April 10, 2013 - Trade School Manila What is a technical director? Can anyone be a TD? In this presentation, we share how in our experience, a TD should work.

1. TradeSchool Manila
April 10, 2013

2. This is an update to theTECHNICAL DIRECTORWORKSHOP held in
UST years 2007 to 2009.

3. This will be a discussion to define and
introduce the importance of the role;
"Technical Director".
We will relate its practical use to our life,
and importance to Events, Productions or
Project
Introduction

4. Event Sample

5. COMMENTS?

6. “TECH” ?What is

7. Technical
Any part of your
event, project or
production that is
relating to a
particular subject,
craft, art or
discipline
Technology
Application of
scientific
knowledge for
practical purposes.
It can be
machinery,
electronics, etc.

8. Anything related to “Technology”
-Computers
-Sciences
-Electronics
-Construction
Thismeans…
Anything related to “Technical”
-Art
-Crafts
-Disciplines

9. ACTIVITY!

10. 1. Listdown5TechStuffyouown…
2. Listdown4Techsubjectsyoulike…
3. List3Techthingsyoudo…
TIME: 3minutes
How “Techie” AreYou?

11. START!

12. STOP!

13. Youcanpotentiallybea“TechMaster”withthestuffyouown…
Youhavesomepassiontodothe“techsubjects”youwrote…
Everyonecanbefamiliarto“technicalstuff”bydoingit…

14. SOFTWARE
FILM
THEATER
TELEVISION
… EVENTS
… PROJECTS

15. EVENTS
PRODUCTIONS
PROJECTS

16. EVENTS PRODUCTION PROJECTS
Birthday
Wedding
Internment
Graduation
Awarding
Assemblies
Product
Launch
Movies
Film
Theater
Dance
Performances
Concerts
Musical
Circus
Software
Programming
Construction
Buildings
Analysis
Military

17. ACTIVITY!

18. 1. ListdownpartsofanEVENT,
PRODUCTIONorPROJECTStobe
consideredas“TECH”;
1. Stage:Graduation
2. Film :Cameras,
3. Software:Server
What the “Tech”?

19. START!

20. STOP!

21. DISCUSSION…

22. Whyaretheyparts
ofanEVENTor
PRODUCTION?

23. Set Carpentry,SteelWorks,InteriorDesign,Architecture,StageDesign
Sounds Electronics, Music, Film, Audio Engineering (ECE)
Lights Electricals, Film, Photography. EE or ECE,
Costume Wardrobe, Clothing, Fashion
Make-Up Beauty, Special Effects, Prosthetics
Props Tools, Hand-held items, Fabrications, Gadgets
Graphics Advertising, Painting, Production Design
Video Film, Animation, Cinematography
Logistics Safety, Security,Timeliness,
PracticalusesandRelateddisciplines

24. Thereshouldbea
singlepersonto
decideaboutall
“tech”stuff…

25. THETECHNICAL
DIRECTOR

26. Defining the TD

27. Script/
ProgramFlow
Location,Venue
andSet-up
People(Audience
andParticipants)
Resources
(Time,Budget)
4 Elements of TD work

28. Cue Sheet means a list of timings or cues related to volume, intensity, and
other action items to a production, theatrical performance or event.
Similar to a Sequence Sheet…
TheTDCueSheetcontainsALLcuesof
any“tech”relatedresource
TD Cue Sheet

29. CUE NO. LAST LINE/ACTION TECH 1 TECH 2 TECH 3 Etc…
1 House Open
2 Prayer
3 National Anthem
4 OpeningVideo
5 Entrance of Special
Guest
6 “…Mr. Juan Dela Cruz”
TD Cue Sheet

30. Simply put as a list of activities, itineraries and schedule of the event,
production or project.
The TD Calendar is a MACRO or HIGH LEVEL view to mark important
milestones of the event.
Thisincludeseventdate,eventset-
up,egress,meetingsanddesign
meetingsetc…
TD Calendar

31. Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17
Plot 3
18 19
Plot 2
20
21 22 23
Plot 1
24 25 26
EVENT
DATE
27
28 29 30

32. TD Calendar - Itinerary

33. Time: Activity:
5:00 – 6:40 PM Set-up
6:40 – 7:00 PM Last Calls and Quick Meeting
7:00 – 7:30 PM Event Start/ Audience Entrance
7:30 – 9:00 PM Event Proper
9:00-10:00 PM Cooldown, Dismantling;
10:00 – 10:30 PM Egress
10:300 – 11:00 PM Delivery Return toWarehouse

34. ACTIVITY!

35. 1. Chooseatypeofevent:Film,65thBirthday,
Concert,EventsShow
2. PlottheactivitiesbeforetheEventDate:
a) Meetings
b) Set-up
3. EventDateis: June19,2013
Be the “TD”

36. START!

37. STOP!

38. PRESENTATION

39. Trust
Effort
Creativity
Harmony
Network
Initiative
Cooperation
Ask
Love
Share

40. ask@techopsph.com
ELAbquina
www.facebook.com/TechOpsPH

41. THANK
YOU!