To Whom it may Concern The 5 essential skills for success in stage production as conveyed by Valerie Dove
To whom it may concern: This year I was a student in the theatre two Theatre Production class. Throughout the year our class hit many bumps in the road. However we started to get into a groove towards the end of the year after we had learned from our past mistakes. Five things that are essential to being successful in this class are teamwork, screwdriver skills, knowing sizes of lumber, time management, and integrity.
Teamwork is a big part of this class. The job will not be completed unless everyone is doing their part. Throughout the year we learned each other’s strengths and weaknesses, which helped us to split up and each do a part to get the whole job done. If everyone is standing around watching one person work, it will take a long time to finish. When working on a set for a play time management is extremely important, without a set there can’t be a good play. The point of having a class full of students who set build, is to get it build in a timely manner and do a good job.
A very basic skill that is very important in this class is knowing how to use a screwdriver, You will use a screwdriver in every project you do throughout the year, as well as continuing your future in theatre helping with sets. It can take some time to get the hang of using this tool properly to understand angles and hot to not strip screws. However being confident with this tool will help you work much more efficient.
Knowing how to identify different lumber is a very basic skill that is essential to this class. When building a set there will be many times you are asked to get a specific piece of lumber. If you do not understand the sizes you will struggle a lot to complete tasks. This skill is also important when organizing the lumber room. This makes it easy to find the materials you need.
Time management is the key to this class. When working on a set you need to have it done by the time the play comes. It makes it very difficult to put on a play without practicing with a set. Remember not to spend too much o your time getting started, making a ground plan, and getting materials. The actual building, painting, and finishing process should take the longest.
The most important fundamental of this class is integrity. Doing the right thing and continuing to work when no one is watching and telling you what you have to do is important. If you stop working when no one is babysitting you, it’s going to create more work for your teammates and will create stress when the deadline is coming and your project is not complete. Never get in the habit of “hiding behind the curtain”, do the right thing and help the program succeed. -Last Year's
An Area we grew in as a class was definitely teamwork. This year we grew closer as a class. After spending every day for two years together we definitely know each others strengths and weaknesses. This made it easier to assign the right people to get the right jobs done.
Something we as a group, and I also struggle with personally is time management. This year we were faced with new challenges we had never experienced before, competitions. We could have taken this opportunity and made it the best we could but instead we let nerves get the best of us and got comfortable being bad. We went into it with the idea if we all failed its okay because we failed together. When in reality we should have pushed each other to be the best we could be. With this we took way too much time finding a piece and trying to memorize the lines instead of perfecting our performances.
I agree with the fact everyone should push each other. All it takes is one person to make the group not want to give their all into the project. Like when Coach makes theatre Is do the exercise where they stand up and one person is supposed to seem tired, and everyone within just a minute or two also want to just go to sleep.
To Whom it may concern: The 5 essential skills for success in stage production
To whom it may concern: Whether it’d be a theater 1 or me in the past looking back over this. I’m going to give you some tips so you can avoid many of the lecture you might get. Have you ever heard of soft and hard skills? No, well let me explain. Soft skills are more towards interactions with people. For example, communicating with other when there’s a problem and if there is one how are we gonna solve it. That’s a soft skill. Hard skills are skills that you can acquire and get better at. For example, in this class you will need to know your measurements pretty well in order to draw ground plans or even understand them. That’s a hard skill. Now that i’ve explained to you what these skills are, i’m gonna share with you some hard and soft skills i’ve acquired during this past year.
Hard Skills One hard skills i’m gonna talk to you about is lighting skills. You’ll have to know this because you’re gonna create your own lip sync show and you have to do everything. I mean writing it, and making your sketch plan including lights, props, and the time that each event will happen. I wasn’t very familiar with the lights so I had a lot of after school time on it. If you get an opportunity to go into the booth, use your time wisely, and don’t waste it. You’ll also learn them so you could carry what you learn along with you as you become a theater 3 and 4, and if you do lights for a show.
Another hard skill I want to share with you is machinery skills. Whether it’d be the chop saw or just a simple drill you’ll have to know how to use them correctly so you or one of your classmates don’t get hurt. I wasn’t comfortable with any of the tools at all. I was very afraid to use them because I didn’t have enough power, but with a little time I got use to it. The chop saw was the same with me too, but the more I used it, the more I felt comfortable with it. It just depends if you’re experienced or not.
