Production Management | Corporate Showcalling

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Corporate Showcalling for Event Producers. Updated course. Opening offer until 15th March 2025

The Showcaller Role

Introduction to the course (1:33)
What makes a good showcaller? (6:40)
Good Showcaller Key Points PDF
Digital or Paper & Pencil? (4:52)
Hybrid Events: An Overview (2:30)

The Show Crew

Who are the Show Crew and where are they located? (4:20)
Showcrew Location PDF
Working with Lighting Department (4:37)
Lighting Key Points PDF
Working with Video (5:19)
Video Key Points PDF
Working with Prompting / Autocue (5:19)
Autocue/Prompt Key Points PDF
Working with the Screen Switch operator (1:53)
Switch Key Points PDF
Switching in Hybrid (1:11)
Working with the Vision Mixer (3:45)
Vision Mixer in Hybrid (1:25)
Vision Mixer Key Points PDF
Production Management (2:10)
Stage or Deck Manager (1:59)

Sound

Working with Sound (5:59)
Sound Key Points PDF
Comms (3:11)
Comms Key Points PDF
Wireless or Radio Comms (1:52)
Sound in Hybrid (1:37)

Graphics

Working with Graphics (5:02)
Working with Graphics Key Points PDF
Collating content with graphics (2:01)
Putting together the show with Graphics Key Points PDF
Presenters Running Slides (5:02)
Presenters Running Slides Key Points
Graphics in Hybrid (1:27)

Working with Screen Switching and Presets

What is a Media Server (3:06)
Media Servers Key Points PDF
What Are Presets & PIPS? (6:20)
Presets & PIPS Key Points
Presets & PIPS Visuals
Credit for Visuals
Presets and PIPS for comfort monitors (4:54)

The Producer and the Showcaller

The Role of The Producer (2:02)
The Producer Key Points PDF
Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship (2:44)
Client / Producer / Showcaller Relationship Key Points PDF
Supporting The Less Experienced Producer (3:34)
Supporting the less experienced Producer Key Points PDF (3:42)
Politics and how to negotiate them (3:39)
Producer and Showcaller in Hybrid (1:15)

Materials to provide to a Showcaller

Running Orders (5:30)
Digital Running Orders (2:40)
Agendas & Speaker Information (1:26)
Scripts (5:02)
Badly laid out script example for a showcaller's purpose
Better laid out version of script for showcaller purpose
Rehearsal Schedules (3:34)

Putting Together A Showbook

Introduction to Section on Putting together the Showbook (0:55)
Showbook: Preparation Day (4:01)
Putting Together the Showbook Key Points
Collating the showbook before rehearsals start (3:29)
Your Showcalling Position (3:04)
Writing the Showbook & giving cues (4:40)
How to give cues to the Showcrew Key Points PDF
Technical Rehearsals (3:06)
Working with the showbook during rehearsals (5:49)
Keeping Notes in Rehearsals Key Points PDF
After Rehearsals. Tidying up the showbook (4:53)
Other things that might be helpful during preparation (4:12)
Terminology (5:01)
Terminology PDF
Calling the Show once the Presentation is Live (3:16)
When things go wrong (3:04)

Managing the unexpected

Being prepared to change (2:19)

Timing, Stopwatches & Speaker Clocks

Timings (3:41)

Showcalling for Practice

Script with voiceover and cues (7:36)
Running Order
Plain Word version of script
Powerpoint Deck for Showcalled Script

Awards

Calling an Awards Show (5:43)

Breakouts

Being a Breakout Showcaller / Room Manager (1:52)
Room Management Notes

Common Issues Onsite for a Showcrew

Food! (2:37)
Working Hours: How Long is a Day? (4:31)

Links & Archive

Live Training
Onsite Photos

Now you've reached the end..

Closing Video (2:30)

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