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Monday 2/12/13

I started by helping Jack sort out the flying harnesses checking the mayons and other checks for any splits or default in the harnesses. We also check other flying equipment like the traverse line and some of the stropes. I then went to costume to discuss who was flying, and how they would be flying. For example some people would be flying from stingers one clipped to each side near the hips. Another way would but from the lower back; costume could then make the costumes suiting each actors flying needs. I then helped Tom with prop making, we was told that in the first scene the singers would be carrying lanterns so me and Tom went and found some round poles suitable as lantern sticks. Our next challenge was to attach the lanterns to the poles. At first we put screws into the pole and the lanterns hung fine. It was then discovered that it was to easy for the lanterns to fall off of the screw and fall a smash. We then swapped the screws for cup hooks which were more secure and the lantern could not fall off. Just before I went home I helped construction take apart a bike. One member of the construction team wanted to grind everything off where as I know a little bike maintenance so I thought it would be easier to take it apart rather than chop certain bits off unnecessary. With the tools available we stripped most of it down apart from one last bit which you needed a special tool for.

Positive- Completed flying checks

Negative- Before I started working on the bike they cut a lot off already

what I learnt-Learnt how to check for defaults in a flying harness

What skills I used- Listening skills to learn about flying

Thinking and creative skills to make the poles for the lanterns

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Monday 25/11/13

11 o'clock start, my first job was to finish the jet pack I had started to make. This meant making the whole product neater and look more professional. To do this I cut out each panel size out on a separate piece of card. once this was completed I could then check they would fit and spray paint each panel steam punk colours. I found a good colour to use was the bronze and gold colour for the base then lightly spray dark red to add effect of faded colour. After lunch I then made little cardboard boxes and found other 3D objects to stick on the panels. I stuck the 3D objects on with a hot glue gun then painted each 3D object individually. Once these had dried off I then used the hot glue gun to stick the panels on the side of the jet pack.

Positive - I finished the jet pack                                                                 Negative - I could not fit the straps as I did not know who would be wearing the jet pack

Learnt - How to use spray paint effectively

Skills - For the task I had to use my creative skills and listening skills by listening to others on how to make or design the jet pack   

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Tuesday 12/11/13

Today was a normal call time. We started the day with the morning meeting and discussed how all of us got on yesterday with progress. After the morning meeting I went to the theatre to use a computer to research and make festive colouring books. This was done by finding images on search engines and printing off the pages onto yellow card. Once this was done I could then photo copy the one I had made to produce a colouring book for each show. I secured them by stapling the pages together. Just before lunch we was informed that we had to put some steel deck up in the venue, Louise showed us how the musicians wanted the stage to be. Three of us then went off to go get the materials we needed for this job, then went to lunch. After lunch we was about to fit the steel deck up when it was discovered that they wanted twice the amount of materials because they wanted a bigger drum rise. We then had to go get more materials before we could put the steel deck up, once the steel deck was up we had to secure it to stop it moving.

Positive: I managed to finish one of the props on my groups list.

Negative: When putting the steel deck up I did not get enough legs

What have I learnt: I have learnt that when putting steel deck together you need a third leg where they join as the bolts inside cannot take the weight of the steel deck.   

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Wednesday

On Wednesday we were called for normal time as it was the colleges open evening which started at 3pm and ended at 8pm. The plan for the day would be to set up in the theatre and be ready to open at 3pm. When we opened we also had to have a plan of what stage management would be doing. During the day we sent up in the theatre by putting steel deck up on legs to make tables, marked out the floor where people could and couldn't go. This was because we had silks and a trapeze set up so they would need a working area. We also hung a black across the seating bank to make it look more professional. This was done with a big single black and eight stage weights, we also got smaller blacks to put over the steel deck. Each department had their own little area so once the theatre was set up all of stage management got props from the props room and displayed them on our table to make a display.  At 3pm we opened and my sub group started coming up with ideas on how to make the jet packs from the research we had done. With the resources we had we started building the jet pack. As a group we changed little ideas and details throughout the building process.

Positives: We started out jet packs and we completed all the tasks before the opening time.

Negatives: Our display could have been better but not sure how. Maybe next time have less items but placed better on the table. I also feel that after I left my group did not really progress a lot with the jet pack.

Skills:

Team work skills – We all needed team work skills so we knew what each other was doing and each person could contribute to the theatre for the open day.

Personal motivation – Although everyone was working in a team everyone had to be motivated or nothing would have been achieved.

Creative – I had to use creative skills when designing and making the jet pack.    

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