Les Mis Review
The week before last week we performed one of the most famous shows in the word "Les Miserable" here in Cheshire Academy. We had Lexi one of the best singers in our school to play the main character "Jean Valjean"; Jenna played "Javert"; Julia played "Fantine"; Maggie played "Cosette"; Mariel played "Eponine"; Aaron played "Marius"; Sam and Gianna played "Monsieur Thénardier and Madame Thénardier", and many other good singers and actors. I was so lucky to participate as a stage crew to help out, although I joined the group very late.
So, when I first day joined the group, I experienced up at the booth. Mrs. Monahan showed me how the sound tech part works, and I think the sound control was pretty cool especially the "master" button. The thing I learned from the sound section was that, if I want to do the sound section, I should remember both of all actors' characters' name and their real name. Also, I have to go with the show from the very beginning of the rehearsal, and I have to experience all actors' singing habits and their voice volume so that I am able to balance the volume for everyone when they have mic one. Also, when the chorus sings together, this is the harder part of balancing everyone, we might want to mute some loud voice people, and turn on some low voice people. So, I think balancing all the mic and all the sound is the most important job for the sound section. The other thing that is also important for the sound section is all the special sound, such as gunshot sound in "Les Miserable" when the war happened. This scene is kind of highlight, so the sound is important to build up the atmosphere. For the special sound, we can set up a program with all the cues and sounds we need on the computer which will make all the technology people's lives much more easier. Lighting is a huge part for every show, without the lighting, the show will not be successful, audiences are not able to feel the emotion or anything, the relationship would be very hard to build between actors and audiences. So, from the lighting section, I just get to know the basic stuff, for example, James told me there is also a program needs to be set up for all the cues with all the lighting. Because it is really complicated, we do not have time to go over the specifics.
For the last two show, I experienced as a stage crew, so I helped out with the scene changes. Even I did not help from the beginning when they start to prepare for the show, but for that two days, I feel that stage crew is a really tiring and hard job, without stage crew the show could never be done perfectly. We have to follow all the lines, can not lose any lines or we will just lose the whole thing, which will be really bad. And stage crews have to make all kinds of small notes and have all the details with all the props that are going to be used in the specific scene. Also, they are not just doing what they have to do; they are in charge of alerting people to do their own jobs too. Stage crew are like the parents at backstage; they have to sort of help out the actors with all kinds of accident or anything else. To "protect the show and keep it safe."
Overall, it was an infrequent opportunity for me to experience, I learned a lot from it.
So, when I first day joined the group, I experienced up at the booth. Mrs. Monahan showed me how the sound tech part works, and I think the sound control was pretty cool especially the "master" button. The thing I learned from the sound section was that, if I want to do the sound section, I should remember both of all actors' characters' name and their real name. Also, I have to go with the show from the very beginning of the rehearsal, and I have to experience all actors' singing habits and their voice volume so that I am able to balance the volume for everyone when they have mic one. Also, when the chorus sings together, this is the harder part of balancing everyone, we might want to mute some loud voice people, and turn on some low voice people. So, I think balancing all the mic and all the sound is the most important job for the sound section. The other thing that is also important for the sound section is all the special sound, such as gunshot sound in "Les Miserable" when the war happened. This scene is kind of highlight, so the sound is important to build up the atmosphere. For the special sound, we can set up a program with all the cues and sounds we need on the computer which will make all the technology people's lives much more easier. Lighting is a huge part for every show, without the lighting, the show will not be successful, audiences are not able to feel the emotion or anything, the relationship would be very hard to build between actors and audiences. So, from the lighting section, I just get to know the basic stuff, for example, James told me there is also a program needs to be set up for all the cues with all the lighting. Because it is really complicated, we do not have time to go over the specifics.
For the last two show, I experienced as a stage crew, so I helped out with the scene changes. Even I did not help from the beginning when they start to prepare for the show, but for that two days, I feel that stage crew is a really tiring and hard job, without stage crew the show could never be done perfectly. We have to follow all the lines, can not lose any lines or we will just lose the whole thing, which will be really bad. And stage crews have to make all kinds of small notes and have all the details with all the props that are going to be used in the specific scene. Also, they are not just doing what they have to do; they are in charge of alerting people to do their own jobs too. Stage crew are like the parents at backstage; they have to sort of help out the actors with all kinds of accident or anything else. To "protect the show and keep it safe."
Overall, it was an infrequent opportunity for me to experience, I learned a lot from it.
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