Right, so on the morning after that I state "that I am only going to make weekly blog posts - unless there is something really dramatic that happens," I am making a new post. Saturday morning, I setup a fairly basic venue. It involved a 9x12 Fast-Fold rear projection screen, a Sanyo projector, and a switcher from us along with a laptop of theirs as the video source. Setup went relatively quickly - about an hour. Strike - however - was really interesting!
Originally, I was told that strike was supposed to occur at 8:00 PM. At setup, I was updated with a plan to strike at 10:00 PM, though that was dependent upon how long the event actually took. I got a call at 8:30 PM telling me that, though the event would probably not end until 11-11:30, I could get there and strike the screen and projector.
Upon arrival, I see that the stage upon which the screen sits is still in use - as is the screen! I am, however, informed that I can still strike the screen and projector. To do so, I have to close the upstage curtain that will hide the screen. "That makes sense," I think, "but that gives me a 4 foot area between the backstage wall and the upstage curtain in which to strike the 9'x12' screen."
Well... Given the situation, this definitely should not have been a one-man job!
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