Soft Skills One of the soft skills you should use to succeed in this class is communication. Communication is key. I have many experiences where we had an error in this department. For example creating our lip sync show was a struggle. We didn’t have everyone on the same page. A guy chose a song we didn’t even want to do and he didn’t come up with anything. He fed off me and my friend’s ideas. That was problem #1. Problem #2 was 2 out of the 4 of us were focused on our project and the other two were doing whatever they wanted but not working on the project itself. It was very frustrating. Communication will also come in handy while doing plays and set building.
Another soft skill is problem solving. Everyone should know what this means or looks like. In this class we like to think smarter not harder. That’s where problem solving could come in handy. Whether it’d be between you and another student or if you stumble upon a problem. You need to have these skills because you can’t ask coach for everything. You have to think on your own and figure out things on your own.
The last soft skill you need in order to succeed in this class is teamwork. I think teamwork is crucial for this class. Working with the people around and asking them question when you’re stuck and you need help. You’re classmates should help and vise versa. You guys as a whole, are a team and a family. If you don’t help your family out and put yourself forward in order to help other around you.
I hope this was helpful to you, and if you don’t plan on staying get out as fast as possible so you don’t hold back the people that are staying. Remember this class isn’t acting whatsoever. It’s theatre production, meaning if you wanna act you have to audition for plays. I wish you the best of luck.
I feel like i've really grown since last year. I had a sense of leadership that I've held onto since last year and onto this year and I will make sure to improve that leadership for next year as well so I can be a role model to my fellow peers. I've gotten better at the hard skills i listed like communication. Sometimes it's hard to talk to people who are very different from you and have different opinions on things, but with a little reassurance those people will come around.
i agree with you 100% but i learned that you have to just voice your opinions and see what happens, you'll be surprised. its their choice on what to do with your opinion.
Yes, sometimes there will be people would want to do things their way and not listen to other opinions, but if you are going to be a leader, you need to find a way to compromise or make them still feel included in something. Instead of getting frustrated and making them feel left out, a good leader tries to make everyone feel like they have a part in the activity.
I noticed how you became more comfortable letting everyone know what was on your mind and I am very proud of you. I know you had to do some things that weren't very easy and you got them done as best you could. I hope you will keep your ambition next year, theatre really needs people like you Kamil.
To whom it may concern: Hello I’m Jesse Dawson a former advanced theater two student. what I learned was that it’s difficult to know how to use a drill at times , especially if you’ve never used any tools before.
I learned how to use a drill. It was hard at first. Now that I learned it it’s really easy after you learn that.
One of the first hard skills you need to know when you’re drilling you need to drill it in the direction of the wood if you don’t it won’t work when you’re drilling it. You also need to use the guide it will help you in more ways than you may think. It helps you put the screw in if you’re having trouble putting it in the lumber. My class last year found that out the hard way when we didn’t listen when coach told us to use the guide.You have to make blueprints before you can even start building. You need to make a scale so that when you look at it you’ll know what you’re doing. As long as you know how to measure it and make studs for the lumber you’ll do fine with blueprints. We had struggled with this for a while because we have never made blueprints before, so my best advice to you is to listen , pay attention, take notes so that it will help you when you’re having trouble.
Lumber comes in all different shapes and sizes. So you need to know how a 2x4 is different than a 1x4. If you don’t it will be hard to build if you don't have the right lumber size. Last year coach kept trying to teach us the difference but, it didn’t stick to our mind for a while until we looked at it and noticed the difference between them. Measure them if you have to until it sticks to your mind so then you won’t even have to think about.
Manage your time when you are given your projects it is very important when you are in stage production. Don’t go too fast , but also don’t go too slow when you’re working. Go in the middle of both, because meeting your deadlines are important it helps you work better and you’ll feel relieved . Even if you had to face grit along the way, you never gave up and you accomplished your deadline.
Now you need to know the soft skills. These ones are pretty easy and simple so I think you’ll see where I’m going with this. First things first you need to know how to communicate with your classmates. You’re in class with them all year you can’t work if you don’t communicate building together gets difficult.Have integrity when your communicating so if someone doesn't know how to do something another person can demonstrate how to do something. My class didn’t start communicating until half way through the year.
Quickly correct something because things will get done better and easy if you do it fast and easy. Meet your deadlines on your projects because it’s important that you meet no later than your deadlines. We make play sets too, don’t forget that because if there isn’t a set there’s also no play. So have some sympathy for others. You may not want to do the set but respect others around you. Don’t second guess yourself, if you think something is right then do it have self control when you’re doing something wrong and fix it.
