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 #74 Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 03:00:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #74 1. Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! by Mike Brubaker 2. Re: Interstellar Winch Design by StevevETTrn [at] aol.com 3. Re: shop a/c by Steven Hood 4. Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! by "Michael Eddy" 5. Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! by MissWisc [at] aol.com 6. Re: I have a request by Bsapsis [at] aol.com 7. Lighting Elements Textbooks by "Gilliam, Joshua M." 8. Re: Lighting Elements Textbooks by Richard Niederberg 9. Re: Lighting Elements Textbooks by Rachel Steck *** 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: <6.1.1.1.0.20040717064957.02bed278 [at] mail.insightbb.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:52:13 -0500 From: Mike Brubaker Subject: Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! In-Reply-To: References: According to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the nominees in Art direction this year do, indeed, include Horration Hornblower, Pancho Villa, and the angel. UPI reported accurately. Take a look: http://www.emmys.org/webcast/awards/artdirect.php Mike At 04:24 PM 7/16/2004, RICHARD FINKELSTEIN wrote: >When I learned that the Emmie Awards recently were announced I ended up on >the UPI news service feed page at > >http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040715-064510-6225r > >It looked great at first, VERY thorough....that is until I got down to the >technical/ design area. > >According to them the nominees in "Art Direction" this year include Horratio >Hornblower, Pancha Villa, and some kind of angel that came to the US!!!! ------------------------------ From: StevevETTrn [at] aol.com Message-ID: <85.10c4769a.2e2a7444 [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 08:23:32 EDT Subject: Re: Interstellar Winch Design mfpowers writes: >...back to the original reason for this thread.... >...to reduce the drum diameter so that motorized line sets >could be placed on closer centers. Many years ago, I worked in a facility with motorized line sets for the 3 electrics. That was the sum total of the rigging system (not counting the main drape). Even though line spacing was not particularly an issue, the motors/wenches, for the massive 20 feet of travel, were offset from each other both vertically and horizontally due to limited off-stage space (NONE). This same idea could be applied to getting closer line sets on a non-Vortek system. Steve Vanciel Orlando, FL P.S. There was no training provided in the inspection or maintenance of this system. If it runs, use it. If it doesn't, call the vendor. The operator "training" consisted of pointing out where the key switch was located. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20040717125853.13409.qmail [at] web20808.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 05:58:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Hood Subject: Re: shop a/c In-Reply-To: I'd imagine Stuart's right. I'm in academia, and I've got all the a/c I want... My shop stays within a couple degrees of 70, year-round. I've only got dust collection on our miter saw, but it sees more action than any tool in the shop (take that how you will). Anyhow... There are other areas that I wish were provided for a bit better that some of you guys could hold out and laugh at me over, so I bite my tough and cringe at the heat you guys deal with rather than laugh... Our "brother" shop that is run by CBN itself doesn't have a/c, though... They're been trying to get mgmt to give them a building on-site for a long time, but they need "too much space"... Their shop is bigger than my entire theatre building, I think... Anyhow, happy weekend y'all. Steven __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ ------------------------------ From: "Michael Eddy" Subject: Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:31:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Mike, I think you missed Richard's point. The UPI news service site lists only = the show titles, with no personal names of designers and technicians. The = Emmy site fully credits the actual people who did the work, not just the = show. Michael S. Eddy Lighting&Sound America =A0 michael [at] plasa.org www.lightingandsoundamerica.com >According to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the nominees = in=20 >Art direction this year do, indeed, include Horration Hornblower, = Pancho=20 >Villa, and the angel. UPI reported accurately. Take a look: >http://www.emmys.org/webcast/awards/artdirect.php >Mike At 04:24 PM 7/16/2004, RICHARD FINKELSTEIN wrote: >>When I learned that the Emmie Awards recently were announced I ended = up on >>the UPI news service feed page at >> >>http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=3D20040715-064510-6225r >> >>It looked great at first, VERY thorough....that is until I got down to = the >>technical/ design area. >> >>According to them the nominees in "Art Direction" this year include Horratio >>Hornblower, Pancha Villa, and some kind of angel that came to the = US!!!! ------------------------------ From: MissWisc [at] aol.com Message-ID: <1d8.267e6244.2e2ad13e [at] aol.