Was appointed as Stage Manager(SM) for tis event... suppose to be shavien b e SM... while i'm e assistant stage manager (ASM)... bt she gt her church production @ e same day as SA drama production... so she can't make it...
Danny was appointed my ASM... Erny gave a list of name... and ask if I were to make a choice, who would I choose... Of course I choose someone wid the most experience regarding all tis stuff de mah... n tt person is Danny...
rest of e crew is made up of Melvyn (lighting), Zi Xin (sounds), Ranie (backup for lighting n sound), Ignatius (spotlight), Ayyub (backdrop) n Hui En (backstage)... n not forgetting Shavien hu help out durin e rehearsals... n oso Erny... for her guidance for tis production...
On Sat, me n shavien went to get a brief idea of how the production is gng to b... frm 11am til 4+pm... technical run tru... nth much...
On Mon, went for my lesson, before gng for the rehearsal... went to Guardian wid Erny to gif Aisah the bad news... guilty~~ >.<>
On Tues, didn't went for lesson as i have e excuse letter... technical run tru... for lightin n sound... ended @ 10+pm too...
On Wed, full dress rehearsal... me skip lesson agn... cuz of excuse letter... didn't went for project 2 too... miscommunication n stuff... lots of confusion... bt still go pretty smoothly...
On Thurs, full dress rehearsal... mia to go for e extra practice for project 2... bring back the trial for my crew to try on... n oso to promote e exhibition to dem... things didn't really go well... bt manage to clear things up in e end...
On Fri, I mia frm rehearsal to go marketin lect n presentation (til ard 1+pm)... turn up a while to pass ZX e songs for e production as it was upload to my com e previous day... in e middle of the lect, hui en call n say my ASM mia too!! *faint* chiong over to TFA immediately aft lect... den mia agn @ ard 12 to go for presentation... Hui En n Ignatius took over SM n ASM role for e rehearsal...
Dng technical run tru for lighting and sound while the actors n dancers dng make up... and made slight changes for e lighting... Had a photoshoot of TMT for e brochure... Ignatius mia... onli aft we done wid takin e pic den we realise he was slpin @ e corner of e TFA -.-" wake him up n did another shoot... help jessica wid e name of e TMT crew... end up i gif 3 wrong spelling >.<>
Meet bready to pass him e tix... n finally meet his gf... didn't chat wid him cuz need to get into position @ backstage for standby...
Liyana was askin if i'm stress... wen i told her no... she was surprise... cuz she super stress... Hanafif came over n say some encouragement to me n liyana... hold us by e shoulder n shake up... my 1st reaction... erh... can stop shakin? i'm gettin dizzy >.<
my side was pretty empty... cuz every1 was @ Danny side prior to e start of e show... until it's time for standby den my side gt ppl...
The production was a GREAT SUCCESS!!! :) for curtain call, every1 was called out to take a bow... as we enter frm e left wing n exit frm e rite wing... i haf to run all e back tru e dressin rm back to my side... by then... Danny's side was flooded wid ppl... hehe... my side empty sia...
It was fun bein e SM for production... not as hard as i thot it will be... perhaps cuz of e help frm ASM :) n oso cuz of e great ppl i work wid...
n i realise... my crew like to abuse e intercomm -.- chitchat n oso disturb me over e intercomm... thanx a lot ar guys -.- 1st was Danny disturb me by talkin abt supernaturnal stuff... den i tink is ignatius n melvyn talkin crap over e intercomm -.-
quite a few inside jokes made durin e past 1 week... which include ayyub bein taken over by technology... ayyub bein cheap labour... e craps n lobsters... n e kills -.-"
oh... another thing i realise is tt my crew is really crappy n can get pretty annoyin... bt in a gd sense... haha... entertainment :) fun ppl to work wid...
Danny: seem quiet... bt den can get rly annoyin wid all his teasin n stuff... really knowledgeable in lighting n sound...
Ignatius: erh... crappy lar~ keep disturb me over e intercomm... bt great to work wid...
Melvyn: hmm... heard frm ranie he didn't let her do any lightin... cuz he alway on e intercomm w8in for cue... didn't tell her wad to do... nice to chat wid... hmmm i tink he's e most kan jiong among my crew...
Ranie: erh... seem quiet... bt can get veri annoyin... ZiXin share e share view as me :P bt a great junior to work wid :) enjoyed workin wid u :D n thanx a lot for e help :)
Zi Xin: Great job on ur 1st attempt on sound... really nice transition... bt i still can't forget how u blast e music durin e last technical run tru >.<
Hui En: frm control rm end up dng backstage... Take care gal... recover soon... didn't really talk much cuz she mia frm rehearsal for 2 day... cuz she's sick... bt she turn up durin e production :) thanx a lot gal :D
Ayyub: help francisca wid e backdrop... can b a lil stubborn @ time... bt still quite fun to work wid...
production end @ ard 9+... phototakin n stuff... n time for speech by e heads... n oso token of appreciation by the heads... last frm TMT to receive token frm Erny... A msg frm her:
Stage Manager
Jie Ying
Standby cue! Standby curtain! Cue! Cue! Cue!
Tough and all but yet you made it. Well done! =)
Hope you enjoyed being Stage Manager & it's a 'one time' opportunity.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the birthday celebration aite!
Keep smiling and stay on with StargeARTs always!
Take Care
Head of TMT
Erny. Dee
hmmm... e 1st thing tt come to my mind is 'huh? wad bday celebration??' start to suspect something~~ esp wen i c erny holdin to prima deli plastic bag...
clear up TFA and gather @ blk E... can't leave cuz Erny say she wanna talk to us... In e end... it was a belated bday celebration for me...
1st was TMT singin bday song for me... which caught e attention of some of e SA peeps' attention... n dey wan to sing e song agn... n tis time gt e others @ blk e attention... n dey sing along... den ayyub ask y no candle... set up e candle... n dere we go agn... 3rd time singin of e bday song... wid e ppl @ blk e singing too >.<>
Bt i love it :) though it may b belated by 1 month 3 days... it feel great tt some1 rmb my bday n take tt effort to celebrate for me :) Thanx Erny :) n Thanx TMT :) 2nd time tt i celebrate wid my cca peeps :)
went off wid rabia they all to S11 for a mini celebration... @ 1st onli say go wid dem to S11 cuz i stay... dun intend to go n eat de... end up i stay wid dem til 12.30 >.<>
Had a great time~~ kinda of miss it :( like how i miss e preparation of SA nite...
i guess... e next time i gng to work wid dem agn will b alumni nite bah... can't w8 for it... so as to work wid dem agn :)
CCA... dere's where e fun is :)
p.s. photo to b uploaded soon~ as soon as i get my hand on dem...
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