sometimes you need to go live

Charli

Charli

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Filmmaking is a process, a long one at that, but sometimes it pays to see
something LIVE. I just came back from a kid's production of, "Beauty and The Beast"
and though the acting/singing wasn't steller, there is something to be to
said about the stage. It's right there in the moment, it's do or die, it's production
on the edge.

I applaude everyone who's been in theater, it's a lot of hard work, good job.
 
You're not kidding on the hard work part! :) I was stage manager for a touring company for a long while...also (and simultaneously) was the prop master, and occasionally sat in for the lighting guy when he couldnt make a gig (running the lightboard, even the dinky one we used, was nerve-wracking in the live environment). It was some of the hardest work I've ever done in my life, but when you are playing to a crowd who is into the show, that immediate reaction is worth every second.

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Theater rocks. Trumps TV & film any day.

One of, if not the, moments when I have really felt most alive was on closing night of a run of Dracula back in High Shool for which I'd been the FX guy, which was a very key job donsidering the show.

At the end of the show on closing night, after the regular bows, the cast parted and made room for the crew who was bought on stage as is tradition on closing night. Myself up through a coffin hole in the center of the stage, where I had spent most of the show, which put me in the center of the group.

The roaring applause from crowd that I couldn't see for the lights that I'd helped hang was incredible enough. But when after a moment sudenly the entire cast and rest of the crew kowtowed to me in sync on stage in front of the audience, I was blown away. Sure the FX where important, but damn.
The phrase that is my Avtar was coined that night.

I was high as a kite that moment standing there with time sudenly stopped still and the dull roar that seemed so far away as I stared out into the glare. I've never felt anything like that since.

Theater rocks.


- Mikko ... will set his Steadicam aside for a day on (or behind) stage anytime.
 
Charli said:
Filmmaking is a process, a long one at that, but sometimes it pays to see
something LIVE. I just came back from a kid's production of, "Beauty and The Beast"
and though the acting/singing wasn't steller, there is something to be to
said about the stage. It's right there in the moment, it's do or die, it's production
on the edge.

I applaude everyone who's been in theater, it's a lot of hard work, good job.
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I just saw a high school version of Fiddler on the Roof that was outstanding. It even had a ghost on a wire and the famous bottle dance.
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Whenever I look for an actor, I tend to look for someone with theatrical experience over someone who has done some local no budget movie. The range they are capable of expressing wins out in my book. When I was a kid, my older brother was in the local theater, so I got to see quite a few stage productions. To this day, I still enjoy a good stage show even if it is just some High School kids.
 
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