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In show 2 today i tripped over a Chinese and landed my handspring on my arse...
...bugger.
P.
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Sunday, sunday, sunday.
Hello folks.
I realised the other day that all the times on my blog posts are all messed up so please ignore them. It's currently about 3:30pm on Sunday and we've just finished show 1 of 2. A lot of the new changes have been applied but with that has come a few technical difficulties. Yesterday we were off due to the Shrek premiere, turns out that in order for the cinema screen to be put up our stage had been completely ravaged and many of our on stage props had been taken down. Consequently this mornings technical run through highlighted that loads of effects weren't working anymore. We were told that if the show was going too badly they'd pull the plug and cancel it. So the show began and started off ok, up until my entrance, whereupon i stepped out on the balcony and it fell immediatly leaving me awkwardly poised by my lampost trying to shoot the laser. I managed to scrape it together and rode the lampost successfully. However it became quickly apparant that the entire sound track was far too quiet and we struggled to hear our audio queues for the rest of the show. I've also had 2 lines added into the show and wasn't told what they were so i had to face away from the audience and try to blag it. I've got the new lines sat in front of me now and am doing my best to commit them to memory but it's not easy.
So the next show is in an hour and a quarter, hopefully some of the technical issues will have been resolved but we may be in for another trying run.
Here's hoping for the best!
P.
I realised the other day that all the times on my blog posts are all messed up so please ignore them. It's currently about 3:30pm on Sunday and we've just finished show 1 of 2. A lot of the new changes have been applied but with that has come a few technical difficulties. Yesterday we were off due to the Shrek premiere, turns out that in order for the cinema screen to be put up our stage had been completely ravaged and many of our on stage props had been taken down. Consequently this mornings technical run through highlighted that loads of effects weren't working anymore. We were told that if the show was going too badly they'd pull the plug and cancel it. So the show began and started off ok, up until my entrance, whereupon i stepped out on the balcony and it fell immediatly leaving me awkwardly poised by my lampost trying to shoot the laser. I managed to scrape it together and rode the lampost successfully. However it became quickly apparant that the entire sound track was far too quiet and we struggled to hear our audio queues for the rest of the show. I've also had 2 lines added into the show and wasn't told what they were so i had to face away from the audience and try to blag it. I've got the new lines sat in front of me now and am doing my best to commit them to memory but it's not easy.
So the next show is in an hour and a quarter, hopefully some of the technical issues will have been resolved but we may be in for another trying run.
Here's hoping for the best!
P.
Friday, 11 June 2010
Friday
Alright folks.
I had yesterday off so had a very lazy day at home, did go to the top of a massive hill in Bottrop which has a massive lookout structure, you can see all the towns and cities around here, it was pretty cool.
We've only got one show today as the park are playing host to the Shrek 4 premiere tomorrow and they're using our theatre. They're expecting a lot of people so they're having to prepare our theatre this afternoon, hense only one show at 1.15.
Tomorrow is a day off for everyone so we'll probably end up going somewhere tonight for a drink or two, tomorrow as i'm sure you know, is England first world cup game so again we'll be going to a bar or something to watch. Will be interesting to see who the Germans are cheering for, hopefully they like us a bit more than the States :-P I dread to think how it's going to be in England have to play Germany at any point!
We're implementing a few changes into the show again, Matt from Sigma services is fixing our rotating car and Storm now gets to stand on the rising bridge, we're also tweaking the end so that the audience know when to clap, it's a bit awkward at the moment.
Weather continues to be a mix of pouring rain and glorious sunshine meaning varied Audiences but the show is still going well and every crowd seems to enjoy it so all is well.
That's it for now folks. More updates soon.
Px
I had yesterday off so had a very lazy day at home, did go to the top of a massive hill in Bottrop which has a massive lookout structure, you can see all the towns and cities around here, it was pretty cool.
We've only got one show today as the park are playing host to the Shrek 4 premiere tomorrow and they're using our theatre. They're expecting a lot of people so they're having to prepare our theatre this afternoon, hense only one show at 1.15.
