The show has closed, I am sick, my directing scene that I'm in is alright but because of sickness i can't perform on tech night, I have two painting projects due in the next week, an exit interview with the staff of the university, a student run production that Im stumbling trying to meet because of the business with skin, my senior paper, and a potential girlfriend that i haven't been able to spend time with because of all this (scratch that last one... I need to know when people like me or not.)... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UU
The design was hard to finish I had basically gotten it down to bare bones finished. And hated myself every run until closing night. I missed adjudication because of a friend's wedding, which i will not regret because I needed to breathe, the notes that I had received were everything that I kind of expected. I will be uploading pictures when I receive/request them.
I have many complaints about how execution and planning on my part didn't pan out. I didn't plan far enough ahead or enough, I was too complex with my design, I didn't trust my gut enough, I was too lax on then entire execution. Other problems were because of technical errors/problems. My student technical director (yes they put a student designer who's done multiple shows working on his senior project with a person who's being put into the position of TD for the very first time)has lead to many flaws in the design. I have a TV that is used as a project screen and is composed of two periacktio, with half of the TV on each side, one flat on the periaktio was built out of square so there was a giant gap that started halfway down the TV screen. Also having two TDs, one prof and one student TD, means that I have to communicate more than I should, forgetting to tell the one and not the other by accident results in one being peeved at me, and the STD was less than enthusiastic, AKA completely unwilling, to assist me in my troubles with painting the set, like taking something down so I can paint it and put it back up. As I result I should have been riding his ass so hard that he should have feared my very presence. The problems weren't even on my end either, the PTD was receiving technical drawing the morning of the construction of the piece on multiple occasions. All in all, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING, IN THE PAST AS ATD HE HADN'T PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE CAPABLE THEN, blindly hoping that the position of TD would get his act together was a bad decision.
A little more on my end was painting and how everyone that I'd like to have painting, ie trained scenic painters, were all taking leading roles as a part of the production (ME, TD, Props, SM, and LD). As a result was teaching people every day how to do stuff and where to do it. I eventually had three untrained painters who I hand picked that wouldn't complain, ask questions, and most importantly get me if they needed another job. This was a double edged sword because I would give them a job and they would finish it within the hour after I had given the third her instructions. Resulting in me not getting much done myself or interrupted preparing something myself.
Something that I Had done was stupid for me not to have had was lists, I should have had lists for each day and every day. Only making two lists towards the end made the prospect of finishing in time for opening night possible, reducing fluff to the essentials. I finished as a result, albeit unsatisfied.
I talked to my old professor and he didn't see how it had made it on stage considering how bad the tech had ended up. I showed him all my sketches concepts etc. (all the while he was in a Santa suit) and he though i had a lot of good points and my concept for the set was well thought out. We talked about other things like classes and other things and how i've changed/"grew up" since becoming a theatre student
Well Now that I have all that out of my system. I feel a lot better. This will probably make it onto my senior paper one way or another.