Core training for TD’s, the second annual Technical Director Boot Camp combines of four different sessions in a full-day of training that will prepare anyone for the duties and responsibilities as a technical director. Whether you’re curious to start as a TD, or interested in brushing up on some advanced techniques, this special workshop will benefit technical directors of all levels. This LDI session is led by Tracy Nunnally, owner of Vertigo (formerly Hall Associates Flying Effects), ETCP recognized trainer and Head of the Graduate Theatre Technology Program at the Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance. Watch Part One and Part Two!
In this section: Simple Translation! Making Things Go Back and Forth
1) Explore the basic problem-solving process for technical elements of a production that move horizontally, such as wagons, slip stages and turntables;
2) Analyze the motion profile of a given situation
3) Devise a minimum of three, rational solution sets that would provide the necessary motion.
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