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11:48 PM - February 14th, 2005
Today marked two occasions. First, it now holds the record for the longest amount of time I’ve spent on campus in a single day. I was on campus from 9am until 10:30pm. That’s a long freaking time. Second, this evening was the first rehearsal I went to for Loser. I’m now officially a sound designer. The rehearsal went about three and a half hours and they ran through the show twice. The show is divided into three sub-sections. Big Blonde, Little One, and Mama. Big Blonde was the one they did tonight. I got a script and took about three pages of notes. For BB there’s going to be a live band, three mics, and about 15-20 Voice Over tracks. My job, as designer is to mold all that together into an easy to use format for the sound board op.
There was one thing in particular that I think I could help improve. At one point in the show, one of the dancers is at the mic and starts singing some sort of chant. Each time I heard it, it made me think of Gregorian chants. Next time I see the director I’m going to suggest adding some reverb to the chanting to make it sound like its from a church or something. I think it should be nice, but it’ll be up to the director to make the final decision. Anyway, I’m completely exhausted at this point, so I’m going to turn in for the night.