Bowline Knots

Knots for Theater

The Bowline knot is one of the most useful used in the entertainment industry. It makes a loop of any size at one end of a rope. It is easy to tie and untie. This is the knot used by the riggers on the ground to tie the cable and shackles to the rope the up-riggers...

Audio Mixing FOH view of mixing Legally Blonde

Sound Tech

Here is a fantastic view of FOH mixing for Legally Blonde . Posted on YouTube by Sam Johnson. Performed by the cast of Legally Blonde at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Make sure annotations are on to see who each fader is. DISCLAIMER: the audio distorts during some...

Olio Drop or Oleo Drop, a roll drop for theater

Rigging

What is an Olio Drop? An Olio Drop (also spelled Oleo) is a scenic device to unroll a backdrop for theatrical plays or musicals. A traditional olio drop is a form of roll drop with the tube at the bottom. Some use the term “roll drop” interchangeably with...

Styrofoam

Materials

Styrofoam can be cut and shaped into lots and lots of shapes. you can carve it with sharp razor blades, electric carving knives, hot wire cutters, saws of various types and you can also use your fingers. Home Depot sells Styrofoam building insulation is 2×8 sheets. I...

Scale Ruler Worksheet

How to-Measuring, Paper Work

Would you like the answer key to the worksheet? I’ve created one with all the measurements already filled in. While you can certainly make your own key, this is simply a time saver. It’s also exact as I made the key in the CAD program I created the sheet...

Small fire at a big concert

SFX EFX

Fire at the American Airlines Center in Dallas during a Rihanna concert. Using fire on stage is a very serious undertaking. Even the professionals have bad days. If your HS director wants to have even the simplist of candles on stage, advise them against it. News...

GAM’s Prism gizmo for lighting units

SFX EFX

Scott Parker visited with GAM’s Joe Tawil at the USITT 2011 Conference in Charlotte NC. Joe showed off GAM’s newest wizz-bang Prism rotator that slips into the gel frame slot of your lighting unit. It’s an overview and slightly commercial in nature....