Tomorrow is a day off for everyone so we'll probably end up going somewhere tonight for a drink or two, tomorrow as i'm sure you know, is England first world cup game so again we'll be going to a bar or something to watch. Will be interesting to see who the Germans are cheering for, hopefully they like us a bit more than the States :-P I dread to think how it's going to be in England have to play Germany at any point!
We're implementing a few changes into the show again, Matt from Sigma services is fixing our rotating car and Storm now gets to stand on the rising bridge, we're also tweaking the end so that the audience know when to clap, it's a bit awkward at the moment.
Weather continues to be a mix of pouring rain and glorious sunshine meaning varied Audiences but the show is still going well and every crowd seems to enjoy it so all is well.
That's it for now folks. More updates soon.
Px
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Hallo.
Alright everyone.
Well it's been an un-exciting week so far, lots of rain during the mornings has left us with very few people in the Audeince. We're still down to 2 shows a day except for weekends and holidays so the workload is pretty decent.
It was Amanda's (one of the yank girls) birthday on Monday so we all went to tyhe local biker bar and resteraunt and had a nice meal and plenty of drinks. Was good fun :-)
No show disasters of recent, we have a guy from Sigma (fx people) working on some of the broken effects aat the moment so the show is nearing completion. We still have some changes due to be made, I've been given some more lines but they havent been edited into the soundtrack yet. Just been told that we'll be rehearsing at some point tomorrow. The end of the show needs tweaking too, at the moment the audience dont really know when to clap which makes it awkward for us on stage, standing looking like lemons :-P
So that's about it for now, hopefully we'll have 2 good runs today despite the small audeinces, if anything happens i'll let you know!
Px
Well it's been an un-exciting week so far, lots of rain during the mornings has left us with very few people in the Audeince. We're still down to 2 shows a day except for weekends and holidays so the workload is pretty decent.
It was Amanda's (one of the yank girls) birthday on Monday so we all went to tyhe local biker bar and resteraunt and had a nice meal and plenty of drinks. Was good fun :-)
No show disasters of recent, we have a guy from Sigma (fx people) working on some of the broken effects aat the moment so the show is nearing completion. We still have some changes due to be made, I've been given some more lines but they havent been edited into the soundtrack yet. Just been told that we'll be rehearsing at some point tomorrow. The end of the show needs tweaking too, at the moment the audience dont really know when to clap which makes it awkward for us on stage, standing looking like lemons :-P
So that's about it for now, hopefully we'll have 2 good runs today despite the small audeinces, if anything happens i'll let you know!
Px
Sunday, 6 June 2010
Show highlights, weekend.
Alright everyone so i'll start where i left off with Saturdays shows:
Show 3 highlights: all was going well until Gambits entrance whereupon he proceed to spin his stick and launch it across the stage (it was bound to happen sometime) there was a ripple of pity from the audience and Aidan ran to retrieve the stick just in time for the flame throwers to go off. A bit later on in the show one of the CO2 guns failed to work causing a bit of a plot hole in the script but hey :-P
So onto today...
Show 1 highlights: About 5 minutes from the end of the show we were plunged into darkness, however all special effects and sound kept going so we carried on with the show (pretty difficult for me especially as i can hardly see with the Cyclops goggles as it is!) Later we found out that the lighting programming had decided to skip back to the very beginning of the show where only the stage curtain is lit.
Show 2 highlights: Not too much to report on the show we just did except the CO2 gun i use at the end of the show had been leaking throughout and by the time i picked it up there was gas erupting out of the thing. Still got to shoot Magneto with it though so no problems :-)
Show three coming up soon. We're about due a show with no errors at all!
Px
Show 3 highlights: all was going well until Gambits entrance whereupon he proceed to spin his stick and launch it across the stage (it was bound to happen sometime) there was a ripple of pity from the audience and Aidan ran to retrieve the stick just in time for the flame throwers to go off. A bit later on in the show one of the CO2 guns failed to work causing a bit of a plot hole in the script but hey :-P
So onto today...
