Improverts Fringe 2006
This is a beta page for the management of Improverts Technical for Fringe 2006. Obviously, I'll be watching this page like a HAWK, a HAWK I tell you, for rogue edits and I'll be laying the smackdown on anybody who tries any sabotage. Meanwhile if you have constructive edits, this IS a wiki. Get to it.
--Xander 15:05, 24 June 2006 (GMT)
Contents
Music
Moments
Help me find tracks for all of those music-needing moments in an improverts show. The "got this?" column refers to whether I've got it, not you. If you've got it and I haven't, let me know.
| Theme | Suggested Track | When you might use this theme | Got this? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroic/Sad | Adagio For Strings | A hilarious re-enactment of the bit where all the soldiers get shot | GOT |
| Elizabethan | |||
| Sinister | Classic "It Only Gets Worse" music required | ||
| Horror | Psycho Theme | For playing when someone is actually getting stabbed or something | NO! |
| Cheesy Disco | Obviously there's loads of stuff we could use, but what should we use? | ||
| Hardcore Rave | It's not cheesy disco |
Games
Many of these games have themes already, but maybe we can update them a bit. If you know of a game that isn't listed, LIST IT! Because I sure as hell don't have a list.Improverts Game List
- Die
- Suggestions welcome (we do have an intro for Space Jump, after all)
- Emotional Rollercoaster
- Suggestions welcome (currently using Chris’s’ 'love rollercoaster')
- Sports Commentator (?)
- Grandstand (or can we do better than this?)
there is actually two intros for commentator one to introduce the game and one to start the scene (could swap it with ski Sunday at some point)
- News games
- ATM we only have a news theme for the start of the scene, do we want something for the intro?
- Should Have Said
- Has a kinda freestyle jazz intro, suggestions welcome.
- Freeze
- Traditionally doesn't have music. Time to change that?
- Pope In A Crisis
- Enigma just isn't quite right. Suggestions welcome.
- It Just Gets Worse
- ATM we use Billy Connolly’s "Supergran" though the quality is rubbish can we do any better?
- Spin Doctor
- We have to find something better than Two Princes by the Spin Doctors
- Puppets
- Its a new game, any suggestions? (not Thunderbirds or Rosie and Jim)
- Clap Switcharoo
- I have a edited version of Will Smith's Switch, will bring it on Monday (if I show up)
- Games that already have themes that really don't need to change
- Space Jump, MacGuyver, Inner Monologues, Two Genres, Endowment
Other Games (and their traditional themes):
- 3 Way Dubbing
- traditionally uses same theme as 2 Genres
- American Musical
- theme from Dallas
- Chain Murder
- theme from Tales Of The Unexpected
- Development Hell
- starting theme is same as 2 Genres (sic), 3 contatined scenes usually use "Vision On" and 20th Century Fox fanfare. This may need changing.
- Inner Monologues
- "Search For The Hero" by M People
- Games that haven't been played recently
- AdBreak, Alien Interview, Bloopers, Boris, Celebrity Cafe, Da Doo Ron Ron, DVD Player, Entrances & Exits, Evening Call, Half-life, In A... With A... While..., Mouse Thieves, Penalty!, Quantum Leap, Red Alert!, Scene With A Corpse, Stunt Doubles, Techie Rollercoaster, Translation Opera, Voice From Above, Wait... There Are Ninjas!, Warning Team!
I also think we should have some generic tunes for when a new (or just unexpected) game comes up (we have used endowment like this at times can we find more songs to fill the gap)
The Team
If you want to join the team, I suggest you email me at xander@beefour.com rather than editing this list directly - you won't end up on the email list I keep in a secret place on my secret webserver and thus will probably miss out on some important announcements in the future.
| Name | Preference | Core Team? | Availability Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Marshall | Both | PEND | |
| Chris Stephen | Sound | 21st - 25th August (+ adj. weekends) | |
| Colleen Patterson | Training(Lights) | PEND | Available from 23rd July |
| Dave Larking | Fill-in | PEND | Can rehearse evenings and weekends |
| Felix Trench | Fill-in | Around towards the end of the Fringe for monkeying | |
| Heather Hanshaw | Lights | PEND | |
| Helena Larkin | Training(Sound) | PEND | Is also Box Office Manager |
| Kati Hind | Lights | PEND | |
| Lauren McLeod | Lights | PEND | Happy to fill gaps |
| Marcus Roche | Sound | PEND | |
| Nicola Cross | Training | PEND | |
| Rachael Monteith | Lights | PEND | |
| Richard Bell | Sound | PEND | Mostly panicing about his project but could be available in an emergency |
| Ruth Wilkinson | Lights | Yes | |
| Tom Gregory | Training/Fill in | PEND | Available most of August, but unable to attend rehersals. |
| Tommy Galliano | Training | PEND | Available from 1st August |
Preferences
- Lights
- Will be scheduled to operate the lighting desk
- Sound
- Will be scheduled to operate the sound desk
- Training
- Has expressed an interest in learning tech and will be scheduled to second desks in the first few weeks (hopefully operating later)
- Fill-in
- Insufficient time to train, will be called on to folo, and maybe second a desk occasionally
Preliminarily, desks will be scheduled with two operators for any one show. The operator will usually be familiar with the equipment and with the nature of teching an Improverts show. The second may or may not have the same familiarity, and should have the chance to learn in order to operate later in the Fringe.
A preference implies that you will be able to handle operating the specified desk on your own.
Anybody can second any desk, and nearer the Fringe I'll be trying to timetable people onto desks that they are particularly interested in messing with and/or learning.
