#techies

[verystrangehuman]

High school theater is so much fun because literally everyone is unstable as shit, pretty much no one has their schoolwork fully up to date, we’re all exhausted, and there’s usually huge amounts of relationship tattering drama but during performance nights we drop all of that off and if asked, we would all still die for each other. It’s like the pinnacle of non negotiable found family.

#musical theater #theater kid #theater #high school theatre #theatre #backstage theatre #theater tech #tech theatre #techies #stage actor #chicago the musical #ranked musical #hairspray the musical #hadestown #be more chill #something rotten #heathers the musical #six the musical #beetlejuice the musical #anastasia the musical #anastasia #fiddler on the roof #Hamilton #carrie the musical #mama mia

[starfleetshrimps]

i love star trek bc it's actually a high school theater production most of the time. We focus a lot on the over-acting, theatricality of the actors and the directors, and that's all well and amazing, but /I/ want to focus on the /TECH/ bc ASHAijnjsdnbhgaARREghghhuuagjkshdmhbAHJBSSHJHIEJBnkjsdjhbsdhjBmahbsjshsbHkjnswkjshsn yea.

FIRST THE SETS?!? they're so silly and stupid? i know they get a lot of shit but the amount of work (not to mention styrofoam) that went into building individual sets for each planet they went to? like sure about 50% of the away missions take place in the california desert (the arena, *cough cough*, etc) but the rest of them have individually made sets that look PRETTY GOOD MAN. they get the point across, they're FUN, and innovative, and they really don't reuse planet sets all that often as well.

PLUS they used traditionally /theatrical/ cycloramas with painted backgrounds and classical cyc lighting (reminiscent of mariano fortuny's domed cyc! i WILL talk more about lighting) which look really cool and once again get shit for being unrealistic.

it's not supposed to look realistic it's supposed to look cool as shit. and it does. shut up. <3

if you view the sets as being modern TV sets then yeah, they're weird, and they look sorta bad, but THEYRE NOT modern TV sets: they're THEATRICAL SETS FROM THE 60-70S. AND I LOVE THEM.

SECONDLY, THE

lighting

while it's true that some shows in the 60s were developing new lighting styles specifically for TV, remember that in the year 1950 less that 10 percent of US homes had a television. this shit was new. COLOR tv was ESPECIALLY new. nobody knew how to light these things! and actually why would you need a new lighting style, we already KNEW how to light dramatic productions, why would we ever need to reinvent the wheel Stanley Mccandles, Mariano Fortuny, and Gene Rosenthall already invented says Gene Roddenberry and Jerry Finnerman (the head lighting designer). and oh my god i am so ridiculously glad. because the lighting. is so good.

i HAVE seen others talking about how good it is in the super early episodes (Charlie X and the conscious of the King, etc.) and i do agree! but i disagree that the quality goes down. i think it just got a tad bit more subtle as the show went on and it gets less in your face, harder to notice. but i noticed. because I'M the WORST (and also a lighting tech)

the impossibility of listing every example of amazing theater lighting choice they made is absolutely horrific and nasty so i'll just lost some my my favorites:

the cyc! i mentioned before but the cyc they used on away missions was only painted when they needed a specific scene in the background, otherwise? that bitch was LIT. and i LOVE IT.

any of the scenes where they light spock's face have green and half pink? or even just washing the walls behind him? i eat that shit UP. the METAPHOR. the CONFLICT. i will acquiesce that green and pink are (and were) pretty goddamn industry standard gels (color-films) to add to lights, for subtle contrast, but this is not subtle. it is LOUD. was it purposefully done from a storytelling perspective? no idea. is it cool as shit and interpret-able as hell? absolutely. also sometimes they do it with just green when they want to emphasize his vulcan-ness and other him a bit. like they do it a lot when he's in his room in amok time. anyway.

whenever they shutter a light so they can emphasize a character's (kirk, we're talking abt kirk here. and *sometimes* spock, and also Charlie in Charlie X but yeah mostly kirk) eyes when they say something #Deep, or just pre-commercial break closure worthy line. it's so SHJSDJBFEJNKN. to add onto this, they'll do a striking half-wash over half of their face sometimes in conjunction and it looks So Good

The GOBOS. sometimes, they'll just throw light through a gobo, or wall screen, or something, for /visual interest/ and it looks so silly i love it sm. does it make sense from a realism pov? nO. but star trek is a theater production actually and they lit everything using mainly naturalistic techniques! amazing!

honorable mentions: the glowing time donut, and the entirely random colors in the hallway.

there are so many other examples but this post is long enough lmao. notice the lights next time you watch tos!!,! please!!! <3

#star trek tos #james t kirk #tos spock #enterprise #star trek #set design #lighting #lighting design #theater tech #techies #leonard mccoy #iatse would love this i think #theater lighting

[le-petite-ivy]

I think it's funny for people to assume the techies know what all the buttons do. Sure, we know what a lot of them do. We know enough to do our job. But, I've never met someone who knows what ALL the buttons do.

