SM Class Day 5
Today we had a class on production management which was really interesting. Afterwards we had to make up a schedule for the Shakespeare’s which was a really good idea cause it has made me start to give some proper thought to them. It still feels like they are ages away and I have probably given more thought to the opera next year than to Sweet Sorrow so its been really good to actually be made to think about all the things that we will need to know before we start rehearsals. I think that I am still thinking like an ASM and I keep forgetting that I have to find out this information myself and I wont simply be told by my Stage Manager anymore.
In the afternoon we had a class on stage managing a CPP show which was ok. It was interesting to find out a bit more about CPP and all the different types of shows they do but I didnt really learn anything about how to stage manage them.
March 8, 2010 at 10:23 pm
The CPP session with Robert was framed along the same lines as the rest of the week i.e. To introduce you to the fundaments of performance, not necessarily to show you how to manage them. The idea was that you analyse what you have learned and try to but it into a Stage Management context yourself. This way the knowledge will be self-made and hopefully stick better.