h1. StageIt
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h3. GR1 - Project Proposal and Analysis


h4. Who We Are

* Tami Forrester
* Antonio Moreno
* Arthi Vezhavendan

h4. Problem Statement

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h4. User Analysis

Our two user classes are *choreographers* and *stage directors/managers*.
Note: Names of interviewees have been changed.

h5. Choreographers


h6. 1. Danny (R)

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h6. 2. Sandy (M)

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h6. 3. Betty (S)

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h5. Stage Directors


h6. 1. Jean Luc (J)

Jean Luc was the director last year for one of MIT’s premiere acting group. Jean Luc clarified that the acting troupe he worked with was rather small, but he worked with professional director over the summer, so he was able to give us both perspectives. The interviewee gave us insight as to how a director works with their actors and managers in order to coordinate their vision. (also through this interview I learned the process of making actors move to different places is blocking)

Current Process:
* maintain most of his notes for blocking in his head. Anything major he just wrote in as a brief note on his script.
* For professionals, there is a call book
** holds the script of the play adjacent to important calls
*** lighting
*** music
*** soundboard
*** other major scene/set changes
** holds diagram of the stage which held locations (and movements) of actors and props

Current issues:
* Rapid changes
** Changes on the fly are hard to keep track of
** The call book is full of scribbles and smudges
** Stage manager jots down quick notes on all changes, too fast for him to pick up. 
** These notes are stored in a text file on a dropbox folder, which is shared with a lot of people. This brings us to our second problem.
* Communication
** Communication with the lighting director, soundboard director, and music director are critical.
** Changes made on the fly by the director might not go up the chain to the other directors.
** This is fixed in a dress rehearsal when the whole play is put together, but dress rehearsals are usually not done until the end of the play, and many ideas are lost in the time in between.
** The dropbox system they have works with the current small troupe, but it proves to be a challenge with a professional play.

h3. Task Analysis

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