UNSEEN HORSES
Setup
- Mics see Screenshot Santiago, Channels 17 - 29
- RIO in rear right corner
- Funk Mic ADA 1 - Channel 1
- Headset ADA 5 - 7 - Channel 5 - 7
- Ableton, QLAB, Directors Laptop (DI)
- Ableton → QLAB: MIDI – IP Addresses required
- CL5 → QLAB: MIDI – IP Addresses required
- CL5 → Ableton: MIDI – IP Addresses required
- QLAB → ETC: ETC EOS family Protocol – IP Addresses required
- Live Camera: Receiver VS9 → VS12 15, VS12 15 → Video 4 (first SDI plug) Black Magic Card in PC
- Live Camera patched in QLAB
- Projector controlled via QLAB (Shutter CLOSE / OPEN)
- Projector screen: small, grey one (subject to change)
- Dante patching: check sends (Mix 12, 13, 15) from CL5 to Ableton (Stereo contact mics + breathing mics)
Pre Show
Sound
- DO SOUNDCHECK IN RESPECTIVE CUES ONLY, DO NOT STORE
- Feedback foley mics check microphones
- Start with single microphones without suppression gate
- Check single microphones with supression gate (sounds to check: quiet fabric knrshknrsh, typewriter)
- Check with all microphones on
- Check headsets, wireless mics, contact mics for feedback
- Check ableton + qlab sound volume
- Check foley mics positions + rotation ability
Connections
- Check Stream Deck → Ableton + QLAB
- Check Ableton → QLAB
- Check QLAB → Projector
- Check Camera → QLAB
Misc
- Prepare headsets, wireless mic – check for battery
- Prepare camera – check for battery (camera + terradeck transmitter)
- RESET ABLETON PLAYBACK / BAR COUNTER AFTER SOUNDCHECK
- tape down LR Mic after initial Foley rehearsal
DCA Settings
- HS - 0dB
- Ableton - -6.8dB
- Mics - 0dB
- QLAB - 1.1dB
- DI IN - OFF
- PA - 0dB. If there is a lot of audience, adjust accordingly (+1dB)
- REV WAT - ON but at -∞
Cuelist
- CL3 Cue
- ABLETON Cue
- QLAB Cue
Part 1 - Foley
- 018 - UNSEEN LOAD ME – Load before Show start
- 019 - UNSEEN START OFF – Doors
- DO: DCA Mics -15, DCA Mics, QLAB, ABLETON, PA, HS: ON
- Dancers sitting on benches
- VIDEO 1 : Gorge gives GO
- VIDEO 2 : autofollows, do not press
- 020 - UNSEEN START ON – – as soon as first on stage
- Dancers prepare stage, all leave expect Yi-Wei
- 021 - UNSEEN START OFF – might be skipped, can be used if Yi-Wei leaves stage
- 022 - UNSEEN YiW Kuan 1 – YiW on stage, Kuan joins
- Yi-Wei, Kuan do stuff mainly on rear / high mics
- 023 - UNSEEN YiW Kuan 2 – Yi-Wei turns Mic LM bei 180 degrees
- Yi-Wei is on LM / Boom Mic
- 024 - UNSEEN YiW Kuan 3
- Smoking / Tea, only right Mics used (RR) → new Scene
- Li-Wei Talks
- Kuan smokes, coffee
- Kuan Talks
- 025 - UNSEEN MICS OFF – YiWei, Kuan leave stage
- 026 - UNSEEN Mark – As Mark enters the stage –> GO
- 027 - UNSEEN Vinyl – Vinyl Plays –> GO
- Whip Part
- Joan Coffee
- 028 - UNSEEN JOAN OFF – After Joan leaves boom mic, goes to LF
- Joan Talks in Video
- Joan lip syncs on LF, but does not talk – all off scene?
- 029 - UNSEEN Joa Brush – Joan picks up brushes –> GO
- Joan Brushes
- Matthias Water
- Jochem Typewrite
- Jochem Brushes / Stuff Right Side
- Others enters Stage –> GO
- 030 - UNSEEN 4 on stage – Anna, Jochem, Joan, Matthias on stage
- When Shower → DCA REV WAT → 0dB
- When Ana uses power drill on LR NT55 LR → -10dB, Jochem BOOM → -7.5, Adrian NT55 RR → + 5dB
- 031 - UNSEEN TALK – Ana / Jochem start talking into Mics
- 032 - UNSEEN MATS BOOM – Matthias walks on gravel
- 033 - UNSEEN MATS OFF – before he sits down
- 034 - UNSEEN UKULELE – Ukulele plays in video, sound from qlab - musical change, (2nd) short pause → he plays it live
- 035 - UNSEEN Videos – When Kuan stops playing / sound faded out
Transition
- 036 - UNSEEN PACKING – When they start to pack stuff, DCA MICS → -10dB
- 038 - UNSEEN Videos – All Mics off; DCA MICS → 0dB
Part 2
- Polina enters room, circles around wooden stage
- Others join
- 040 - UNSEEN BREATHING, 1. Headmics on – Last one (Kuan) rises from bench
- Heavy Breathing, 'first'
- Coupling, then grouping
- 2. First Trio – Polina, Kuan, Mathilde hug and run
- 3. Live Video – Matthias picks up camera
- 4. Reset Video – Matthias leaves camera
- 5. Live Video – Matthias picks up camera
- 6. Reset Video – Matthias leaves camera
- 'Princess' - Li-Wei is carried like on a throne
- Clothes change
- 042 - UNSEEN BRET+CONT: Yi-Wei Solo
- Loud stomps
- CAREFUL: Bass feedback contact mics / ableton delay might happen → lower bass boost Con L & Con R or lower delay
- 043 - UNSEEN BREATHING: Yi-Wei leaves stage
- Polina Solo – Video Go
- 7. LIVE VIDEO: Polina looks at the screen, fists up in the air (wait for 2s) –> GO
- Yi-Wei: Live Camera
- 8. Close Shutter – Yi-Wei closes Camera, stream is black –> GO
- Everyone sits down
- Circling around stage, one after another joins – this repeats during the next minutes
- Yi-Wei + Joan Solo
- Joan holds and turns Yi-Wei, then they stand close to each other.
