Talk:Running crew
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[edit] Remove Electrician
Running crew refers specificly to a crew involved while the audience is watching, at every show. Electricians are involved in pre-production, not running. Should these be removed into a seperate article?
- Electricians run the lighting console, plug in electrified things on stage, and run follow spots for the production. Therefore they should not be removed.Lekogm 20:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- In my experience, that person who runs the light board or spotlight is not an electrician but rather a seperate position of board operator or spotlight operator respectivel.. While electricians do plug things in on stage, this is done generally before the show begins.Is this perhaps a matter of locale? As the other positions are listed, I am inclined to consider electricians as not working during the running of the show. 48v 21:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with 48v. The Electrician is the crew that works under the Master Electrician to hang and focus the plot onstage. Electricians should be in as pre-production staff. In my experience, the person that runs lights for the show is called the "Light Board Operator" or "Production Electrician". The follow spots are usually billed as "Spotlight Operator" or "Follow Spot Operator". In some small theatres the Board op and/or Master Electrician acts as an Electrician. So, these lines do get blurred every once in a while. But the positions are seperate and sometimes have different pay rates attached. Humhead 15:16, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think what Humhead said was really what I was trying to get across. I think I just confused myself. Basicly, IMHO, light board ops, spot ops, and the deck elec, are all electricians. electrcians that hang and focus the show are not part of the running crew. so i'm just going to get rid of those things from this list. --Lekogm 19:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with 48v. The Electrician is the crew that works under the Master Electrician to hang and focus the plot onstage. Electricians should be in as pre-production staff. In my experience, the person that runs lights for the show is called the "Light Board Operator" or "Production Electrician". The follow spots are usually billed as "Spotlight Operator" or "Follow Spot Operator". In some small theatres the Board op and/or Master Electrician acts as an Electrician. So, these lines do get blurred every once in a while. But the positions are seperate and sometimes have different pay rates attached. Humhead 15:16, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- In my experience, that person who runs the light board or spotlight is not an electrician but rather a seperate position of board operator or spotlight operator respectivel.. While electricians do plug things in on stage, this is done generally before the show begins.Is this perhaps a matter of locale? As the other positions are listed, I am inclined to consider electricians as not working during the running of the show. 48v 21:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Just a quick suggestion for the list. Just a little cleanup.
- Stage Manager
- Asst. Stage Manager(s)
- Deck Manager - Responsible for everything that happens on deck
- Deck Crew
- Fly Master
- Fly Crew
- Light Board Op
- Follow Spot Op(s)
- Projectionist
- Sound Board Op (A1)
- Sound Assistant(s) (A2)
- Head Wardrobe
- Wardrobe crew
- Makeup crew
- Props Master
- Props crew
I think this is right, I have to look it up and will make changes. It should also be noted that depending on the size of the theatre, these positions may be combined for less amounts of crew. We all have to wear lots of hats, that's why our heads have to be big. :-) Humhead 02:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
