Process Journal: Wind of a Thousand Tales Reection Despite being the sound engineer for the play, I feel

that I really did make an effort into contributing to the plays success on both nights. As one of the people responsible for the sound, I feel that I did the best I could to be in sync with the ongoing action and scenes onstage. During rehearsals, I took my role seriously, even during the rst few ones where the entire ensemble and actor suite was either continuing to process their characters or memorizing their lines. I learned the best I could beforehand of any sounds planned to use within the play, notably the music for the Ensemble dances, worked cooperatively with Mr Helmsley, the head manager within the sound and light box to work on my cues and further annotate the scripts, even giving a helping hand to Mr. Helmsley as well on other equipment/materials needed for the sound and light components, such as cutting lighting gels or helping mark script copies for sound and light parts. I stepped it up when the nal weeks came by, devoting my time during rehersals focusing on achieving perfect cues for the various samples of music and sounds, and noted when changes had been made to either cues or sound effects, mainly occurring in the last few rehearsals. I also practiced proper communication with Mr. Helmsley, who was manning the volume board for sounds, on upcoming cues so he could set the volume for the required sound, and when needed, showed him where the action was based on the script. This hard work however, paid off in the end during the performance nights. The entire tech crew worked cooperatively, especially myself and Bianca, the light engineer during the play. Despite our fears of doing something wrong, we pulled through and even if we did run into mistakes, continued on. I ensured that I was alert all the time during the show, and got ready early to click on a sound button from the board before a cue came up, especially an important one. In the end though, I feel proud and satisied with our achivements for our rst school production. However, we did run into several issues, mainly onstage. Along with the light issues we had early on during the dress rehearsals, and late cues, the actors sometimes skipped or missed lines containing important cues for either light or sound parts to accompany the act onstage, often confusing us before having to catch up or move ahead unexpectedly to catch up with the show. Also, we did have several technical problems, such as with the microphones used by the main narrators/characters, lighting positions, or sound technicalities that forced us to move on and ignore for the remainder of the rehearsal. However, these issues didnt get in the way of making the show a success for the two days it was held on. I feel that everyone, from the actors to the stage crew did a great job to contribute to its success. The actors brought the most of their energy onstage to entertain the audience, and although it took some time, the stage crew and puppet handlers managed to efciently play their part in bringing the show in motion. I quite liked the additions made throughout the action to further express the story, and I feel they have produced quite an effect on the nal performance. The best scene in my opinion was the executions during the European tale, as everyone loved it due to the accompanying chop noise and how it synced perfectly with the knife.