- Mark grabs camera
- 9. Joan and Yi-Wei out of platform – Right front corner: Yi-Wei steps out of platform
- Mark live camera
- Yi-Wei holds Joan, he 'horses', both run over stage READY FOR UNSEEN CONT
- Yi-Wei + Joan leave stage again
- 044 - UNSEEN BRET+CONT – Before Adrian Solo
- 3. Adrian stomp, 045 - UNSEEN CONT – he starts with a high jump, GO on landing
- 046 - UNSEEN MICS OFF – After 90s, on Ableton Cue 31
- 10. Live Cam reset – as soon as Mark loses Camera, stream is black –> GO
- everyone sits on bench
- Mathilde grabs hazer
- Everyone circles
- Anna joins Adrian on stage
- Standing/walking as pairs of two around stage
- 11. Ana text 1/2 (automatic, do not go) – Sound / Light sync – lighs out
- 12. Ana text 2/2 (automatic, do not go)
- 4. Anna Alone – Adrian leaves stage
- Anna solo
- Paris circle around wooden stage
- Grouping
- Kuan takes Hazer
- 13. Shutter open + VIDEO 3, 047 - UNSEEN JOCHEM – Jochem solo, others leave stage / sit down
- Jochem Hands in pockets
- Jochem Hands out of pockets
- Beat itensifies (without kick)
- 048 - UNSEEN MICS OFF – Kick starts
- Everyone circles around stage
- Jochem leaves wooden stage
- 14. Live Camera – Gorge gives it
- Joan Live Camera on wooden stage
- Video stays on, even when camera is layed down and statically films cables
- 049 - UNSEEN MATHL INT: Red Lights over benches, when she grabs the mic –> GO
- 15 M. Int. – manual subtitles for Mathildes speech. Follow as she speeks, M15 - M22
- 050 - UNSEEN MICS OFF – Mathilde lays down mic (before it hits the floor)
- 5. Mathilde gets up – Mathilde stands up
- Mathilde joins circleing
- Mathilde, then with Anna solo on wooden sage
- Yi-Wei joins
- Lights flicker
- 6. Hug – group hug
- they move as a group hug situation slowly stage center
- Anna circles in center holding Yi-Wei and Mathilde who are running around her
- 7. Rise again
- Mark, Kuan start running
- Mark, Kuan Solo
- 8. Mark on – Marc enters wooden stage
- Anna grabs live camera (still open from 14. Live Camera)
- Mark, Kuan hold each other
- 9. Low EnergyBoth knee down
- Stand up, shaking (build up from tired to energetic, also musically)
- 10. High Energy – Both start georgian dance
- intense, wide movements with arms, circling again
- 11. low energy – stand calm in center, slow movements only
- Jumping again
- Kuan on Mark's back
- 12. Fall to floor – they fall to the floor
- All leave stage
- 13. Kuan Camera close up – Kuan sits (blue background), camera focuses / stabilises
- Anna live camera shows faces of dancers (who are sitting on the bench again)
- 14. Whole Group in frame – whole group in frame
- 15. Beat starts – During the 4th bar of C.14 (count!)
- 24. Live Camera Off: Anna at rear left corner, closes camera
- drone builds, Music calm, as beat sets in:
- Polina, Kuan, Yi-Wei, Mathilde on wooden
- High side lights short strobe
- dancers holding in center of stage, Li-Wei falls; moving to front right
- forming a line that turns in circles
- Adrian, Mark, Joan, Jochem join stage
- Adrian, Mark, Joan, Jochem, Anna stay on stage
- 16. Front dancers eave – All but leave stage
- Matthias Solo
- Matthias goes on platform
- not always on wooden stage
- light orange + blue
- 18. A bit after,051 - UNSEEN MATS RRHi – Matthias gets next to mic (wait 10sec)
- music stops to hearbeat only
- Breathing noises
- 052 - UNSEEN MICS OFF – Matthias leaves Mic again
- 25. Shutter + video 4 – Gorge gives it
- 26. LIVE CAMERA – Gorge gives it
- 19. A bt after photo – Yi-Wei is surrounded by plants an cam stabilises
- bird sounds
- 20. End – Gorge Gives it
- Also triggers 27. Black out