Starlight act 2 rehearsal-full company

Yesterday night we did a run through of Act 2 which features important songs such as Light at the end of the tunnel, the rap, one rock n roll to many, right place right time and Starlight sequence. The show went smoothly and only one person fell over on roller skates and no one forgot their lines however when all actors are onstage for the rap we had to practice their dancing at the sidelines to achieve that artistic integrity. I made some notes about Sarah, Sophie and Mabel to maybe turn their radio mics up while they are singing and what will happen when the dace break happens in the rap about the trains shouting and whether that will effect their singing.

22/01/2016 - First day in Starlight tent.

Today was the first day we went into the Starlight Express tent and we moved all the flooring(Chipboard) into the two different parts of the tent which being the main stage area and the backstage area. We carried the the chipboard in pairs through the tent and got everything done pretty quickly.

Act one run through. Starlight Express.14/01/16

Today we ran through the whole of Act One in the dance studio , so that all the cast and band could practice singing/acting/rollerblading and so the production crew could make notes on their specific area's. So for sound I made notes about how when she is on stage Mabel's mic should be turned up due to her quite voice, and that when prince of Wales does a cartwheel that there should potentially be some "whoosh" sound effect.  I thought that the whole show ran surprisingly smoothly and that the only other thing I made note of is whether the electric trains in "AC/DC"  should have a electronic voice over and that whether that could be done by the sound desk itself.

Taking out the mains cable in the main school hall.

Today , I went up the tower and cut all the cable ties that where holding the mains cable up in the roof which powers most of the sound equipment in the box. This was quite a time consuming task considering there were two cable ties every meter or so but in the end we had the whole thing coiled up.

Set Construction 20/1/2016

These are all pictures of me helping with building skate ramps for Starlight Express doing important things such as sawing , sanding on the belt sander but also with glass paper and measuring out where the side handles need to be cut on the ramps. We are in the final stages of completing the ramps , one of the most important things we have left to do is to add the wheels.

Mic Plot for Starlight Express

This is the final Mic plot for Starlight Express.

Sound Effects list for Starlight Express 11/01/2016

Song	Bar Number	Type of effect	Notes
Before the show		Train Set Noises
1	21	Door Knock
1	21	Door Opening
7	1	Diesel Horns
7	124	Electricity Noises
8	1	Electric/Metallic on Electra and backing voices	These go on throughout the entire song (?)
8	1	Electricity/Sparks/Lighting	During the Component’s and Electra’s entrance
25	25	Siren	For all four races
25	25	Fight
25	34	Crash
30	1	Siren
30	69/70	Crash	Check with Hawkins

11/01/16 - Production/ Sound meeting for Starlight Express

No Backing Tracks for Starlight , everything done by band or SFX

1. Door opening , subtle handle - SFX.
2. Greaseball needs to sound "Elvisy , deep , bassy , reverb".
3. Diesel horns / trains SFX.
4. Experiment with Electra's voice - Metallic , robotic sound effects , potential "robotic" effect of sound desk.
5. DLG must have mic in rehearsals.
6. Sort out Wrenches mic!
7. tabs on Control.
8. Sirens for all four races - SFX.
9. Make sure the sound by Starlight Sequence is very loud.
10. Will do the playout.

Sound department Starlight meeting.

Sound FX - Everyone has to split the songs for the Sound FX

21st January - 2 delay speakers for the back row of Front Of House(FOH) Truss. Delay time must be included.
Get in Jobs - Patch list ASAP , Sol - Radio's / System Tech.

Christmas concert

For the Christmas concert I did a number of roles including working on the sound board , ASM , follow spotting and tabs. These are pictures of the hall with no one in it but with the whole Christmas concert set up and there is also a picture of the soundboard being operated for the Christmas concert.