Now the last thing you need to know is knowing where everything goes have some organization skills so you don’t spend so much time organizing than working. You all have diversity inside you so don’t think you can’t do something or aren’t ‘Special’ or something like that. You’re all unique and different in your own way so use that to get things done. Now I’ve done my job I hope to hear how next year goes for you good luck! Sincerely, Jesse Dawson (Theater 3) c/o 21’
I think I have grown from theater two , because now I get my work done on time I know whats going on in the class and I'm not struggling with being the new kid in a theater class.
I personally feel like your response to your past assignment is a little too broad. I have seen you work on many things this year that you could have mentioned. I have personally witnessed you asking people to help you do things properly because you wanted to improve how you did or said something. I have also seen you help other students by stepping in when other people weren't there or taking in peers criticism and letting it help make you better when there are others who would have let it get to them rather quickly and would've given up. Give yourself some more credit Jesse
To Whom it may concern: The 5 essential skills for success in stage production as conveyed by
To whom it may concern: the 5 essentials skills should concern to whomever is reading this because the skills that i am about to tell you, will help with whatever journey you face in life. Now let me tell you the difference between a soft skill and a hard skill. A hard skill is something you learn, like how to ride a bike or learning how to match, while a soft skill is something that you have to get comfortable with and it's something that no one can teach you, so you have to learn on your own. Let’s start with 3 soft skills and 2 hard skills.
One of the hard skills i want to talk about is, “understanding what you doing”. If you don’t know what your doing, then how will you survive, how will you know what to do when a job is assigned you. I want to talk about this because, it’s very easy to lose focus in a class and TBH there's nothing i can say that can help with that, but i can say, its okay to ask question if you don’t get something, as long as you're trying to get an understanding and using the help that you get as a way out or a way to a career of your choice.
Another hard skill i want to talk about is “Moving at a fast pace” and i say this because coach said this himself “ Its jobs that need to be done” and working at your own pace is not the way to go because if you are committed and you want to be in here the next two years, then you gotta move quickly and think ahead. In theater it’s always deadlines that have to be met, people are counting on everyone not just you, but the difference is that the people that is being counted on is counting on you to do your part and put in the work so it all can come together, so you have to move fast and think about how your next move can affect the next person.
Now let's talk about the soft skills, the one i want to get into real fast is “respect” but i want to talk about this one first because, most people take this for granted but if you can't respect others then why are you here, im sorry but why do we live in a world this day and age were people do NOT respect each other, for example if you and someone is working on a project and one is not giving you the respect that you need, then the project could be messed up, which will affect someone else's project and the next and so on and so on. That is called slippery slope and term that means, something that can cause a domino affect. So please respect someone no matter who they are.
So now we have “Grit”. Girit means, a loose particle or stone. And the reason why i'm adding this is because it ties into life itself, if we have a problem what do we do, do we ask for help or do we get up and do it ourselves? We can't just let one thing stop us from solving a problem, so if you decide to stay in theater then just make sure that no grit will ever stop you from solving something and kick that stone out the way.
Now the most important one i wanted to talk about is “your mentality” because if we lose our sane then what's the point of being here, what is our purpose in life. This is something i think we all needs to work on, keeping our mental health actually healthy and not letting ourselves lose our sane and keep focusing on the positive things and working on that mentality of not letting ourselves fall into depression because once that hole has fallen in then, its alot harder to get out of, so just talk to people and keep loved ones close by.
Yeah. i think i have grown and processed everything and lived what i actually was trying to say in those paragraphs, but i don't think we re done growing from this and its always room to grow and become a better person and teaching the next. stay educated and stay home!
I agree! I feel like no one every truly stops growing. Everyone learns knew things no matter how old. I love how you had included "grit" because that really is a big thing in theatre. You can't let every little thing hold you back. That's not how life is going to work. I also like that you included that you have to know what you are doing. There are quite a few students who would be like "oh that sounds easy, I can do that", so they stop listening because they think they know what to do. Then they get out there and don't know what to do.
