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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clarify production documentation requirements
   • Analyse production and design documentation to determine creative and technical production aspects of projects
   • In consultation with relevant personnel, determine precise documentation requirements for productions
   • Clarify scope of own responsibilities for producing and maintaining production documents
2. Develop production scripts in rehearsals
   • Set up production scripts using format appropriate to type of production
   • Incorporate cuts, additions and other script modifications to reflect current version of shows
   • Distribute script revisions to relevant personnel applying clear version control protocols
   • Record performers’ blocking and continuously update notation to ensure accuracy and currency of records
   • Record other information required to rehearse and stage shows in production scripts
   • Provide prompts and cues in a timely and appropriate manner, ensuring accuracy and clarity of communication
   • Use prompting notation to mark performers’ errors and omissions in scripts
   • Use notation as a guide to provide performers with notes and to anticipate where future prompts may be required
3. Maintain administrative documents
   • Draft production documents
   • Confirm drafts with relevant personnel and make additions and adjustments as required
   • Distribute copies of documents according to production requirements to facilitate the work of production personnel
   • Update production administrative documents to reflect development of productions and distribute to production personnel applying clear version control protocols
   • Maintain accurate records of distribution
   • Contribute to evaluations and continuous improvement of production documentation and adjust own work procedures accordingly

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

create and update production scripts and administration documents for at least two productions that:

are clear and technically correct

meet artistic and technical production requirements

use production scripts during rehearsals

work collaboratively.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain the purpose of a range of documentation used for stage managing different types of productions and events

describe features and formats of source documents used to create production reference documents

explain the role of stage management personnel in the following production areas:

audio

costume

design

lighting

production management

props

set construction

show control

staging

vision systems

describe issues and challenges that can arise when developing and maintaining production documents, along with solutions to address them.

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