CROWNS Mic Tracking Sheet:

CROWNS – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

This mic tracking sheet was used to track mic usage and location whether or not equipment was on stage or returned to me as A2. Created in tandem with Stage Manager to insure stage management could also read it. This sheet tracks each mic by assigned number and coincides with each character name of the actor the mic was assigned.

SOAR 2019 Mic Tracking Sheets:

These two mic tracking sheets were created for my own tracking purposes as Sound Engineer for the hosted shows of three student diversity groups. These are organized by the order of scenes the show had and had each mic assigned a color and number for tracking purposes.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

This document highlights how my cues are organized for tech rehearsal purposes as well for paper techs requested by stage management. Each cue is organized by letter, page number, description of what it will sound like/do, and what cue line or action would prompt it to play.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

For clarity to sound board operators and stage management viewing my QLab program, each cue that must me manually triggered is assigned a letter and color (purple), while any automatic cues are assigned a different color (green) to indicate that these will trigger on their own and no action is required by board operator.

Cues are also set up with auto-continues, the multiple arrow symbol, signifying it will play at the same time the manual cue is pressed. Cues with the arrow and circle symbol indicate auto-follows, which mean the cue will play once the cue immediately above it in the program completes.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

For specific shows that require unique pre-show instructions, these are highlighted in operator check lists I create for my sound board operators. In this example, a breaker switch would occasionally switch to off. Instructions on how to manage this issue are highlight in my checklist.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

Original voice over of Introduction unedited:

For the pre-show music that would play while audience members enter the theater, the director had specifically requested this would instead be one of the actors recorded reading the introduction to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Here is an excerpt of the original audio file of what that voice over recording sounded like.

Edited version:

And this is how it sounded once I went through to edit it.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

This image shows the GarageBand edit I worked on to produce the sound used for ice cracking in this production of The Frankenstein Project. The director had requested “real nice crispy ice cracks.” Using copyright free audio files, I edited multiple sound clips together to elongate the cracking sounds to the director’s requested length and style.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

During this scene of The Frankenstein Project, the director had Frankenstein’s creation in an asylum surrounded by multiple patients. I wanted to highlight their repetitive and slightly chaotic movements by slowing down my design in this moment. I used two audio files and then edited them to the required length for the scene to make it sound like a continuous track.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California Santa Cruz 2019

Frankenstein creates the creature on stage, while all dialogue in this four page section was specified as voice over. I recorded the actors who played Mary Shelley, heard speaking first, and Mary Frankenstein who speaks second. Once I obtained their recorded lines, I processed them through multiple voice filters and set it to music to create the menacing and suspenseful mood the scene leaned toward.

The Frankenstein Project – University of California 2019

The director of The Frankenstein Project had asked for this scene, where Frankenstein’s creation is learning basic education of our society through YouTube, to sound like a cacophony of videos overlapping and overlaying on one another. She had wanted it to build up all the way till the end where she requested a harsh stop. Included is a list of the 29 videos audio clips were obtained from.

To create the build up sensation of this scene, each clip was individually leveled (highlighted by the yellow lines in the GarageBand image) and set to a song that overtime built up until the end where everything came to an abrupt end.

Included are playlists gathered together for each show I have designed in the past two years as lead Sound Designer (including in progress designs). These playlists were meant as a way to not only keep track of music planned for use in each show, but also as a fluid idea board to see visually see where my thought process took me.

American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose:

University of California – Santa Cruz 2019

Playlist for sound ideas and for songs that made it into the production.

Pre-show Playlist:

This includes all songs used in pre-show for American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose.

The Frankenstein Project:

University of California – Santa Cruz 2019

Playlist for The Frankenstein Project to begin to establish early ideas and moods.

Most Popular Girls on Stage:

University of California – Santa Cruz 2020

Working playlist for current show Most Popular Girls on Stage.

The Fifth Dimension:

University of California – Santa Cruz 2020

Working Playlist for current show The Fifth Dimension.