To whom it may concern: These 5 skills are skills that you are going to need and hopefully have by the end of your stage production year. Not only will some of these help you in Theatre II, but some could also help you with things outside of the theatre. Using the blueprint as you build is very important not just for you but for the rest of the crew/ class you’re with. It also helps coach because if you know what you are doing, he doesn’t need to get on his two bad knees and do it. Let me give you an example. There was a time in Ask Any Girl where he told the Theatre II class to make a blueprint and build decks off the blueprint. Some people decided that they didn’t need the blueprints and tried building it from the top of their heads. Those people are failing the class. The people that look back at the blueprint and made sure they were doing it right are the ones who are passing and Coach Silvers could always look forward with them helping others get better as well. Knowing the light board is going to help a crap ton for your theatre II years. I saw this because why have only one or two people really know how to use the lightboard. That will make a lot of problems if they are not at school or in the play. That will screw you over a lot. There was a time during Ask Any Girl where a certain person was supposed to come and work on lights. Let's call this person Ricardo just for the fun of it. Ricardo didn’t really screw us over but he did it last second and the lights were not as good as we thought they would do. Anything done last minute doesn’t do anyone any good.
Communication is the one thing not only you will need but others you are working with too… Obviously. There are different ways you could towards someone, whether it's using your words or your actions. Using your words is going to be the main you will be communicating in the theatre. I say this because of two things. 1) It would help if you are moving things like a deck or a frame for a wall. 2) If you are having a bad day, in general, you need to talk to someone about it. I am positive someone in that theatre cares about you are going through outside of the theatre. Trust me you might not see it now, but if you look around right now are going to help you a crap ton throughout your theatre II years. Actually, now that I think about it some of those people won’t want to be in theatre anymore, but that's not the point. Whether It’s physically or mentally you'll always have someone to talk to in this class. Cooperation will help you out through the tough times. Even though you will make a lot of friends, there are going to be things that may make you mad towards some of the people in the class. Cooperation will help you deal with the negative side of them. Just look at me and a friend of mine named Mathew. If you don’t know who Mathew is, you’ll find out later. If you don’t know who I am, again, you’ll find out later. Anyways we had so many arguments and fights about the stupid stuff we do to each other but at the end of the day he like a brother to me. Except he's not black. That isn’t the point though. We ended up getting along in the end. We still get in arguments though. Cooperation will even help you with Coach Silvers getting things done. You cooperating with Coach Silvers will make the process of whatever he wants to be done faster than it was with him doing it himself. Respect is going to be needed towards a lot of things throughout the theatre. You’ll need to respect your classmates and coach. I know this may sound corny but go by the golden rule. Treat people the way you want others to treat you, with respect. The way you treat someone is going to not only help you now but help you with future things that involve other people such as group projects, jobs, etc. Respect also goes towards things that belong to your class and other classes such as the props, choir chairs, etc. It's just respectful and you would want them to do the same for you. Consideration is fallen into this category because respecting other people’s stuff is just considerate and it will be easier for everyone in the end. Consideration could also go for doing the task you given 100% instead of doing it halfway. Doing things 100% helps the person giving you the job and it also gives you more credibility towards everyone. An example of half doing something is when everyone is about to paint the set and oh what do you know, someone didn’t wash the brushes from the last painting session. So the person who didn’t wash their brush afterward half did their job.
I can't really go off of your reply like I did with the others because you didn't post one, so I will go off of the 5 skills.
I feel respect should definitely be within the top 5. Not everyone is going to want to respect people who maybe disagree with all their ideas or make theatre feel like it isn't as fun. But it still needs to be done. No one should be disrespected whether they have a lot to offer or very little. If we call ourselves a "theatre family", we need to act like one.
I feel the light board is something people feel they don't have to pay attention to. "If we are all learning to do it, someone is bound to step up and do it. I'll never be chosen for it". And if 10/15 students have that mantality, everything is going to be put on those 5. But say 2 of them forget what they learned, one is absent, one is making up a test, and one is there. Looks like that 1 student is going to have to do it because no one else wanted to listen. I noticed quite a bit of this in my theatre II class. Coach likes to talk about "hiding behind the curtain", these same students LITERALLY hid behind the curtain... or set... or chairs out in the audience.
cooperation is a big deal that people think they will be able to achieve, until they have a person in the group who wants to either do nothing or do everything their own way. There are many unnecessary arguments about things that end up tearing people apart or causing tensions to rise in the entire group and that isn't air for the people who want to get stuff done because now they are held back.
You are the only one who said "blueprint". I personally wouldn't have thought of that at all, but it really is one of the most important things. Everyone needs to be able to look at the exact same thing to get the exact same measurements and the exact set that was needed.
