Practical Audio Task

In my group when we conducted the practical task that involved setting up a small PA system i worked with Vittoria and Maren. My role in this group was to plug the cables into the speakers and connecting the iPod. The job in which we were required to undertake involved plugging in a microphone on a stand and an iPod into a amp and speakers and to test if they work correctly ad play a track from the iPod, with someone introducing the song on the microphone. I believe that I completed this role well as we were able to successfully connect everything and we were able to get it working correctly. The jobs in which we assigned each other to do proved to work well as we all knew what we had to do and we weren't standing around doing nothing. Over all we worked well as a team and effective planning before completing a task is always the best way to go as every group member knows what they are doing and helps to get the job done more efficiently and fast.

When i completed setting up the hall PA i worked in a group with Vittoria and Rosanne. My role in the group was to stay in the bio box and adjust the sound levels of the microphones to get the correct volume in which was required and to turn on and off the music. The task in which we were required to undertake involved us being able to show that we could correctly turn off and on the PA system in the hall. We had to play a CD and test the lectern, handheld and a dynamic microphone. Some of the difficulties we came across were only having 3 people in our group, if we had 4 people it would have been easier to set up the microphones on the stage, but apart from that we worked well and got the task done. Our overall team work was great as we communicated with each other and did the jobs in which we assigned to each other. Communication was the key to completing this assessment well and I believe that we did this well.

OH&S issues:
-Trips and falls on leads
-Faulty cables
-Heavy Equipment
-Electricity hazards

The overall team work of my 2 groups was great as we were able to communicate with each other and were able to set tasks for each other to complete the task in faster time and this proved to have worked for us, so we will have to remember our strategies that worked well to use in future practical tasks.

How to turn on, use and turn off MSCW hall PA

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My role in the musical

Prompt:
During the course of the musical, the job in which I was required to undertake was a stage prompt. This job required me to have a copy of the script and follow it closely as the musical was running and make sure that none of the actors forgot their lines, and if they did it was my job to assist them with the first couple of words in their line and this helped the show run smoothly. This job was successful as none of the actors forgot their lines and it made the job much simpler and I was able to help out with some other jobs that needed to be completed backstage. The difficulties of my job were that if someone was to forget their lines, it would have been hard for them to hear me tell them the beginning of their line as were I was located was very far away from where the actors were acting and because the actors moved all around the stage they didn’t just stay at the front wing where I was located.


Backstage hand:
On the last night of the musical I was needed to assist with helping the backstage crew as we were down on crew members and this was one of the most important jobs in the whole musical that needed to be undertaken correctly for the show to go ahead. My role as a backstage hand was to make sure a copy of the stage plan was near us and to make sure that we knew when to change the scenes and what props went where on the stage. In this role it was our job to ensure that we knew where the props went on the stage and to follow the scene plans to make sure we knew exactly when to put them in their place. Most of the time we completed this successfully and everything went to plan, but there were a few times when we forgot to move a prop or we didn’t perform the scene change correctly and we had to discretely change the scene without the audience noticing. Apart from a few mistakes, I think that the backstage crew played a big part in the musical and that we performed our job to the best of our abilities to make sure the musical went as planned.

Production Elements

Sets:
The sets were mainly rubix cubes in which the entertainment class painted. There was also lockers, a blackboard, desks and the personal props for the actors. It was the backstage crew’s job to make sure all the sets were in order and make sure it was set up correctly.

Lights:

Helped set the atmosphere in which the musical was to convey and the bright colours of the lights was a representation of the 80’s.

Costumes:

Costumes were a vital part of the musical as they helped to depict who the characters were and their role in the musical. The costumes were clothes in which would be worn in the 80’s to suit the musical- Back to the 80’s.

Visual:
Visuals were seen on the projectors at the back of the stage, this helped with the main idea of the musical taking the audience back to the 80’s. It showed videos and writing helping depict the scene and what was going on in the scene.

Make up:
Makeup was a vital role in the musical because all the bright colours provided part of the characters costumes and helped create the mood and atmosphere of the musical.

Glog

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