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:00:14 EDT Subject: Re: Perhaps we can ALL agree to protest this one! <> That's not too much different than the awards show itself... the "stars" get their photo on screen and if they win they get to thank everyone and their dog. Technical people are lucky to get 3 seconds of fame IF they win. Then again, I've never heard of an Oscar winner in a tech category demanding $20 million for his next picture either. :) UPI is all about selling papers, not accurately recording events. Kristi ------------------------------ From: Bsapsis [at] aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:39:18 EDT Subject: Re: I have a request Hi gang. I need your help. (no, I don't need you to send money. At least, not yet.) This is me wearing my ETCP certification committee co-chair hat. As part of the process in developing the Rigging Certifications...yes, there are two...I'll explain that in a minute ... the certification committee needs to send out a survey to a group of people. A large group. This survey is to help establish three things. The tasks that riggers most commonly do. The amount of time devoted to those tasks and the ramifications of an accident involving those tasks. According to the companywe've hired to oversee this certification process we would like to send this survey out to about 2,000 people. 1,000 of them would be Arena Style riggers and the other thousand would be theatrical style riggers. So. If you think you qualify as an Arena style rigger (you work with truss and chain hoists on a regular basis) or as a Theatrical style rigger (you do load ins/outs and run shows in a relatively traditional stage house venue) or if you know someone who qualifies, I would ask you to contact the ETCP certification manager via e-mail and give her your name and e-mail address. you will also need to identify yourself as either an Arena Style rigger or a Theatrical style rigger. If you think you are both, that's OK too. You should identify yourself that way. In the very near future she will send you the survey for you to fill out and return. Her name is Katie Geraghty and her e-mail address is This whole certification thing is very important and it would be great if we had your help. If you have any questions, please contact me off list and I'll try to answer them. I'm bound by the confidentiality clause associated with this program so there's not too much more I can say, but I'll do my best to answer your questions. On behalf of myself and the ETCP, thank you. Be well Bill S. Sapsis Rigging, Inc. www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 800.292.3851 fax 267.278.4561 mobile We stand behind, and under, our work. ------------------------------ Subject: Lighting Elements Textbooks Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:33:25 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Gilliam, Joshua M." I am the master electrician at Baylor University and I am looking for a textbook that would teach the lighting students the basis of lighting, along with the history and make-up of the most used lighting instruments including moving lights and control consoles. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joshua Gilliam Master Electrician Department of Theatre Arts Baylor University ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:50:04 -0700 Subject: Re: Lighting Elements Textbooks Message-ID: <20040717.225011.3732.5.ladesigners [at] juno.com> From: Richard Niederberg Dear Joshua, 'Lighting the Stage ~ Art and Practice' (3rd Ed.) by Dr. Williard Bellman is a good start, as you have specified your need for a textbook, and not an homage to McCandless, et al. More advanced students could appreciate 'Stage Lighting' by Richard Pilbrow, while those students who are ready to make lighting a career should obtain 'The Business of Theatrical Design' by James Moody. 'The Magic of Light' by Jean Rosenthal will show students some the best work by an American Lighting Designer, while 'The Scenography of Joseph Svoboda' by Jarka Burian will show students some of the best work by a European-style [Czech] lighting (and scenic) designer. At no time or place am I trying to disparage 'Scene Design and Stage Lighting' by Parker and Smith, which has been a 'workhorse' text for decades, but you requested a book for lighting students. /s/ Richard > I am the master electrician at Baylor University and I am > looking for a textbook that would teach the lighting students > the basis of lighting, along with the history and make-up of > the most used lighting instruments including moving lights and > control consoles. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Joshua Gilliam ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:34:34 -0700 Subject: Re: Lighting Elements Textbooks From: Rachel Steck Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Joshua, I think "A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting" by Steven Shelley is an excellent book for a beginning student as well as the professional (I have used it as a resource in both my academic and professional fields - higher education and LORT). It is not the end-all-be-all of stage lighting (as it lacks the history) but it is a useful book in that it teaches us how to organize plots and paperwork as well as how to manage paperwork, people, venues, etc. But for $14.99, it is a great addition to any classroom: from lighting design to technical theater to stage management. If only all of us were as well prepared as Shelley. Sincerely, RK Steck PS You can take a look at it via this webpage: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0240803531/104-9870013-3483141 ?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #74 ****************************