French scene
A French scene is a unit of a play defined by the entrance or exit of a character: each time somebody comes on or goes off, a new French scene begins. Directors and stage managers break acts into French scenes to schedule rehearsals, since a French scene calls exactly the people in it and nobody else.
In CueCall
A show's scenes can be as fine as the production wants; the rehearsal plan schedules by scene and calls the people assigned to it.
Features
- Scene Breakdown & Readiness — Scenes are the hub that links people, inventory, notes and files, with a readiness status tracked per discipline.
- Production Calendar — A rehearsal and performance calendar with recurring events, scene links and subscription feeds the team can add to their own calendars.
Related terms
- Scene breakdown — A scene breakdown divides the script into its scenes and records, for each, who is in it, where and when it is set, and what it needs: props, costumes, set…
- Conflict sheet — A conflict sheet lists the dates and times a performer cannot rehearse, collected at audition so the director knows before casting who will be missing when…
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