MiST ManualLighting

MiST has 6 areas of Facelight in a neutral amber colour, these are channels 1-6. There are 2 Fresnels at the back of the space that can be used for general fill, although they do spill onto the cyc, these are in channels 9 and 10. There are 2 colours of side light, an amber and a lavender, the warm is in channels 41-47 and the cool is in channels 51-57. There are 6 areas of cool top light, channels 71-76. The 3 colours of cyc lights are in channels 101, 102, and 103. They can be mixed together to create a wide range of colours. There are also 6 specials, these lights both move and change colour.

Wall panel lighting

Both the lighting board and the wall panels control the same set of lights, but the systems do not affect one another. For example, if you want a blackout, then the lights must be turned off in both the board and the panels. However all of the wall panels are linked and what you do to one will show up on all of them. There is a wall panel located at each fire exit as well as in the back room.

1 – Full work light2 – Half work light3 – Warm Theatrical look4 – Cool Theatrical look5 – Movie/Projection light6 – Varies7 – Varies8 – Blackout

Buttons 6 or 7 can easily be reprogrammed for users. During the semesters Prof. Johnson has a movie viewing class in MiST button number 6 becomes a dark movie viewing look for those dark 50’s movies.

The Lighting Board

MiST is equipped with a Strand 300 console. Generally it is best to ask the Technical Director about the operation needed for your purposes. A manual is available both on-line and in hard copy in the TD’s office. I have included the Strand 300 ‘Quick Start Guide’ in case you have a basic understanding of lighting control and terms and

wish to have a go of it without the Technical Director’s assistance. This is located at the back of the MiST manual.

MiST Basic Lighting Plot

Audience

Cyclorama

9 10

1 2 3

4 162

5 161

6

21 22

4151

4252

4353

4757

4656

4555

164

163

71 72 73

166

165

7475 76

R – 101G – 102B – 103

Basic Plot Key:

This symbol is for Face light. This is arguably the most important direction of light. If you can’t see people’s faces then you can’t hear what they are saying. This light is coloured with a neutral amber and is particularly suited for warm scenes, but can be used at a lower level for any scenes.

This shape indicates the 2 Fill light fresnels. These lights can be used to increase the general face light in a more subtle way than the face lights. They are generally white, but can easy be changed to another colour. Because they are so general they spill a lot of light onto the cyc.

The rectangle indicates the Cyclorama lights (cyc lights). These are alternately coloured red, blue, and green. In theory this allows you to mix those colours together to create every colour there is. In practice the ambers/oranges aren’t great and the white looks quite dirty. But you can still achieve quite a range. These lights should only ever be used with the black drapes open.

The circle is for top light. Each of these lights are currently blue. Top light is great for creating depth and dimension. Because it’s such a dark blue they are also great for moody or night scenes.

This symbol is for the 6 moving lights. Each one of them is a smaller circle of light with a hard edge that can move around the room. They also each have gel scrollers on the front of them. There are 15 different colours to choose from as well as white. The lights can be moved and the colour can change when controlled by the lighting board.

This symbol indicates Break up lights. A Break-up is a light which creates texture, like a leaf effect. Texture is useful for creating visual interest. If your look is bright though they will be less noticeable. These lights currently have no colour in them.

This symbol is for Side light. Side light is great for creating depth. For your audience to connect with your performers you must light all of their sides. This creates depth and dimensionality without which you might as well be watching TV. The side light is coloured with both a warm amber and a cool lavender.

This line indicates the railing around the balcony area.

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Channel Schedule

Channel Circuit Concept1 4 DSR Face2 9 DSC Face3 6 DSL Face4 13 USR Face5 18 USC Face6 15 USL Face9 8 SR Fill

10 3 SL Fill21 27 SR B/U22 20 SL B/U41 25 DSR Warm Tip42 34 DSR Cool Tip43 43 USR Warm Tip45 24 DSL Warm Tip46 32 DSL Warm Tip47 40 USL Warm Tip51 14 DSR Cool Tip52 33 DSR Warm Tip53 42 USR Cool Tip55 23 DSL Cool Tip56 31 DSL Cool Tip57 41 USL Cool Tip71 30 DSR Cool Top72 28 DSC Cool Top73 35 DSL Cool Top74 39 USR Cool Top75 37 USC Cool Top76 44 USL Cool Top