#if you do its witchcraft #high school tech theatre #tech theatre #stage crew #stage manager #tech theater #tech theater memes #stage tech #techies #technical theatre #theatre #theater #lighting design

[frienderbee]

Performers can you Not wait in the wings until Absolutely necessary, the stage hands are trying to copy the choreography. Yeah, sorry, they need the space more :/

#techies #technical theatre #theatre #tech theatre #stage hands #backstage shenanigans

[frankfiorentino]

Part 2 of 2 of Inktober 2023.

#dota 2 #dota 2 art #dota2 #dota2art #witch doctor #treant protector #warlock #void spirit #ursa #windranger #riki #tiny #techies #snapfire #pudge

[cherryrockpops]

Weapons Specialist

~ Nicolas B. Nomad, Techie

#cyberpunk 2077 #cp77 oc #nicolasb #male v #not a v #virtual photography #black market #techies #need a weapon? #nicky beloved #silver fox #in his canon he does hide out in Dogtown during the years following the Arasaka Bombing. #still working on his story route if he was a main npc so look forward to it!

[camelliasinensis81]

Me before tech week: So excited for tech week, this show is coming together so nicely!

Me during tech week: FUCK TECH WEEK FUCK TECH WEEK, WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ACTOR, WHY CAN'T YOU CUE THIS, WHY DO I HAVE A FUCKING ESSAY DUE AND ALSO THREE TESTS, I'M RUNNING ON HALF AN HOUR OF SLEEP AND DOUBLE THE FATAL DOSE OF CAFFEINE, FUCK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM

Me after tech week: What a fun show, can't wait to do it again :)

#tech week #techies #technical theatre #theatre #it's tech week and I'm on tumblr instead of studying... #theater #save me

[i-am-an-arson-enthusiast]

i was gonna post this yesterday but:

OPENING NIGHT WENT PRETTY WELL ACTUALLY! i was very very very anxious like all day and right before i was so fucking close to breaking down but after sitting on the ground and making sure i was breathing until we started i was more ok.

so today and tmr we have shows and hopefully i won’t majorly fuck up :D jkjk I KNOW I WONT

#live theatre #woah a real text post #theatre #theater #musical theater #plays #musicals #musical theatre #theatre tech #techies #tech #tech crew

[kota-bee]

#lighting #scenic design #tech theatre #techies #no bitches #my bestie made this #he’s hilarious

[maidot]

gud shit

#dota 2 #maidot #dota 2 fanart #dota 2 art #dota2 #Techies #digital art #oppenheimer

[upstagetraveler]

After hosting 5A UIL OAP Zones 1 & 2 on Mon-Tues, followed by UIL HS Full Orchestra on Wednesday, then UIL MS String Orchestra on Thurs-Fri, & then filming a commercial Friday night, we are back on Monday for 6A UIL OAP Zones A & B. #TalentPerformsHere #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

#theatre #stage #tech theatre #techie #main stage #techies #musical theatre #educational theatre #technical director #technicaltheatre #ghost light

[terpilin]

#Techies #Dota 2 #Dota #Traditional art #Scetch #Terpilin #<3

[high-quality-tiktoks]

this is a great class i promise

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #funny #lmao #relatable #mood #theatre #tech #techie #techies #school #class #classes #bjhstechies

[le-petite-ivy]

Dang I really gotta work on my spatial awareness. I dropped a wall on somebody today.

#high school theatre #high school tech theatre #techies #tech theater #tech theatre #stage tech #tech theater memes #tech theatre memes #techblr #technical theatre #stage crew #stage manager #lighting design #set construction

[frienderbee]

I thought people were joking about actors and musical theatre students being like toddlers but the collective panic we all experienced as we heard "huh I wonder what that does?" from the other side of the curtain was very real.

#technical theatre #actors please stop touching everything. #We tape things away from you for a REASON #tech theatre #techies #theatre

[cucumbers-and-olives]

y’all i love getting to work with a professional theater after doing high school theater for so long

they’re so organized??? and there’s an actual rehearsal schedule??? AND you wash costumes after every show??? AND you honor conflicts??? AND we get a 5 min break every 50 minutes or a 10 min break every 80?????

literally just common sense lmao

but also union rules!!!!

#theater #theatre #stage management #actor #lights #sound #techies