<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All cues begin with the page number they are located on multiplied by 100.</span></font></blockquote></blockquote>Then your SM is calling cue 5007? Seems like a mouthful. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iThingy. Please excuse any typos</div><div><br>On Feb 25, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Bruce via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Sunday, February 25, 2018 3:14:52 PM CST, Edward Hunter via Stagecraft wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've recently been ruminating on different systems for choosing cue numbers for light cues (thus proving I probably have too much free time on my hands).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>What are other methods people like?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span> One method that I ran across that made me go 'duh, why didn't I think of that?' is this:</span><br><span></span><br><span> - All cues begin with the page number they are located on multiplied by 100.</span><br><span> - Each cue on a page is added to this. Sequentially or skipping 5s/10s</span><br><span></span><br><span> - So for example during the first number which begins on page 7 and ends on page 8, the light cues are 701 thru 833.</span><br><span></span><br><span> It does require that you know roughly what page number things are located on at the start [not usually a problem], but it instantly eliminates any searching for cue numbers by both stage manager, operator, and designer. Leaves lots of room for 'I forgot that' or 'we need to add this'</span><br><span></span><br><span>Just a thought.</span><br><span></span><br><span>:Bruce Cooper</span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Itinerant Stagehand anc Creature Mechanic</span><br><span></span><br><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>For list information see <<a href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>></span><br><span>Stagecraft mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>