Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Nov 21, 2013 2:53:18 pm PST #12628 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What part of that word describes what those words do?

When did most words (in grammar or out) start fulfilling that requirement? Verb, noun, adjective, adverb...where'd that expectation come from?

Kat: She must know my cousin M. That world is not that big. I have some guys I'd love to rate on Lulu, and some I'd like to look up (overlap there) but neither group includes my one ex. I'm sure he's fine. Sometimes you find out some douche stuff not dating them. Once you're no longer bound by buddy confidentiality rules, why not go all out and rate on the internet?


Connie Neil - Nov 21, 2013 2:59:58 pm PST #12629 of 30000
brillig

"verb" is a noun. But then, so is "noun."

I may need more cold medicine.


Steph L. - Nov 21, 2013 3:03:49 pm PST #12630 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

"verb" is a noun. But then, so is "noun."

Nah, you can totally verb nouns.

See what I did there?


aurelia - Nov 21, 2013 3:06:54 pm PST #12631 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I've called directors out on being insulting to the entire design staff by telling the cast that they just have to suffer through tech and then and I quote "get back to the real work."

I've mostly found that in the educational world.

Also, the deal that I am making with the director, and hopefully that the entire design staff is making, is that if the show can be given to us for one or two tech rehearsals for us to do our work, then we will give it back at the end of that.

Yes! Exactly. Which includes costumes and quick changes and everything. Don't short change the early parts of the tech process and you're more likely to get a run or two under show conditions before you have an audience and we can be finessing the design elements instead of frantically fixing.

I'm not a fan of dry tech (or tech without costumes) for that reason. Asking me to light a show without the actual actors and the costumes means I'm building the lighting equivalent to rehearsal props during that time and that I'll have less actual tech time to turn them into real cues. I'm happy to dry tech big moments that involve a lot of coordination between design elements, but a whole show? No thank you. Ditto cue-to-cue.


-t - Nov 21, 2013 3:20:56 pm PST #12632 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It is weirding me out a little that I am watching football that is brought to me by KFC while eating KFC.

I should probably be used to that sort of thing, but I guess I'm not.


aurelia - Nov 21, 2013 4:05:50 pm PST #12633 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

One woman’s struggle to reuse her penis cake mould. [link]


-t - Nov 21, 2013 4:08:42 pm PST #12634 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's great!


Jesse - Nov 21, 2013 4:14:40 pm PST #12635 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This is why you just buy the penis cake.

I am ridiculous: I want to have chips and dip for dinner tomorrow, so now I'm browning some onions.


Atropa - Nov 21, 2013 4:41:00 pm PST #12636 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Mint Black Lotus from Magic: The Gathering for $27k!

coughs

Dammit, I have got to get Pete to get his collection evaluated.


NoiseDesign - Nov 21, 2013 4:50:51 pm PST #12637 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I'm not a fan of dry tech (or tech without costumes) for that reason. Asking me to light a show without the actual actors and the costumes means I'm building the lighting equivalent to rehearsal props during that time and that I'll have less actual tech time to turn them into real cues. I'm happy to dry tech big moments that involve a lot of coordination between design elements, but a whole show? No thank you. Ditto cue-to-cue.

This, so much this!

My goal is always to walk away at the end of my tech rehearsals with the show at a place where if we needed to we could put an audience in the house the next night. Every department needs to be working towards this. It is also very doable, I've been able to achieve this one shows where I have one 10 of 12 and one 8 of 10 and there are 400+ sound cues and 500+ lighting cues. It just takes organization and forethought.