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To whom it may concern:
This year I was a student in the theatre two Theatre Production class. Throughout the year our class hit many bumps in the road. However we started to get into a groove towards the end of the year after we had learned from our past mistakes. Five things that are essential to being successful in this class are teamwork, screwdriver skills, knowing sizes of lumber, time management, and integrity.
Teamwork is a big part of this class. The job will not be completed unless everyone is doing their part. Throughout the year we learned each other’s strengths and weaknesses, which helped us to split up and each do a part to get the whole job done. If everyone is standing around watching one person work, it will take a long time to finish. When working on a set for a play time management is extremely important, without a set there can’t be a good play. The point of having a class full of students who set build, is to get it build in a timely manner and do a good job.
A very basic skill that is very important in this class is knowing how to use a screwdriver, You will use a screwdriver in every project you do throughout the year, as well as continuing your future in theatre helping with sets. It can take some time to get the hang of using this tool properly to understand angles and hot to not strip screws. However being confident with this tool will help you work much more efficient.
Knowing how to identify different lumber is a very basic skill that is essential to this class. When building a set there will be many times you are asked to get a specific piece of lumber. If you do not understand the sizes you will struggle a lot to complete tasks. This skill is also important when organizing the lumber room. This makes it easy to find the materials you need.
Time management is the key to this class. When working on a set you need to have it done by the time the play comes. It makes it very difficult to put on a play without practicing with a set. Remember not to spend too much o your time getting started, making a ground plan, and getting materials. The actual building, painting, and finishing process should take the longest.
The most important fundamental of this class is integrity. Doing the right thing and continuing to work when no one is watching and telling you what you have to do is important. If you stop working when no one is babysitting you, it’s going to create more work for your teammates and will create stress when the deadline is coming and your project is not complete. Never get in the habit of “hiding behind the curtain”, do the right thing and help the program succeed.
-Last Year's
An Area we grew in as a class was definitely teamwork. This year we grew closer as a class. After spending every day for two years together we definitely know each others strengths and weaknesses. This made it easier to assign the right people to get the right jobs done.
DeleteSomething we as a group, and I also struggle with personally is time management. This year we were faced with new challenges we had never experienced before, competitions. We could have taken this opportunity and made it the best we could but instead we let nerves get the best of us and got comfortable being bad. We went into it with the idea if we all failed its okay because we failed together. When in reality we should have pushed each other to be the best we could be. With this we took way too much time finding a piece and trying to memorize the lines instead of perfecting our performances.
I agree with the fact everyone should push each other. All it takes is one person to make the group not want to give their all into the project. Like when Coach makes theatre Is do the exercise where they stand up and one person is supposed to seem tired, and everyone within just a minute or two also want to just go to sleep.
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To whom it may concern: Whether it’d be a theater 1 or me in the past looking back over this. I’m going to give you some tips so you can avoid many of the lecture you might get. Have you ever heard of soft and hard skills? No, well let me explain. Soft skills are more towards interactions with people. For example, communicating with other when there’s a problem and if there is one how are we gonna solve it. That’s a soft skill. Hard skills are skills that you can acquire and get better at. For example, in this class you will need to know your measurements pretty well in order to draw ground plans or even understand them. That’s a hard skill. Now that i’ve explained to you what these skills are, i’m gonna share with you some hard and soft skills i’ve acquired during this past year.
Hard Skills
One hard skills i’m gonna talk to you about is lighting skills. You’ll have to know this because you’re gonna create your own lip sync show and you have to do everything. I mean writing it, and making your sketch plan including lights, props, and the time that each event will happen. I wasn’t very familiar with the lights so I had a lot of after school time on it. If you get an opportunity to go into the booth, use your time wisely, and don’t waste it. You’ll also learn them so you could carry what you learn along with you as you become a theater 3 and 4, and if you do lights for a show.
Another hard skill I want to share with you is machinery skills. Whether it’d be the chop saw or just a simple drill you’ll have to know how to use them correctly so you or one of your classmates don’t get hurt. I wasn’t comfortable with any of the tools at all. I was very afraid to use them because I didn’t have enough power, but with a little time I got use to it. The chop saw was the same with me too, but the more I used it, the more I felt comfortable with it. It just depends if you’re experienced or not.
