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The rope must have a safety-rated rope built into it, which is suitable for suspending the shock load of the actors' weight, which must be attached to the harness in such a way that it's not possible for the fake noose to ever tighten around the actors' neck. Harnesses can be obtained which are designed for this effect, and standard safety harnesses are not suitable.

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This is difficult effect to pull off successfully on stage, and must absolutely not be attempted without professional supervision, for obvious reasons. Most theatres have a range of stock flattage made to a standard size, and re-used many times.ДЄ Rail is a horizontal batten within a flat.ДЄ Stile is a side or vertical piece within a flat.ДЄ soft flat is covered with canvas, and a hard flat is covered with plywood. Hardboard is sometimes used, but is unnecessarily heavy and will lose it's shape in time. (UK) A flat is supported by a stageВ brace and brace weight, connected toВ the flat using a screw eye. Masking flats are used to hide areas the designer does not want the audience to see, or to provide actors with an exit, or somewhere to store props.

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Flats sometimes have windows or doors built into them to provide extra flexibility, for use in realistic settings. Flats are used to provide a lightweight and easy to move and re-configure backdrop to a stage set. 'LX Off Comms' when leaving the operating position).ДЄ lightweight timber frame covered with scenic canvas, or plywood. ДЄlso called 'Comms' short for Communications - the same phrases can be used (e.g. Many headset systems have multiple channels, enabling different sub-groups to communicate separately. There are interfaces between wired and wireless versions enabling both to be part of the same system. However, stage management (and any other crew who move around) often wear wireless versions, often known as radio cans. In the USA, ClearCom is commonly used.ДЄs many of the technical operators are tied to expensive pieces of equipment, headsets are often wired. 'Electrics on cans', 'Going off cans', 'Quiet on cans!').ДЄ commonly used system in the UK is produced by Canford Audio under the TecPro brand. (eg 'Your call for tomorrow nights show is 6.55pm')ДЈ) A request for an actor to come to the stage because an entrance is imminent (these are courtesy calls and should not be relied on by actors - eg 'This is your call for the finale Mr Smith and Miss Jones')Д¤) An acknowledgement of applause (eg Curtain Call)ДҐ) The DSM on the book is said to be 'calling the cues'.Д¦) The Colour Call is a list of lighting gel required for the lighting rig.Д§) The Final Call is also known as The Half - 35 minutes before the performance starts, and the latest time when the cast and crew should be in the theatre.ДЎ) Headset earpiece, microphone and beltpack used for communication and co-ordination of technical departments during a performance.

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A 'Company Call' means the full cast and crew are called for the rehearsal.Дў) The period of time to which the above call refers.

A rehearsal call for the next day / week used to be posted on a Call Sheet on the stage door noticeboard, but is now often an online document, updated by the stage management team. The term now refers to the digital equivalent - taking multiple audio tracks and mixing them together at their set levels onto a single (pair of) tracks.ДЎ) A notification of a working session (eg a Rehearsal Call, Band Call, Photo Call, Focus Call).

It allowed many sounds to be recorded onto one tape.

Describes the mixing down of multiple sounds from different tracks onto one track, hence freeing up the other tracks to be re-used. slowly.Д¤) This facility was available on many multitrack tape machines. This can also apply to the fast blackout/lights up cues that happen at curtain calls.В When taking curtain calls, the Stage Manager would instruct the head flyman 'On the Bounce Please' for all calls prior to the final call, which was always 'Hand over Hand', i.e. A bounce doesn't need to be seamless, whereas a cyclorama should be.ДЈ) Describes the fast in/out movement of 'bouncing' flown house tabs, traditionally used during curtain calls. Strictly, a bounce is a white or light blue cloth onto which light is bounced to backlight another cloth. 1) Diffuse light that has been reflected from the stage, walls, cyclorama etc.Дў) 'Bounce' is sometimes used for a flat (non-curved) cyclorama.