101 46, 48, 51 Red Cyc102 52, 54 Green Cyc103 47, 50, 53 Blue Cyc161 17 Spec 1162 11 Spec 2163 26 Spec 3164 21 Spec 4165 45 Spec 5166 38 Spec 6188 19 Stairs

190, 191, 192 House196 61, 80 Down stairs House197 93, 94 Up stairs House199 95 Works200 96 Works

Audio

In and around MiST there are patch panels which can be used for sending many types of signals. All of these patch panels run lines to the patch bay located in the back room. This allows the user to jump signals from any panel to any other. For example, you can plug a microphone in downstairs and have the signal run to the sound console upstairs without running a cable through the audience and up to the second floor.

MiST owns 2 microphones with stands (Shure SM58s), 2 DVD/VHS combo units, 1 CD player, 2 Computers, 2 Mackie sound consoles, and 4 powered Mackie speakers. This allows us to have 2 different audio set ups in MiST, although only one can be hooked up at once (sort of).

The downstairs rack (HAL)

This rack is fairly new and we are quite happy to take suggestions about changing it. The current set up has a monitor on top, although it can be switched out for another monitor so you don’t have to crane your neck to use it. It has an audio fire card in it which is the external sound card for the computer (the second set of speakers is run through it). The audio fire card can be accessed for the back of the rack. The top space is taken up by the power unit, there is an on/off switch in the far right corner which controls the power for the whole rack. Next down is the sound board itself, each input should be labelled under the fader. Below that is the DVD/Video combo unit. Below that is the computer. The bottom space is taken up with the video scaler.

The upstairs rack (TBN)

This rack is mobile. It contains the second sound console, a DVD/VHS combo unit, a Computer, and a CD player.

Generally speaking the set up is much easier to use than it might look at first. The next section outlines everything you might need to do with any of the equipment. But basically, to control the sound you just have to run up the master on the sound board (the far right when you are looking at the consoles) to the ‘U’ and then run up the appropriate fader (everything should always be labelled). Then you should get sound. If you don’t, then check the mute button above the fader, if it’s pressed down then press it to un-mute the channel. (See below for pictures of where to find these things on the sound boards).

The Sound Board

The first 6 channels are mono inputs. Input devices (i.e. microphones) can be plugged into the inputs at the top of the ‘rail’

XLR inputs for microphones

Line inputs for devices like an MP3 player

Low cut frequency pass (to cut the lowest bass frequencies out of the signal)The gain controls the sensitivity of the device (i.e. a higher gain allows the microphone to pick up sound from further away). Lower the gain if you are getting feedback

The aux dials control how much of each channel you are sending to each aux out. The auxiliary outputs (or aux’s) are 2 extra outputs that can be used for extra speakers for things like program sound or to feed audio to a camera

The EQ dials are like the bass and treble dials that you might have on your home stereo. The difference in that instead of breaking the signal down into 2 pieces to control it’s now into 3 pieces which allows you more control. Often in MiST you will want to boost the low. For a microphone you want to boost the high and take down the mid to help with clarity.

The pan dial changes the amount of the channel’s signal sent to each speaker

The mute button overrides the fader and mutes the channel

The solo button allows you to see the channels signal on the boards meter

The faders change the individual channel’s volume. Each channel should have a label underneath it to show what each rail controls

A rail is a vertical line of controls that all act on the same signal

The second set of rails are stereo inputs. This means that you can plug in a stereo device like a DVD player into one channel but have the stereo signal maintained in the outputs (i.e. the sounds on the left stay on the left). Everything else on the rail is the same as the mono channels

The output section of the board contains several things you likely don’t need to know about. The important things are the right most fader and the 2 lines of lights. Generally the main output faders are set at U and left there. They can be raised if you aren’t getting enough volume from everything you are using.

