The Showcaller Role
An update on the current situation for showcallers
The Show Crew
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Who are the Show Crew and where are they located? (5:27)
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Showcrew Location PDF (5:28)
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Working with Lighting Department (4:29)
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Lighting Key Points PDF
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Working with Video (4:10)
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Video Key Points PDF
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Working with Prompting / Autocue (5:39)
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Autocue/Prompt Key Points PDF (5:39)
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Working with the Screen Switch operator (1:11)
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Switch Key Points PDF
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Working with the Vision Mixer (2:21)
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Vision Mixer Key Points PDF
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Production Management (1:34)
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Switching in Hybrid (2:40)
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Vision Mixer in Hybrid (2:48)
Sound
Graphics
Working with Screen Switching and Presets
The Producer and the Showcaller
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The Role of The Producer (3:34)
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The Producer Key Points PDF
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Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship (4:12)
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Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship Key Points PDF
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Producer and Showcaller in Hybrid (1:15)
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Supporting The Less Experienced Producer (3:42)
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Supporting the less experienced Producer Key Points PDF (3:42)
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Politics and how to negotiate them (3:12)
Materials to provide to a Showcaller
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Introduction to materials to provide a Showcaller section (1:03)
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Running Orders (7:14)
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Running Orders Notes
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Agendas & Speaker Information (0:53)
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Agendas Notes
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Rehearsal Schedules (3:12)
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Scripts (6:22)
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Scripts key points for people putting them together
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Badly laid out script example for a showcaller's purpose
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Better laid out version of script for showcaller purpose
Putting Together A Showbook
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Introduction to section on putting together a showbook (1:37)
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What do you use to build your showbook? (5:20)
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Putting Together the Showbook Key Points
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Keeping notes during rehearsals (2:55)
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Keeping Notes in Rehearsals Key Points PDF
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Working with the showbook during rehearsals (2:53)
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Documentation (1:11)
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Other things that might be helpful on rehearsal day (4:01)
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How to give cues to the showcrew (6:51)
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How to give cues to the Showcrew Key Points PDF (6:51)
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Tidying up your Showbook (2:19)
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Terminology (4:33)
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Terminology notes
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Calling the Show once the Presentation is Live (3:01)
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When things go wrong (3:31)
Timing, Stopwatches & Speaker Clocks
Showcalling for Practice
Common Issues Onsite for a Showcrew
Virtual Showcalling
Links & Archive
Follow up Information that might be helpful
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