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If you go the webinar route (or Facebook Live etc) there are a couple of things to consider to keep the production values high.

AUDIO:

• What a live audience hears is very different than even the sum of what the microphones pickup when put on tape (or digital file) for playback
• Mix for the feed not the room – use headphones to get the balance right
• Since there is no room acoustic energy, capturing the pit audio or the un-miked chorus is a little more tricky
• Overheads can be good for the pit, but any vocals they pickup could interact with the vocals from wireless mics, making the vocal muddy
• If you use overheads on the pit, you will still likely need to close mic the strings and woodwinds (flutes) to get a good balance
• For the chorus it might be worth
• putting a few (change which members each song) on stand microphones,
•  use hanging choir mics or floor (boundary) mics
• These work much better when recording (or live streaming) than they do in a live room with a loud sound system, where they tend to cause premature feedback
• Use some reverb on the mix to simulate the effect the room has on the total sound

VIDEO:

• If you have the capability, use multiple cameras, a camera/video switcher, an operator for the switcher and a director calling the camera shots
• The lighting may need to change to clearly see things on video that are obvious live
• Rehearse the show with the video crew

RIGHTS:

• You must contact the rights owner of the show to seek written permission – if doinf one of Don Zoldis' you have already been granted that permission, but not all owners will be so kind.
• It is not a matter if you will be caught or not – it is about what we teach our children about right and wrong, about copyright and intellectual property rights – be a good example
• To say I have been disappointed when seeing shows pirated, scripts photocopied, music played without licencing is an understatement – it teaches that the law doesn't matter – we are getting enough of that from politicains we do not need it at the school level

CANCELLATIONS and RECOUPING LOSSES:

• Can't speak for other vendors but
• If you cancel a week before we need to ship gear to you, there will e NO charges and we will arrange to refund you funds
• If between a week and actual shipping there will be a flat $100 service charge
• If after shipping – including after delivery, but before the first show with an audience - there will be a charge of $100 plus the cost of shipping
• After that we will try rto work with you based on the time used, number of shows cancellt=ed etc
• Please bear in mind that school and community amateur theatre is virtually all that we do, and we have a kid in college who we would like to be able to keep there
• Reach out early to any vendors you have and see what they are willing to do in the event of a cancellation due to Coronavirus-Covid19

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