Show 1 highlights: About 5 minutes from the end of the show we were plunged into darkness, however all special effects and sound kept going so we carried on with the show (pretty difficult for me especially as i can hardly see with the Cyclops goggles as it is!) Later we found out that the lighting programming had decided to skip back to the very beginning of the show where only the stage curtain is lit.
Show 2 highlights: Not too much to report on the show we just did except the CO2 gun i use at the end of the show had been leaking throughout and by the time i picked it up there was gas erupting out of the thing. Still got to shoot Magneto with it though so no problems :-)
Show three coming up soon. We're about due a show with no errors at all!
Px
Saturday, 5 June 2010
Weekend!
Hello all.
Well i'm pleased to report that Aidan did a brilliant job covering me on Thursday. I had a brief lie-in before going into the park in time to catch the second show which I filmed. Because Thursday was a holiday in Germany the park was very busy, it felt strange to be up in the audience for a change but it was great to be able to see what the crowd see's.
During the 3rd show I sat right at the front with my camera but had to obey the no flash photography rule meaning all the photos are a bit blurry but nevermind. The funniest thing about the 3rd show were the groupies sat near to where I was who spent most of the time taking pictures of me... sitting there, watching the show. Groupies are funny.
So Yesterday was Friday, David Draves (one of the higher ups from mirage) had been back for a couple of days to monitor the shows progress. He watched the first show and then gave us a few notes on things that are yet to change. Most of the notes werent about us, they were more focused on some technical issues and the like. I've also been told that they'll be recording a new line for me to clear up a mildly confusing part of the show.
We also got payed yesterday so a small handful of us and people from the other stunt show in the park all went to the Irish bar in the local (ish) shopping centre.m I took it easy knowing that we'll have big crowds again today and tumbling hungover isn't very fun at all.
That's all for now, will update again soon :-)
P.
Well i'm pleased to report that Aidan did a brilliant job covering me on Thursday. I had a brief lie-in before going into the park in time to catch the second show which I filmed. Because Thursday was a holiday in Germany the park was very busy, it felt strange to be up in the audience for a change but it was great to be able to see what the crowd see's.
During the 3rd show I sat right at the front with my camera but had to obey the no flash photography rule meaning all the photos are a bit blurry but nevermind. The funniest thing about the 3rd show were the groupies sat near to where I was who spent most of the time taking pictures of me... sitting there, watching the show. Groupies are funny.
So Yesterday was Friday, David Draves (one of the higher ups from mirage) had been back for a couple of days to monitor the shows progress. He watched the first show and then gave us a few notes on things that are yet to change. Most of the notes werent about us, they were more focused on some technical issues and the like. I've also been told that they'll be recording a new line for me to clear up a mildly confusing part of the show.
We also got payed yesterday so a small handful of us and people from the other stunt show in the park all went to the Irish bar in the local (ish) shopping centre.m I took it easy knowing that we'll have big crowds again today and tumbling hungover isn't very fun at all.
That's all for now, will update again soon :-)
P.
Briefly...
Today so far...
Highlights of show 1: Had to bail out of my wallflip as the cover guy was late getting to me and wasn't holding my arm correctly. Didnt matter too much. Other than that a good show.
Highlights of show 2: Some kid in the front row decides to puke up very close to the stage and sits there for 5 minutes before leaving. Smell was horrible but whole situation was pretty funny.
Show 3 coming up at 5:30, It's very very hot today so just chilling out between shows without shirts on. No internet tonight but we have a router in the green room now so i'll probably keep doing the whole "show highlights" thing :-)
Bye for now!
P.
Highlights of show 1: Had to bail out of my wallflip as the cover guy was late getting to me and wasn't holding my arm correctly. Didnt matter too much. Other than that a good show.
Highlights of show 2: Some kid in the front row decides to puke up very close to the stage and sits there for 5 minutes before leaving. Smell was horrible but whole situation was pretty funny.
Show 3 coming up at 5:30, It's very very hot today so just chilling out between shows without shirts on. No internet tonight but we have a router in the green room now so i'll probably keep doing the whole "show highlights" thing :-)
Bye for now!
P.
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