Here are some of the video cues in the final product. It's a little anti-climactic without actors and lights, but gives a sense of the scope of the project.
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Video Elevations
Here are some video elevations. I thought I'd be able to get a sense of the composition by just manipulating the images in QLab and adjusting them with the monitor setup in my office, but I wasn't able to keep a good sense of the set (especially since all my monitors are the same size). So I used a photo of the model, cut out the screens in Photoshop, and am manipulating the images in layers underneath the set.
Joel Bock's photos are working great. He shot the restaurant, the classroom, Dr. Waller, and Dr. Jinks. He's also taking video footage of traffic.
Joel Bock's photos are working great. He shot the restaurant, the classroom, Dr. Waller, and Dr. Jinks. He's also taking video footage of traffic.
Projections... and Script Revisions
I came in early this morning to nail down final images and edit video, and I found an email waiting from Allen, the director. He forwarded an email from Lisa Loomer, the playwright, that had a revised script and lots of information about what she has been discovering with the show (and projections in particular) during the rehearsal processes at other theatres. It means some added and some changed cues for me, and a new script to go through with new page numbers for all my cues... But the good thing is that her comments affirm the direction we've been heading - toward simplicity in the video. The changes should be minor, and I'm not going to look at the script or changes until I get the main locations hammered out. My goal for that is by 11am this morning. Four hours. Focus. Focus. Focus.
One Week Before Tech
Below is the Projection Score. I originally planned to have around 200 cues, but whittled that down to 120 when I made the preliminary projection score. Then after watching the designer run through, I simplified it even more and am now at 99 cues. Each of those "called" cues is actually a group of cues with about 15 individual steps, so I'm guessing I will be programming around 1500 cues.
Below is my list of video that I am generating. There are 15 different locations, 10 of them use all 5 screens. Then within the action of the play there are about 20 other video clips that are a variety of TV shows, movies, video games, and surfing the web, as well as a power point lecture and an instant message conversation. In addition, there are a dozen or so transitions (pre and post show, between scenes) that will be a montage of media footage and other video. Those will be the most complex cues to build.
QLab Demo
This is the QLab programming station I have set up. And here is a video of the demo I put together to show the program and its possibilities to the artistic team. There are around 40 video cues in 100 seconds. The show is around 2 hours long...
Paint Elevation
I finally settled on the red back wall, but made the front walls a darker gray. I emailed the paint elevation to the director and he thinks the colors work well.
Color
I am exploring colors for the walls and sofa. Selecting color is always a weird and challenging process for me. I think darker richer colors with heavy texture feels right for this show. Initially I was thinking three different colors for the walls, but that didn't seem to work very well. Feel free to share your thoughts about these options and make other suggestions.
Things Take Time
Just to clarify - I did go home yesterday (a little late) and then I came back in early this morning.
Wordle
Kim showed me a cool web tool (wordle.net) that allows you to dump in a bunch of text and it arranges the words based on their frequency. Back when I did my script score I pasted in my "images and allusions" column and here's what I got.
Location Score and Action Timeline
This is one page of the location score. This process took about 20 hours and is six 11x17 pages.
I needed to map out the action of the play in order to figure out when things took place based on information in the dialogue. The action takes place over a four month span of time.
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