These lights are the boards meter. Generally they show the level of the main outputs. It’s ok if they flash orange occasionally, but if they go red then you are distorting the signal.If the ‘Rude Solo Light’ is flashing it means that the meter is instead reading the input level of a channel that has it’s solo button pressed. Again, if it is going into red then the level is too high

Rude Solo Light

The Main outs should generally be run to this level

The DVD/VHS combo unit

Both the DVD and the Video send audio to the same channel on the mixer. You can also use ‘Video’ on the projector to project signal from either. If you want a better quality from your DVDs then use the ‘Component’ input on the projector. (To read more about the projector inputs please see the “projection” section of the manual)

The Computer

The computer no longer uses its internal sound card. Instead it uses the audiofire card on the top of the rack. This card is also called a “Layla” card. Generally speaking you will only be using 2 channels of audio from the computer and they are labelled on the mixer.

To project images from the computer the projector must be set to “RGB 1”. To change which monitor or computer you want to use you use the little device located under the computer in HAL.

To change to a laptop: Unplug the monitor (HD15) cable from the left hand socket labelled ‘computer’. Use a monitor cable to plug in your laptop as you would do when using an external monitor.

To use a different monitor: Unplug the monitor (HD15) cable from the right hand socket labelled ‘monitor’. Plug the new monitor into the monitor socket and plug the new monitor into mains power (There is a free outlet on the power cord underneath HAL).

Upstairs CD Player

When sending signal into the tape deck to record you can modify the input level

To skip to a track turn this dial

Repeat repeats the whole CD

When playing a disc through you want to have the play mode set as ‘continuous’. But oftentimes when you are running a show you want one track to play and then for it to stop, that function is ‘single mode’.

The ‘cue’ function starts each track when the music starts, rather than the dead air before the track.

Open and close the CD tray

Projection

To turn on the projector take the projector remote and point it at the projector in the ceiling. Press the green power button. After a few seconds you will be able to see a light come on in the lens. It will take a few seconds more to warm up to the level that you can see the image on the screen.

The projector has several different types of inputs into it:

Video – Both the DVD and the VHS signalsComponent – Higher quality DVD signalS-Video – Not hooked up

RGB1 – The ComputerRGB2 – Not hooked upDVI – Not hooked up

The first 3 can be accessed by pressing the ‘Video’ button on the remote. The latter 3 can be accessed by pressing the ‘RGB’ button on the remote. Aim the remote at the projector. Press the appropriate button until the projector says that it is detecting the signal that you want it to. Then leave it. Video will take the longest to show up as it is the lowest signal quality. If you leave it and after a few seconds it says ‘Cannot detect…’ then either the device you are using isn’t powered up or something has come unplugged.

Booking MiST

So you want to book MiST. The least efficient way is to call the Technical Director at 905-569-4413. The second, slightly more efficient, way is to e-mail the Technical Director at jlenoir@utm.utoronto.ca. This is slightly more efficient as the TD is rarely here from 9-5, but can check e-mail at home. The most efficient way is to go to the MiST booking website at http://www1.utm.utoronto.ca/mist. This way you get the time you want before it gets booked by anyone else.

You start here…

Click “Click here to register”, which will take you here…

Fill it in using an e-mail address that you use regularly. This is how you will be contacted with any information concerning your booking. It’s VERY important. I suggest that you write down what department that you are in at UTM (i.e. English & Drama or TDS) as this will speed up the approval process. Once you have registered you will be taken to this screen….

This is your “Control Panel”. To book the space click the link in the top left hand corner “Go to the Online Scheduler”. It will take you to the calendar…

Click on the date that you want. The calendar will display a week at a time…

Click on a time that you want. This window will appear…

If this window doesn’t pop up check to make sure pop up blocker is disabled. If it is and it still doesn’t work, then try closing all other internet windows that are open (the software really doesn’t like Yahoo Mail, it’s possible that there are other sites which will also cause it errors). Then try clicking your time again. When the window pops up enter all of your details. Make sure you put in a comprehensive description of your booking in the summary box. If you leave it blank your reservation will not be approved. Once you have filled in all of the details and hit save, this window will pop up…

When you close this you will see your booking on the schedule in yellow…

This means it hasn’t been approved yet. You will also receive an e-mail (unless you have set up your options to not get sent e-mails)…

When your reservation has been approved it will appear in dark blue…

and you will be sent this e-mail (note the highlighted word)…

Until you have received this e-mail your reservation has not been approved and is not valid. Booking requests get

checked at least once every 24 hours, if you do not give 24 hours notice it’s possible that your reservation will not be approved.

