| Arts and Graphics Crew |
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| Friday, 02 September 2005 | |
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The Senior Managers are Sharon Chung and Andie Levinson!
Mission Statement (the goals and responsibilities of this crew): The Arts and Graphics Crew serves several purposes. Working in correlation with the Publicity Crew, we provide artistic design and graphics for Staples Players’ shows, events and public displays. Our infinite goal is to provide creative and innovative graphics, and well as clear information pertaining to each Players event. Our work extends to any and every Players event that requires us. This means that we are not only asked for artistic assistance, but that we must seek and inquire if any crew, group, teacher, director, player or anyone involved with Players needs Arts and Graphics Crew to work. General Rules and Understandings: · If there are any questions, consult the senior manager, the crew head, or the technical master, Dave Seltzer. · The General Information Included in Arts and Graphics Works: 1. Title of production or event 2. Indication that it is a Staples Players production or event 3. Date 4. Time 5. Place 6. Cost 7. Contact Telephone numbers or Information · After marquees, flyers, or any other Arts and Graphics work is finished, it is to be solely handled by the Publicity Crew. · Arts and Graphics crew members should not wear nice clothes when painting. · Crew members should wear an apron. · Every crew member must always thoroughly clean every material after use, and put back all materials used as he or she found them. · If a crew member gets paint on his or her clothing, he or she should immediately apply a warm watered towel to the stain. If the stain persists,use turpentine. Roles in Art and Graphics Crew: The Senior Manager: · acts as connection between the Arts and Graphics Crew and other crews (namely Publicity Crew), as well as the director or tech master. · is in charge of clearly identifying tasks and work to be done. · elects the crew head · elects (with Crew Head) the Arts and Graphics member to be in charge of studio Arts and Graphics work · charts tech hours accomplished by each crew member · charts attendance of each crew member · organizes (with Crew Head and Mentor) Beginning-of-the-Year Basics Workshop · acts as a crew member · is there for guidance, and helping out · is open to suggestion The Crew Head · acts as senior manager when senior manager is not available · elects (with Senior Manager and Mentor) the Arts and Graphics member to be in charge of studio Arts and Graphics work · organizes (with Senior Manager) Beginning-of-the-Year Basics Workshop · acts as a crew member · is there for guidance, and helping out The Studio Arts and Graphics Manager: · is in charge of accomplishing all Arts and Graphics tasks required for his or her studio · is in charge of coordinating those tasks with the director · is in charge of organizing time, workers and tasks in coordination with other studios at the time · tasks generally include large marquees, small marquees (refer to general tasks), flyers and set painting. The Crew Member: · is the most important part of Art and Graphics · Creates designs for productions and events · paints the marquees and sets · cleans all materials · helps with anything he or she can · is enthusiastic and optimistic The Parent Mentor · acts as a crew member · is there for guidance and help · assists the Senior Manager and Crew Head with professional (or non-professional) tips during the Beginning-of-the-Year Basics Workshop General Arts and Graphics Tasks: Large Marquees for Major Productions: There should be two to three large marquees per major production. These should be finished over four weeks before the show opens. Before painting a marquee, or if one needs inspiration for design, one should consult the photograph album of old marquees. After every production, photographs are to be taken of every new marquee, and kept in the album of marquees for future reference or ideas. Marquees are made of wooden boards (4—5ft by 6—8ft), and are usually made by painting over old marquees. One must paint over old marquees with a water-based base color (white or a pastel paint). Paint for marquees should almost always be water-based outdoor paint. This is for weather purposes when the marquees remain outdoors. It is advisable to create a design on paper first, and then use the projector to cast the design directly on to the Marquee. It is advisable not to use more than two fonts per design, as information must be legible and clear for passersby. The design should then be penciled or marked somehow for painting purposes. It is advised that Marquees be made in the earlier stages of the production. Small Marquees for Major Productions: There should be fifteen to twenty small marquees made. These should be made six weeks before production, so the crew should begin painting almost as soon as production rehearsals begin. Small marquees are made of wooden boards (3ft by 4ft). Again, one should paint over these marquees with a base color before painting a design. In order to make a small marquee, one needs to first make the entire design on oak tag, carving out the design with a razor on a cutting board, thereby making it possible to spray paint the marquees. If one wants more than one color on the marquee, he should make more than one layer of oak tag per color for layout purposes. As these marquees tend to rest upon grassy areas, the design should be at least four inches from the bottom of each marquee. Since small marquees have less room, rules 6 and 7 of the General Information Included in Arts and Graphics Works may be exempt of the design. Marquees for Studios: Each studio director should contact the senior manager of Arts and Graphics so that he or she can elect an able crew member to be in charge of Arts an Graphics work for that studio. Each dramatic studio should consist of one or two large marquees at most. Dramatic studios may, if the director deem it necessary, have five small marquees. Small marquees for dramatic studios may only be made under the condition that there is no conflicting major production or musical studio at hand. Studio musical marquees, both large and small, apply to the same marquee rules as major productions. Flyers: Flyers are to be designed by a crew member assigned by the senior manager. Arts and Graphics is solely responsible for the design of the flyer, not the copying of it nor its distribution. The design must consist of the General Information indicated above. For studios, the Arts and Graphics Studio Manager is in charge of his or her studio is responsible for all designs thereto. Sets: Arts and Graphics also work on painting the sets. They are to receive painting direction from either the Arts and Graphics senior manager, the Set Crew senior manager, or the tech master. Tech Hours: Every member of Players is responsible for 15 tech hours per semester. Although it seems that there is very much to do in Arts and Graphics, efficient work can be done with five to ten (at most) people in the crew. Each task only takes a certain limit of time, and each task is limited to a certain amount of people. Large marquees, counting design, and amount of painting time per person, averages 2 hours per person. Small marquees average to 3 hours (pending on the amount of persons working on that task), and set painting averages to 5 hours. Altogether, each crew member should look for 10 hours as a minimum of Arts and Graphics work. He or she should then look for other crews that would require their work hours. The senior manager should complete all 15 hours through Arts and Graphics work. Correlation with other Crews:Arts and Graphics Crew is generally associated with Publicity Crew and Set Crew. As Arts and Graphics provides Publicity with substance to distribute, it is crucial that we be punctual and that we meet deadlines. The senior managers of Arts and Graphics and of Publicity should meet before every production to discuss specific deadlines and tasks. The senior managers of Arts and Graphics and of Set Crew should meet to discuss specific understandings of the set, so as tasks are clearly understood by all during work hours. Arts and Graphics crew members should feel free to seek the help of the heads of Arts and Graphics and of Set Crew in relation to set work. Should Props Crew need artistic help, Arts and Graphics crew members should recognize that this is Props work, and not Arts and Graphics work, whereas working on the set is to be chartered as Arts and Graphics work.Arts and Graphics Motto: Have fun and Spread the love, everyone! |
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