrick, Sunn products typically use "MicroPlex" or "NSI" protocol. > 15 volts > on 2 of the pins and data on the 3rd pin. You'll probably need > something > like an NSI 501 converter, to send DMX into this unit. The good news? > The 501 > is self-powered from the Sunn dimmer pack.... > Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ Message-ID: <40B58155.2050407 [at] fuse.net> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 01:49:09 -0400 From: Stuart Wheaton Subject: Re: Wal-Mart References: In-Reply-To: Wood Chip-P26398 wrote: > > My Dad and Mom owned and ran one of those "local" > hardware stores Snip > They could not buy > wholesale for what the boxes' retail prices were. It isn't the volume buying... I was buying denim shorts and work shirts at wal-mart, but the denim has become so thin that it fails in a month or so and the shirts are translucent with the fourth washing. Wal Mart, and other retailers who force costs down to the point where cheapening the quality of the product is the only place left to cut _should_ eventually get their comuppance when the consumers decide it is better to pay twice as much for denim shorts that last two years. Stuart ------------------------------ Message-ID: <40B5848A.6000902 [at] fuse.net> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 02:02:50 -0400 From: Stuart Wheaton Subject: Re: Tent rigging? References: In-Reply-To: Bsapsis [at] aol.com wrote: > Bill > (Currently in Helsinki trying to uphold the American reputation for being > able to drink with the best of them, but these Finns are tough competition.) Hyva! Brother Hyva! Gulp down as much terve snapsit as you can, keep them from ever exporting that stuff, the safety of the free world is in your hands! Kiitos! Stuart ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #19 ****************************