reviewjournal.com: "'Spot one?'
Lighting supervisor Matt Druzbik's voice blares from my headset.
As a spotlight operator at The Club at the Cannery Casino, I have only one job tonight: to keep tribute artist Johnny Fortuno out of the dark.
Unfortunately for me, Elvis has left the spotlight."
3 comments:
Many times I go to see a show at the Benedum or wherever, the person I usually go with will insist on picking on the spot op., At least when they screw up. Otherwise they wouldn't even know he was there, much like this story alludes to. It's a shame.
I find it odd that the spot op in this article didn't know what an iris is. That makes me think - why is he operating a spotlight? (Was he just spot op for the article? I couldn't figure that out, it was strange....) I know and agree spot op is a thanksless job, and no one notices unless you mess up. But that's the point - you're not supposed to notice it. Now I will admit that I do pick on spot ops, but it can really ruin a moment or just look bad if the spot is moving around in excess or on the proscenium, or not on the actor. I know though, that if I don't notice a spot, or when it's supposed to be noticed it's really on, I definitely appreciate it.
Poor guy... I think if I had been the designer I might have died a little on the inside... it's really annoying in HS theatre when your spot ops have no clue what they're doing... Sometimes just getting them to follow the spot sheet can be difficult. Fortunately it seems the higher up you get, the better the spots are... in theory I guess!
On the other hand, I love running spots - volunteer or pay. I love musicals and I find they are a great way to have fun testing your "following" ability... I love it when the characters run around and make it difficult >=) The other plus, you get to see the musicals for free (or even get paid to see them =D )!
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