Soft Skills
One of the soft skills you should use to succeed in this class is communication. Communication is key. I have many experiences where we had an error in this department. For example creating our lip sync show was a struggle. We didn’t have everyone on the same page. A guy chose a song we didn’t even want to do and he didn’t come up with anything. He fed off me and my friend’s ideas. That was problem #1. Problem #2 was 2 out of the 4 of us were focused on our project and the other two were doing whatever they wanted but not working on the project itself. It was very frustrating. Communication will also come in handy while doing plays and set building.
Another soft skill is problem solving. Everyone should know what this means or looks like. In this class we like to think smarter not harder. That’s where problem solving could come in handy. Whether it’d be between you and another student or if you stumble upon a problem. You need to have these skills because you can’t ask coach for everything. You have to think on your own and figure out things on your own.
The last soft skill you need in order to succeed in this class is teamwork. I think teamwork is crucial for this class. Working with the people around and asking them question when you’re stuck and you need help. You’re classmates should help and vise versa. You guys as a whole, are a team and a family. If you don’t help your family out and put yourself forward in order to help other around you.
I hope this was helpful to you, and if you don’t plan on staying get out as fast as possible so you don’t hold back the people that are staying. Remember this class isn’t acting whatsoever. It’s theatre production, meaning if you wanna act you have to audition for plays. I wish you the best of luck.
I feel like i've really grown since last year. I had a sense of leadership that I've held onto since last year and onto this year and I will make sure to improve that leadership for next year as well so I can be a role model to my fellow peers. I've gotten better at the hard skills i listed like communication. Sometimes it's hard to talk to people who are very different from you and have different opinions on things, but with a little reassurance those people will come around.
Deletei agree with you 100% but i learned that you have to just voice your opinions and see what happens, you'll be surprised. its their choice on what to do with your opinion.
DeleteYes, sometimes there will be people would want to do things their way and not listen to other opinions, but if you are going to be a leader, you need to find a way to compromise or make them still feel included in something. Instead of getting frustrated and making them feel left out, a good leader tries to make everyone feel like they have a part in the activity.
DeleteI noticed how you became more comfortable letting everyone know what was on your mind and I am very proud of you. I know you had to do some things that weren't very easy and you got them done as best you could. I hope you will keep your ambition next year, theatre really needs people like you Kamil.
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ReplyDeleteHello I’m Jesse Dawson a former advanced theater two student. what I learned was that it’s difficult to know how to use a drill at times , especially if you’ve never used any tools before.
I learned how to use a drill. It was hard at first. Now that I learned it it’s really easy after you learn that.
One of the first hard skills you need to know when you’re drilling you need to drill it in the direction of the wood if you don’t it won’t work when you’re drilling it. You also need to use the guide it will help you in more ways than you may think. It helps you put the screw in if you’re having trouble putting it in the lumber. My class last year found that out the hard way when we didn’t listen when coach told us to use the guide.You have to make blueprints before you can even start building. You need to make a scale so that when you look at it you’ll know what you’re doing. As long as you know how to measure it and make studs for the lumber you’ll do fine with blueprints. We had struggled with this for a while because we have never made blueprints before, so my best advice to you is to listen , pay attention, take notes so that it will help you when you’re having trouble.
Lumber comes in all different shapes and sizes. So you need to know how a 2x4 is different than a 1x4. If you don’t it will be hard to build if you don't have the right lumber size. Last year coach kept trying to teach us the difference but, it didn’t stick to our mind for a while until we looked at it and noticed the difference between them. Measure them if you have to until it sticks to your mind so then you won’t even have to think about.
Manage your time when you are given your projects it is very important when you are in stage production. Don’t go too fast , but also don’t go too slow when you’re working. Go in the middle of both, because meeting your deadlines are important it helps you work better and you’ll feel relieved . Even if you had to face grit along the way, you never gave up and you accomplished your deadline.
Now you need to know the soft skills. These ones are pretty easy and simple so I think you’ll see where I’m going with this. First things first you need to know how to communicate with your classmates. You’re in class with them all year you can’t work if you don’t communicate building together gets difficult.Have integrity when your communicating so if someone doesn't know how to do something another person can demonstrate how to do something. My class didn’t start communicating until half way through the year.
Quickly correct something because things will get done better and easy if you do it fast and easy. Meet your deadlines on your projects because it’s important that you meet no later than your deadlines. We make play sets too, don’t forget that because if there isn’t a set there’s also no play. So have some sympathy for others. You may not want to do the set but respect others around you. Don’t second guess yourself, if you think something is right then do it have self control when you’re doing something wrong and fix it.
