Learning how to take apart lanterns.

Today we learned how to take each lantern apart and clean the inside should we need to. We got taught how to open a Profile , Fresnel , Flood  and a PAR64.  To open up a profile there is a little black button on the side which you can press and the inside will open up to the light bulb , there is also another button you can press toward the front of the lantern which will open up to the lens's. To open up a PAR64 you must pull out the silver coiled screw on the side at the back of the lantern in which there will be the plug and once you've detached that there is a circular piece of safety metal that you must squeeze each end for it to loosen. You can then access the lantern. For a flood you must unclip the first screen , then unclip the glass panel beneath , you can then access the bulb although you must wear gloves when you touch it because the oils on your fingers may damage it. Last of all there is a similar technique to taking apart a Fresnel as their is with the profile meaning there is a discrete black button on the outside that will give you access to the bulb inside.  

Sound team evaluation for Starlight Express

Things that went well - 

1. Sound equipment was set up quickly and efficiently 

2. We worked well as a team. 

3. Communication throughout the team worked really well. 

4. All equipment was working well although there were a few sound issues.

5. Rowan and I worked out how to convert MP3 into WAV for the sound effect beat pad. 

 

Things that could have been better -

1. Need to make sure that ALL equipment is in the right place so that when we come to use it we know where it is. We couldn't find the hanging mics when we needed them which was a problem for a while but we found them eventually  

2. Need to make sure that all batteries were charged or that we have got spares. For the radio mics which ran out relatively quickly and we could have also done another mic because the mic change between Poppa and Volta (characters) weren't often successful because they  were needed at the same time.

3. More discipline with cast when dealing with sound equipment but specifically mics. 

4.  The SFX beat pad worked fine however was a pain to operate because every time it got turned off it would reset and therefore I would have had to re-select all the SFX that was needed and that the SFX was all playing at different levels of sound. The velocity on the beat pad also made the SFX come out at different volumes which was an issue.

Starlight Express Cancelled! 7/2/16 - Get out 9+10/2/2016

Due to the tent braking because of recent weather issues Starlight Express has been delayed until June ,We found this out on Sunday when we got emailed by Mr Hawkins saying ...


Hello everyone,

I am sorry to have to say that we are not going to be able to perform the show this week.

The Marquee company has arrived and said that it is unsafe to use the tent. It can’t be fixed in time for Tuesday.

They say that they have never had a problem like this with a marquee since the Great Storm of 1987.

I know, like us, you will be very sad and disappointed. 

Let’s all meet tomorrow in the dance studio at 8.45.

We are going to reschedule the show in the summer, after the exams. We need to talk to Y13 and Y11 in particular about this.

We will be doing the show again. But not yet!

Obviously, you will be in lessons now this week.

An email will be sent to ticket holders soon. But if you can tell people who you know have tickets then do so.

We will email everyone about tickets tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. 

Mr Hawkins and all the production team. 

So immediately we had to start the get out and first off we had to unload the remaining gear from a van into DS2 this included the drapes , the star-cloth , and a lot of 15 and 32amp cables from the tent. We then arranged it into piles of our own (school) stuff and equipment that we rented from CPS. Another thing we did the day after was help carry all the flooring and truss into the CPS vans for them to take away along with taking down the lanterns from hanging truss then using the tower to take down the remaining FOH truss. We also carried the skate ramps out from the tent and to hall where they will hopefully be stored there until June.

Starlight Express get in! Friday 29th and Sunday 31st January

This me and the sound team setting up the band equipment on the platform.

This is the sound team bringing in the flight cases from the van.

This is the sound desk straight after me and Corben carried it up to the box.

This is me rigging the Sound multi-core across the roof of the tent.

For the Starlight Express get in as a sound department we lifted all our flight cases to our assigned place which was the stage left wing and then proceeded to set up our gear. One of the first things me and Corben did was rig the main multicore from the raised platform which the sound desk is on and across the roof of the tent(which we did on a ladder connecting it to the roof with cable ties) to back stage where we set up the rio rack and plugged it all in to its correct input/outputs. Another thing that I did was set up all the power for the tent with massive cables that went into the generator and into the distro which convertes the power from the generator into a lower power output. After that we set up the sound PA which we had to try various different arrangements untill we decided to have the four speakers on each side stacked ontop of each other on a stage bloack and then a speaker hanging from the center of the truss.