October 15, 2013

John Wyver from Illuminations talks about Tech and Dress Rehearsals and first night preview

John has been blogging about the play from the start of the 6 week rehearsal process.  In his latest entry he gives us some insight into just how closely the camera crew and film director have to work with the cast and the RSC to ensure that the live streaming film of the play on November 13th will go off without a hitch.

Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.
Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend.
- See more at: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/#sthash.gpN8XRrI.dpuf
" Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.

Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend."


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Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.
Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend.
- See more at: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/#sthash.gpN8XRrI.dpuf
Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.
Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend.
- See more at: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/#sthash.gpN8XRrI.dpuf
Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.
Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend.
- See more at: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/#sthash.gpN8XRrI.dpuf
Ranged across the auditorium are various temporary desks at which the stage managers, lighting and sound departments are working, calling the cues, making changes, annotating complex charts. Our broadcast team is in with the RSC’s film unit making a ‘scratch’ tape showing simply a wide-shot of the stage. From this, our screen director Robin Lough will create a camera script over the next fortnight, detailing each of the framings and cuts – and it is this that we will try out a first camera rehearsal.
Also present are two of our cameramen and the vision mixer, familiarising themselves with the production and beginning to visualise the work they will do on the night of 13 November. There are others from the company ranged around the seats and there is also photographer Kwame Lestrade dancing around the stalls taking the production images that will appear shortly. The digital clicks of his camera join the low hum of exchanges amongst the technical teams as they adjust and amend.
- See more at: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/#sthash.gpN8XRrI.dpuf