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Corporate Showcalling for Theatre Stage Management. Updated course

introduction

Gender Specificity (1:18)

The Showcaller Role

What makes a good showcaller? (4:29)
Good Showcaller Key Points PDF
The Main Differences (6:09)
What exactly is Showcalling? (5:27)
The Pyramid (3:56)
Similarities and differences between theatre and events showcalling (6:13)
The Stage Manager (2:18)

Virtual & Hybrid

Virtual Showcalling in this course (2:11)

The Show Crew

Who are the Show Crew and where are they located? (2:35)
Showcrew Location PDF
Working with Lighting Department (4:01)
Lighting Key Points PDF
Working with Video (3:27)
Video Follow up. How the operator works (1:45)
Video Key Points PDF
Working with Prompting / Autocue (7:57)
Autocue/Prompt Key Points PDF
Working with the Screen Switch operator (2:08)
Switch Key Points PDF
Working with the Vision Mixer (4:44)
Vision Mixer Key Points PDF
Vision Mixer in Hybrid (1:28)
Production Management (1:36)
Switching in Hybrid and the Stream Operator (2:12)

Sound

Working with Sound (5:24)
Sound Key Points PDF
Comms (4:22)
Comms Key Points PDF
Wireless or Radio Comms (2:38)
Sound in Hybrid (1:57)

Graphics

Working with Graphics (5:39)
Working with Graphics Key Points
Collating content with graphics (2:01)
Putting together the show with Graphics Key Points PDF
Presenters Running Slides (5:39)
Presenters Running Slides Key Points
Graphics in Hybrid Events (1:27)

Working with Screen Switching and Presets

What is a Media Server (4:16)
Media Servers Key Points PDF
What Are Presets & PIPS? (5:11)
Presets & PIPS Key Points
Presets & PIPS Visuals
Preset visuals credits
Media Server on site pictures courtesy of Creative Technology

Downstage Monitors: Presenter View, Notes and Presets

Presenter View (3:37)
Presets for Downstage Monitors (3:22)
Notes (3:51)

The Producer and the Showcaller

The Role of The Producer (3:09)
The Producer Key Points PDF
Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship (4:19)
Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship Key Points PDF
Producer and Showcaller in Hybrid (1:15)
Supporting The Less Experienced Producer (2:46)
Supporting the less experienced Producer Key Points PDF
Politics and how to negotiate them (4:30)

Materials to provide to a Showcaller

Introduction to materials to provide a Showcaller section (1:03)
Running Orders (2:48)
Running Orders Notes
Agendas & Speaker Information (1:27)
Agendas Notes
Rehearsal Schedules (4:07)
Rehearsal Schedules Follow up. Client invovlement too early (2:35)
Scripts (6:22)
Scripts key points for people putting them together
Badly laid out script example for a showcaller's purpose
Better laid out version of script for showcaller purpose

Putting Together A Showbook

Introduction to section on putting together a showbook (0:55)
Putting together the showbook: Preparation Day (4:55)
Putting together the Showbook: Preparation Day. Part Two (2:38)
Putting Together the Showbook Key Points
Your Showcalling Position (3:04)
Technical Reheasals (3:06)
Working with the showbook during rehearsals (5:49)
Keeping Notes in Rehearsals Key Points PDF
Other things that might be helpful on rehearsal day (4:12)
Writing the Showbook. Giving Cues (4:40)
How to give cues to the Showcrew Key Points PDF
After Rehearsals. Tidying up the Showbook (4:53)
Terminology (2:24)
Terminology notes
Calling the Show once the Presentation is Live (3:16)
When things go wrong (3:04)

Timing, Stopwatches & Speaker Clocks

Timings (5:17)

Showcalling for Practice

Script with voiceover and cues (6:35)
Running Order
Plain Word version of script
Script with voiceover no cues (6:35)
Credits

Awards

Calling an Awards Show (4:01)

Breakouts

Being a Breakout Showcaller / Room Manager (4:22)
Room Manager Notes

Common Issues Onsite for a Showcrew

Food! (2:37)
Working Hours: How Long is a Day? (3:00)

Links & Archive

Live Training
Onsite Photos

Follow up Information that might be helpful

Things that may drive you nuts. (5:49)
The Upsides and the Downsides (7:03)
Don't start too Soon (2:07)

Now that you've reached the end..

Closing Video (1:47)

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