Now the last thing you need to know is knowing where everything goes have some organization skills so you don’t spend so much time organizing than working. You all have diversity inside you so don’t think you can’t do something or aren’t ‘Special’ or something like that. You’re all unique and different in your own way so use that to get things done. Now I’ve done my job I hope to hear how next year goes for you good luck!
Sincerely, Jesse Dawson (Theater 3) c/o 21’
I think I have grown from theater two , because now I get my work done on time I know whats going on in the class and I'm not struggling with being the new kid in a theater class.
DeleteI personally feel like your response to your past assignment is a little too broad. I have seen you work on many things this year that you could have mentioned. I have personally witnessed you asking people to help you do things properly because you wanted to improve how you did or said something. I have also seen you help other students by stepping in when other people weren't there or taking in peers criticism and letting it help make you better when there are others who would have let it get to them rather quickly and would've given up. Give yourself some more credit Jesse
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ReplyDeleteThe 5 essential skills for success in stage production as conveyed by
To whom it may concern: the 5 essentials skills should concern to whomever is reading this because the skills that i am about to tell you, will help with whatever journey you face in life. Now let me tell you the difference between a soft skill and a hard skill. A hard skill is something you learn, like how to ride a bike or learning how to match, while a soft skill is something that you have to get comfortable with and it's something that no one can teach you, so you have to learn on your own. Let’s start with 3 soft skills and 2 hard skills.
One of the hard skills i want to talk about is, “understanding what you doing”. If you don’t know what your doing, then how will you survive, how will you know what to do when a job is assigned you. I want to talk about this because, it’s very easy to lose focus in a class and TBH there's nothing i can say that can help with that, but i can say, its okay to ask question if you don’t get something, as long as you're trying to get an understanding and using the help that you get as a way out or a way to a career of your choice.
Another hard skill i want to talk about is “Moving at a fast pace” and i say this because coach said this himself “ Its jobs that need to be done” and working at your own pace is not the way to go because if you are committed and you want to be in here the next two years, then you gotta move quickly and think ahead. In theater it’s always deadlines that have to be met, people are counting on everyone not just you, but the difference is that the people that is being counted on is counting on you to do your part and put in the work so it all can come together, so you have to move fast and think about how your next move can affect the next person.
Now let's talk about the soft skills, the one i want to get into real fast is “respect”
but i want to talk about this one first because, most people take this for granted but if you can't respect others then why are you here, im sorry but why do we live in a world this day and age were people do NOT respect each other, for example if you and someone is working on a project and one is not giving you the respect that you need, then the project could be messed up, which will affect someone else's project and the next and so on and so on. That is called slippery slope and term that means, something that can cause a domino affect. So please respect someone no matter who they are.
So now we have “Grit”. Girit means, a loose particle or stone. And the reason why i'm adding this is because it ties into life itself, if we have a problem what do we do, do we ask for help or do we get up and do it ourselves? We can't just let one thing stop us from solving a problem, so if you decide to stay in theater then just make sure that no grit will ever stop you from solving something and kick that stone out the way.
Now the most important one i wanted to talk about is “your mentality” because if we lose our sane then what's the point of being here, what is our purpose in life. This is something i think we all needs to work on, keeping our mental health actually healthy and not letting ourselves lose our sane and keep focusing on the positive things and working on that mentality of not letting ourselves fall into depression because once that hole has fallen in then, its alot harder to get out of, so just talk to people and keep loved ones close by.
Yeah. i think i have grown and processed everything and lived what i actually was trying to say in those paragraphs, but i don't think we re done growing from this and its always room to grow and become a better person and teaching the next. stay educated and stay home!
ReplyDeleteI agree! I feel like no one every truly stops growing. Everyone learns knew things no matter how old. I love how you had included "grit" because that really is a big thing in theatre. You can't let every little thing hold you back. That's not how life is going to work. I also like that you included that you have to know what you are doing. There are quite a few students who would be like "oh that sounds easy, I can do that", so they stop listening because they think they know what to do. Then they get out there and don't know what to do.
DeleteI agree and I also think that we are way better at communicating with each other because we’re use to everyone now
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ReplyDeleteThese 5 skills are skills that you are going to need and hopefully have by the end of your stage production year. Not only will some of these help you in Theatre II, but some could also help you with things outside of the theatre.
