Christmas Student Concert Prep for Sound- 9/12/15- Unit 69

First of all I needed to connect the XLR into the soloist microphones at the front of the stage, then I needed to
connect this into the patch bay at the side of the stage to send it to the box.

The 2 solo mics were plugged into the patch bay in 10 and 11 this then patched the mics into the mixer
hence the signal could come through.

To test all of our connections and cables were working we PFL the 2 channels were the mics were patched, this allowed us to check the signals on the bars at the top of the mixer. When PFL was on we also set the gain as Lauren talked into the mic (in the performance the gain may have to be set lower as singers are louder than the talking). Once we were finished the PFL was taken off we routed the channel to LR speaker and 1 and 2, then we unmuted the channel and brought the fader up to hear sound through the speakers.

When the monitors were turned on there was feedback, as monitors are connected through AUX connections on the 2 mic channels I turned all the AUX controls to 0, then on aux 1 and 2 for the left mic monitors and aux 3 on the right mic channel, I brought up the level until the mic could be heard through the monitors, this gave an appropriate level for the singer to hear without receiving feedback.

By turning down the Aux for the monitor on each of the channels for the guitar and drum mics it allowed us to programme each individual level so we don't have anymore feedback.

For the Di box for the keyboard we needed to set up 2, this is because a keyboard is stereo not mono sound, using a joint double jack to one jack head we connected the DI box through the input, then on the other side of the DI box using the output through the XLR we  connected both to the patch bay to send to the desk.

Using a jack lead in the 2 links we then connected to the 2 inputs on the amp for the keyboard, this will then be used during the show so the keyboard player can have their own 'monitor'. By connecting the boxes to the mixer using the buttons on the mixer at the top of each channel it can provide phantom power so the Di boxes will work. We experienced buzzing when the boxes turned on, we switched the switch to lift and it stopped the buzzing.  

Production Meeting- Wed 09/12/15

With: DLG and Double Btec


Completed from last week:

• Teaching Lauren Illustrator
• Pictures in rehearsals taken
• And asked Mr Hawkins if he would like merchandise

To do:

• Buying FOS furniture is preferred and I will need to find some more suppliers
• Find merchandise and find 3 quotes and sources
• Do the production slides for every production ( in FOS it will be displayed on 2 TV )
• I need to ask Mr Hancock for the ticket templates and the FOS plan to start plotting the furniture and problems of the space

Front of House Mood Board

Tuesday Meeting- 8/12/15

With Mr Hawkins and single + double Btec


Need to do:

• Ticket design needed by Friday 18th Dec.
• Logo is finalised and is the final one for all marketing and publicity.
• I also found out as part of my role I will be organising and designing front of house which the budget will either come under sundries or have it's own budget now.

Because of my new job role I will need to do mock ideas and designs of the front of house area for the Mccarthy and Stone meeting.


Also as part of the letter I need to write I need to ask permission for a Youtube trailer which I will have to direct and help produce.

Production Catch Up Meeting- 07/12/15

With Mr Hawkins


-Mr Hawkins wanted me to draft a letter to the Really Useful group he requested I included:

• Advertising on TV (South Today)
• Advertising on radio (Heart)
• Merchandise selling
• Logo recolouring

-We also got wrote notes on every song in the show and went through the whole show including cuts.


- After the production meeting on Wednesday I found out that Mr Hawkins does want merchandise and Mr Hancock says that I do not need to input a new supplier as Amazon will sell personalised key rings for a similar price.

First Week of Edited Pictures for the Programme

Rehearsals from 2nd Dec - 3rd Dec

Production Meeting 1- Wednesday 2nd December

Participants: Sophie B, Scott, Anna, Beth, Lauren, Dexter. Corben.


General Notes


Control- Will be standing with band
-Controlling trains on stage
-I will build train set (maybe laser cut piece)


Budget-
My budget is about £600, the programmes pay for themselves.


Need to Know

• Dimensions of stage finalised
• Set building has commenced
• Maybe not purple theme
• Go Pros to be used for races?

To do

• Teach Lauren how to do scale diagrams with Illustrator
• Get suppliers in system before Christmas
• Take pictures at reh
• Ask Hawkins about merchandise