Standby and GO
Also called: Warning, Calling the show.
Calling the show is the stage manager speaking each cue to the operators over headset. A warning comes some way ahead; a standby ("Standby LX 12") comes shortly before, and each operator acknowledges it; "GO" is the word on which the cue is executed. Nobody says "go" on headset for any other reason.
In CueCall
The cue sheet records the trigger line and the continue mode of each cue, so the calling script and the cue list agree. CueCall documents cues; it does not fire them.
Features
- Tech Cues — Light, sound, deck and other cues recorded against scenes, with a master cue view and filtering by type.
How it works in CueCall
- Master Cue Sheet (Tech Tab): Mic Groups, Levels & Cue Timing — In the Cues view of the Tech tab, the Add Cue and Edit Cue forms carry the parts of a cue that say how it runs, the way a prompt book writes them.
Related terms
- Cue sheet — A cue sheet lists every technical cue in a production in running order, with its number, its department (lighting, sound, fly, automation, followspot…
- Prompt book — The prompt book is the stage manager's master copy of the script, with every blocking move, cue and standby written against the line or moment it happens on…
- Board operator — The board operator runs the lighting or sound console during a performance, executing each cue on the stage manager's GO. The cues are programmed in advance…
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