I HATE CONTROL FREAKS!
Oct. 21st, 2004 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teddogSmall fight after dress rehearsal:
Me: We need a radio at scene 8.
Tom: We have one at scene 9!
Me: 8 needs it more.
Tom: Why?
Me: Scene 8 is in a blind spot. You can't really see or hear the approching groups until the last moment.
Tom: Well, I'll just yell to scene 8 when the groups leave scene 7.
Me: But voices carry in the woods at night. You said so yourself. We can use that to our advantage by setting up scene 9 to run after we hear screams from scene 8, since they are so close together.
Tom: But I need the radio to direct the rest of the hike.
Me: *gives up and walks away*
If directing is that big of a deal, why the heck are you acting as well? You don't do anything but ham up the scene anyway. If you are directing, focus on that: DIRECTING! Don't use a college production to live out your failed dreams of glory! What happens if your need to respond to chatter on the radios while you're acting? Learn to focus!
And the worse part is that he was trying to write in a small role for himself before he bumped another cast member out. In writing, this is what we call a "Mary Sue". Mary Sues suck.
Scene 8 needs a radio and it's not getting one. I'm mad. Tom thinks that the cast/crew in that scene aren't trying hard enough. Huh... NO. They're sick of being treated like dirt because your scene is oh so much more important.
Screw it, I'm not returning for crew on that stage play thing, even though they've asked me. The whole stage group in res is corrupt. Much like Drama in high school. And you know what? Tom was in charge of that too!
Me: We need a radio at scene 8.
Tom: We have one at scene 9!
Me: 8 needs it more.
Tom: Why?
Me: Scene 8 is in a blind spot. You can't really see or hear the approching groups until the last moment.
Tom: Well, I'll just yell to scene 8 when the groups leave scene 7.
Me: But voices carry in the woods at night. You said so yourself. We can use that to our advantage by setting up scene 9 to run after we hear screams from scene 8, since they are so close together.
Tom: But I need the radio to direct the rest of the hike.
Me: *gives up and walks away*
If directing is that big of a deal, why the heck are you acting as well? You don't do anything but ham up the scene anyway. If you are directing, focus on that: DIRECTING! Don't use a college production to live out your failed dreams of glory! What happens if your need to respond to chatter on the radios while you're acting? Learn to focus!
And the worse part is that he was trying to write in a small role for himself before he bumped another cast member out. In writing, this is what we call a "Mary Sue". Mary Sues suck.
Scene 8 needs a radio and it's not getting one. I'm mad. Tom thinks that the cast/crew in that scene aren't trying hard enough. Huh... NO. They're sick of being treated like dirt because your scene is oh so much more important.
Screw it, I'm not returning for crew on that stage play thing, even though they've asked me. The whole stage group in res is corrupt. Much like Drama in high school. And you know what? Tom was in charge of that too!