Using the blueprint as you build is very important not just for you but for the rest of the crew/ class you’re with. It also helps coach because if you know what you are doing, he doesn’t need to get on his two bad knees and do it. Let me give you an example. There was a time in Ask Any Girl where he told the Theatre II class to make a blueprint and build decks off the blueprint. Some people decided that they didn’t need the blueprints and tried building it from the top of their heads. Those people are failing the class. The people that look back at the blueprint and made sure they were doing it right are the ones who are passing and Coach Silvers could always look forward with them helping others get better as well.
Knowing the light board is going to help a crap ton for your theatre II years. I saw this because why have only one or two people really know how to use the lightboard. That will make a lot of problems if they are not at school or in the play. That will screw you over a lot. There was a time during Ask Any Girl where a certain person was supposed to come and work on lights. Let's call this person Ricardo just for the fun of it. Ricardo didn’t really screw us over but he did it last second and the lights were not as good as we thought they would do. Anything done last minute doesn’t do anyone any good.
Communication is the one thing not only you will need but others you are working with too… Obviously. There are different ways you could towards someone, whether it's using your words or your actions. Using your words is going to be the main you will be communicating in the theatre. I say this because of two things. 1) It would help if you are moving things like a deck or a frame for a wall. 2) If you are having a bad day, in general, you need to talk to someone about it. I am positive someone in that theatre cares about you are going through outside of the theatre. Trust me you might not see it now, but if you look around right now are going to help you a crap ton throughout your theatre II years. Actually, now that I think about it some of those people won’t want to be in theatre anymore, but that's not the point. Whether It’s physically or mentally you'll always have someone to talk to in this class.
ReplyDeleteCooperation will help you out through the tough times. Even though you will make a lot of friends, there are going to be things that may make you mad towards some of the people in the class. Cooperation will help you deal with the negative side of them. Just look at me and a friend of mine named Mathew. If you don’t know who Mathew is, you’ll find out later. If you don’t know who I am, again, you’ll find out later. Anyways we had so many arguments and fights about the stupid stuff we do to each other but at the end of the day he like a brother to me. Except he's not black. That isn’t the point though. We ended up getting along in the end. We still get in arguments though. Cooperation will even help you with Coach Silvers getting things done. You cooperating with Coach Silvers will make the process of whatever he wants to be done faster than it was with him doing it himself.
Respect is going to be needed towards a lot of things throughout the theatre. You’ll need to respect your classmates and coach. I know this may sound corny but go by the golden rule. Treat people the way you want others to treat you, with respect. The way you treat someone is going to not only help you now but help you with future things that involve other people such as group projects, jobs, etc. Respect also goes towards things that belong to your class and other classes such as the props, choir chairs, etc. It's just respectful and you would want them to do the same for you. Consideration is fallen into this category because respecting other people’s stuff is just considerate and it will be easier for everyone in the end. Consideration could also go for doing the task you given 100% instead of doing it halfway. Doing things 100% helps the person giving you the job and it also gives you more credibility towards everyone. An example of half doing something is when everyone is about to paint the set and oh what do you know, someone didn’t wash the brushes from the last painting session. So the person who didn’t wash their brush afterward half did their job.
I can't really go off of your reply like I did with the others because you didn't post one, so I will go off of the 5 skills.
DeleteI feel respect should definitely be within the top 5. Not everyone is going to want to respect people who maybe disagree with all their ideas or make theatre feel like it isn't as fun. But it still needs to be done. No one should be disrespected whether they have a lot to offer or very little. If we call ourselves a "theatre family", we need to act like one.
I feel the light board is something people feel they don't have to pay attention to. "If we are all learning to do it, someone is bound to step up and do it. I'll never be chosen for it". And if 10/15 students have that mantality, everything is going to be put on those 5. But say 2 of them forget what they learned, one is absent, one is making up a test, and one is there. Looks like that 1 student is going to have to do it because no one else wanted to listen. I noticed quite a bit of this in my theatre II class. Coach likes to talk about "hiding behind the curtain", these same students LITERALLY hid behind the curtain... or set... or chairs out in the audience.
cooperation is a big deal that people think they will be able to achieve, until they have a person in the group who wants to either do nothing or do everything their own way. There are many unnecessary arguments about things that end up tearing people apart or causing tensions to rise in the entire group and that isn't air for the people who want to get stuff done because now they are held back.
You are the only one who said "blueprint". I personally wouldn't have thought of that at all, but it really is one of the most important things. Everyone needs to be able to look at the exact same thing to get the exact same measurements and the exact set that was needed.