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...as well as lighting and sound design and were looking for one qualified person to work with you in all three areas, what are the qualities and skills you would want the person to have?

2007-08-07 07:24:35 · 2 answers · asked by Omes 2 in Arts & Humanities Theater & Acting

**Question for school, not for real life**

2007-08-07 07:48:47 · update #1

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Sainthood? That's an awful lot to ask of one person. That's 3 separate jobs requiring many different skill sets. Is it that you have no budget to hire 3 qualified people? You really ought to think carefully before shortchanging yourself in these areas. You're asking for one person to have the skill set of a builder who can safely and solidly build things to scale and in perspective, a person who has knowledge of lighting boards and all equipment involved as well as knowledge of actual placement (or rearrangement) of the lighting equipment in the rafters to be able to set cues according to the mood, etc that the director wants, and have knowledge of your sound equipment on top of that and make sure that everything accoustically works out well and work out a mic schedule so that everyone who has lines will have a mic when it counts. Perhaps you can at least get a volunteer to be a sound assistant to do the mic schedule?

I think the person you're looking for needs to be a jack/jill of all trades with experience in successfully doing all 3 of these jobs in 1 production. they also have to be very kindhearted and a total sucker with no other life. You can always put the call out for what you're looking for and see if you get any bites. Ask people to fax their resumes first so you can prescreen and make appts with people you are interested in. Honestly I would get seperate people for these jobs if at all possible.

Good luck!

2007-08-07 07:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 1 0

Lots of experience. Great references. A pleasant personality.

2007-08-07 07:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 0 0

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