Final rehearsal week, aka "tech week"

This whole week has been busy for me, especially my mentor and the people who have been working on this production for the last two months. This week, they had been getting things ready on their final dress rehearsal for the very first performance on this Saturday. What they been doing is that they been running threw all the scene of act 1 and 2 non stop. Not only that, I also been observing the the tech team who were working really hard and knowing when to hit the ques of the scenes that they need to be ready for. This week has been a little bit stress for my mentor, since he is in charge of the actors and the tech team, but he is luckily to have a team that works well with him. I am very surprise of how well the actors have been doing. They kept improving every week to make sure that this production turns out significant. Sure there were some problems with some of the actors, but in this theater, everyone works as a team no matter what and I am looking forward to see how this play will turn out on their first performance on Saturday night.

This where my mentor's producer name Lisa will be during the play. She is in charge in the back stage to make sure that the actors know when they need to be up in stage during the performance. not only that, she also stays connect to the tech team through microphones so she can tell then when to hit the ques on a specific scene. 

This suppose to be the waiting area for actors who are up next for the scene while the rest of the actors stay in the green room until they are called to be in the waiting area before their scene comes up.

During the last few rehearsal, I got be on top of the booth with the tech team to see ho they're doing. As you can see, Jon is making sure all the lights ques ready before the performance.

Seeing one of the scene that some actors were practicing on while I was in the tech booth.

While I was in the tech booth, I get to see the rehearsal a better view from here and it looks a lit better for me then seeing them in the audience seats.

My Mentor's assistant director was telling the actors some rules that they need to know before they can perform their first performance on Saturday.  

My Mentor wanted the actors to practice there ending scene so it can bring a lot of enthusiasm to the audience. It was little bit rough in the beginning, but after a few tries, they got it down.  

After the final dress rehearsal, my Mentor and his assistant director were giving a few commendation and recommendation to each actor and giving some good points to everyone who work so hard on this production for the last two months. 

This is pretty much the green room. This is where the actors get ready for the performance that they 'll soon perform on stage. Its a little bit crowed it in this area, but its a lot bigger than you think.

Helping stage construction

During the weekends of 11/16-11/17 and 11/23-11/24, I was helping my mentor and the stage crew building the sets for the play at the chino community theater. How this help with my project is that my mentor told me that a great way for actor to do a better performance on stage is to know there stage. I understood what he met. This explain how he knows so much about theater, he started as an actor,then work his way to build sets on stage and do light technician. I had a lot of fun helping them build sets and I even get test out the stage lights a little bit. Jon shoemaker was there as well, since he also doing mentorship there, which was really cool because he and I had a lot of fun together of helping the community theater team finish building the sets on stage.

Everyone getting ready to build props for the stage

Me and Jon Shoemaker were assign to sand off the shelf and the cabinets to get rid off the old stains. 

It looks easy, but trust me its a lot harder then you thinks

The hardest part was the corners, and it took me and Jon to get rid of the stains about an hour.

After the shelf was finish, me and Jon move on to the cabinets. I was working on sides and the base while Jon was working on the doors of the cabinets. 

The left one is all ready sanded while the right one isn't sand off yet, so yeah you can see the difference.

Everyone who were here to help were very busy  to get the stage done on time.

Me and Jon got to paint the new staining of the shelf that we just finish sanding off.

Painting the shell was cool, except I got some of the paint on my right hand and couldn't get it off for the next few days, since it wasn't normal paint.

The next weekend, the stage is almost finish, the team just needed finish a few more things in the stage. I got to paint some spots that need to be paint over including the red benches  

Seeing the tech team, including Jon shoemaker, working on the stage light and programming the timing of the lights.. I even got to test the lights for a while, which was a cool experience. 

Seeing my mentor yelling the ques for the tech team to know when to  turn on lights on a specific spots on a specific timing. 

Blog 9: EQ

Content

1.  Rule of 3 criteria

• Provide a framework for studies (It calls for breadth and depth of research, Is not a yes/no question)
• Takes a stance (Allows you to argue some point, Cannot be a recitation of facts or a list)
•  Format (It is specific, The wording makes sense)

"I reviewed the rules of three for writing an EQ."

2.  Review the following EQs and

• Tell us if it meets the rule of 3 criteria.
• Tell why it does or why it doesn't

 a.  What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?

Clearly it is asking what is the key ways to lose weight. This can go into dept of research of finding ways of losing weight, whether its diet, exercising, diets pills or etc.  It can also make a stance of which one works best of losing weight or which one isn't and the format looks fine. So I believe this EQ dose fit with the rule of 3 criteria.

 b.  What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?

I believe that this EQ is little bit too simple. Its clearly asking how to find the person guilty in a crime case and usually the answer would be finding evidences. The format is okay but don't I see this EQ of making a stance of ways to convict the crime subject for a crime cases. if this EQ was asking finding the best ways to find evidences to convict the crime subject, it would work. So I believe this doesn't fit with the rule of 3 criteria.
 c.  What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?

Its clearly stating what is important for the hairstylist to give what the customer wants.
It kind of dose meet the rules of 3 criteria because as I said before, it clearly stating what it is asking. It can also make a stance since hairstylist need to try different techniques of hair styling and can see which one is the best. I am not sure if it can go into depth of research because it asking how to make the customer satisfies with the hair styles that they make. So I have to say that this doesn't really fit with the rule of 3 criteria.

 d.  How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

This EQ dose fit to the rule of 3 criteria because this is asking of ways to treat a disease that last a long time period. This requires a lot of research of finding different types of treatments for chronic pain. This EQ can also make a stance of which treatment is the best one for chronic pain and can make comparison or difference between different treatments. And lastly, clearly stating of which treatment can the Anesthesiologist, who is the expert of dealing with long period disease, best utilize for chronic pain. So I believe this EQ it dose fit with the rule of 3 criteria.

3.  Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.

"Which type of techniques or methods can an actor best utilize to prepare a role to engage the audience's attention?"