Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a)  “I, Jonathan Shoemaker, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) One of the better sources I used to help me through independent component was " The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management" by Thomas A. Kelly. I know my topic isn't stage management but this source was very beneficial since I needed to stage manage a scene to go to Fullerton.  
(c)Done and done
(d) Explanation of what you completed.   
What I did was really all hands on experience. I went to the Fullerton College Theatre Festival, to competed. The festival was a two day event consisting of competitions for acting and technical work. I competed in 9 technical theatre events on one of the two iPoly tech teams. The events I participated in were the Tech Olympic events. The 9 events are detailed below:
1) Costume Quick Change- Change a member in the dark that has over sized clothes on in the fastest time.
2) Light focusing- I had to hang theatre lights and crop the sides to match a taped out shape on the opposite wall.
3) Team Knot Tying- Each member was assigned 1 of the 5 knots and was timed until all knots were done.
4) Tool Usage- was a relay and each member had been assigned 1 of 5 tools and hardware that need to be used.
5) Prop Quick Change- We were given blurry pictures of a scene and had to set the stage in the fastest time and as accurate to the picture as possible.
6) Tool And Hardware ID- Had to identify as many tools and hardware as possible in a dark room within a 10 minute time frame.
7) Electrical Wiring- I wired adapters such as a three prong Edison to a Twistlock and a Three Pin to a three prong Edison
8) Individual Knot Tying- This was a individual task that required the completion of all 5 knots.
9) Scenic Design- I presented my technical work for the production of  "Working."

INTERPRETIVE 
The specific part that this component helped me with was understanding all the hands on tasks that are required to be a theatre tech. For example knowing how to organize a tech rehearsal so the teams I was in charge of were able to have some knowledge as to what needs to be done at the festival. Along with organization
there is also the skills that are needed to thrive in the tech world. Those skills are things such as how to hang and focus lights, how to tie knots that can help with almost anything that needs to be done in the theatre world and most of all

I might be a little hard to see but just look for the Mohawk. That is me setting up the lights for competition number 2 

That right there is a stunning photo of the punk techie in his natural wood shop habitat. I was being given the institutions for the tool relay which is competition number 4

The Best of Fullerton Festival done by Angel Flores

In the picture above I am at the top right that was me with my presentation board right before I went to present the technical work I did for my Independent Component 1. This was the best competitions I can compete in because this is where you get instant feed back from the judge based on how well you did along with what can be changed or fixed in the design for next time.This were I was told that light has a tremendous affect on how the audience sees a production, but props make the actors mannerisms really "pop-out."

APPLIED
This was beneficial by providing hands on experience. The importance of practical experience and what works in the real world rather then just being theoretical. It helped me understand the time needed to complete tasks and how to organize rehearsals to the best of my abilities.