CCIT MiST Space – Rental Charge PolicyRm 0150 cc March, 2006

Policies for the use of the space will have to be flexible and will change as the demands on the space grow and the facility matures. Peter Urbanek.

Department of English and Drama use:No Rental Charge at any time.No labour charge 9-5pm, Mon- Fri.No labour charge outside of 9-5pm

Other Departmental use:No Rental Charge at any time.No labour charge 9-5pm, Mon- Fri.Labour charge outside of 9-5pm

Department of English and Drama Student use (academic):No Rental Charge at any time.No labour charge 9-5pm, Mon- Fri.No labour charge outside of 9-5pm (subject to labour scheduling)

Other student (academic) and club use:No Rental Charge 9-5pm, Mon- Fri..No labour charge 9-5pm, Mon- Fri.Labour charge outside of 9-5pm

Outside user or outside use by students:Rental Charge at all times.Labour charge at all times

Current Charges:Rental $150.00 for up to 8 hrs of use +GSTLabour $35.00/hour + GSTSupervisor is mandatory for all rentals.

Rules for Rental Groups

1. The Theatre will provide a technical supervisor billed to the user. Where applicable, front of house costs will be billed back to the user.

2. Only university technical staff may work on ladders or use the scissor lift.

3. At the time of the signing of the contract, the producer will be required to pay a deposit of 25% of the estimated rental fee.

4. Notice of cancellation of a production should be given no later than fourteen days prior to the first rental date. After that point the producer will forfeit the deposit. If the rental is cancelled during the rental dates the producer will be liable for the full rental rate plus any expenses due.

5. The Rental group must abide by all University, Municipal, Provincial and Federal laws, regulations and rules. Any violation of the above may result in the cancellation of the rental with the full rental rate plus any expenses due.

6. For an extended run the producer may be asked to strike the set and clear the space on days when the stage is required for other events.

7. All costs additional to the base rental (which is the cost of the space alone) that can be attributed to an individual production will be charged back to the producer, including damage repairs.

8. Use of Theatre-owned tools is strictly regulated by the Theatre staff and tools are generally not available to outside groups. No painting or construction is allowed in the rehearsal halls.

9. At the discretion of the theatre, refreshments may be sold for events by front of house staff. Alcoholic beverages can only be sold through university bar services.

10. No smoking, flame or pyrotechnique devices are allowed at any time.

11. The total audience capacity for the MiST space is 120.

12. Every effort will be made to secure the theatre after a booking or event. However, the University of Toronto will not be responsible for lost or stolen articles left by cast, crew, staff or audience.

14. Tickets may be printed by the theatre at a nominal cost for the user. All seats for all performances will be General Admission.

15. The renter shall carry $2,000,000.00 liability insurance and any other insurance required.

16. During the rental period the renter is responsible for cleaning the auditorium, dressing rooms and FOH areas. At the end of the rental the areas must be left in a clean state.

Multimedia Studio Theatre - UTM - CCIT 0150Equipment Inventory List

Quantity Item Notes6 ETC Source 4 - 19 degree Used as Specials6 Rosco i-cues Mounted on the 19 Degree S4s6 Chroma Q Plus Scrollers Mounted on the 19 Degree S4s6 ETC Source 4 - 36 degree Used as face light - 6 areas, R0022 ETC Source 4 - 50 degree Used as a break up wash

12 ETC Source 4 Pars Used as warm and cool side light12 Colortran 6" Fresnels 6 used as blue top light - 6 areas R0801 Strand 300 Console1 Wall mounted audio rack Lives downstairs1 Mobile audio rack4 Mackie SRM450 Speakers2 Mackie Speaker Stands2 Shure SM58 Mics2 Mic stands2 Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro Mixers One in each audio rack1 Denon CD Player2 Sony DVD/VHS players One in each audio rack2 IMB type Computers One in each audio rack1 Projector Lives in the grid1 Cyclorama / Projection screen2 23' x 18' black velour drapes4 11' x 18' black velour drapes2 8' high drapes9 carpeted seating risers 3 sets x 16" legs, 3 sets x 24" legs, 3 sets x 32" legs3 3' x 9' wooden seating risers1 4 x 8 black wooden riser1 2 place dressing room station2 1 step stair units1 SkyJack 3215 Scissor lift for staff use only

cable/rope light/etc