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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Arial">Take the director outside to look at roofs. Our minimum roof here for metal is 2" in 12", shingles are more like 4" in 12". Offer to let him walk on one of those.</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/10/2015 11:41 AM, Douglas G Marshall via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you have equity actors, you will need to consult with your SM or your local AEA rep. (they have requirements)(when not a full stage, not sure how it applies)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you have a stock 4x8, Just leg that up to different degrees for a sample. How much movement has to happen in the 4x12 area? What happens if you slip?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can you safely walk at the angle? Can an actor with Lights in their eyes and costumes on, do it safely every time?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Your Hell no seems very correct
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> . No degree to offer as help though….. Any full stage rake I have done has been to max AEA
standards. (think 1” rise over 12”, but would have to look at the Rule book(s) for a refresher.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>!:12 is correct for AEA actors. I think it says less than !:12 but everyone builds 1:12 as max. Handicap ramp is 1:10. </div>
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<div>Here' s a link to visual of gradients as slope and/or degrees</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.1728.org/gradient.htm">http://www.1728.org/gradient.htm</a></div>
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<div>I think the steepest I've ever done was around 13 degrees.....maybe early 80's. Non equity, actors had set for nearly the whole rehearsal period. I will attempt to find picture</div>
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<div>DickA</div>
<div>TD, Cornell U</div>
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