CITT - Albertais proud to present:

an Advanced Vectorworks Workshopon June 12 & 13, 2010

at Mount Royal University, Rm E177

9:00 AM until 5:00 PMThe Sessions will include:

! 3D Drafting techniques for scenic and construction drawings - conducted byMurray Palmer, TD for Calgary Opera

! Spotlight techniques and processes - conducted by Toronto based LightingDesigner Stephen Ross

! 3D Design and Rendering for corporate and civic events - conducted by MarisaMagus of Red Lightning Productions

! Open Forum to discuss tips, tricks and processes to make Vectorworks more intune with your needs.

The Workshop is a Demonstration Format to maximize the amount of informationprovided, so personal computers with working versions of Vectorworks are not required.

Fee for the Workshop is:

$75.00 for CITT Members$100.00 for non-Members

the Fee includes a Gourmet Boxed lunch on both days,plus coffee, juices and pop for breaks.

To Register, please E-mail your name and contact information to:

Alberta@citt.org

Please include any dietary allergies or preferences.Registrants will be contacted for Open Forum topics.

This Workshop made possible by financial support from Theatre Alberta

Schedule

Saturday, June 12, 2010

09:00 to 09:30 Registration and Morning Coffee

09:30 to 12:30 3D Drafting techniques for Scenic & ConstructionDrawings. (coffee break @ 10:45)

12:30 to 13:30 Lunch (meals provided)

13:30 to 16:00 Spotlight Techniques (coffee break @ 14:45)

16:00 to 17:00 Q & A

Sunday, June 13, 2010

09:00 to 09:30 Morning Coffee

09:30 to 12:30 3D Design & Rendering (coffee break @ 10:45)

12:30 to 13:30 Lunch (meals provided)

13:30 to 16:00 Open Forum (coffee break @ 14:45)

16:00 to 17:00 Q & A and wrap up.

! Murray PalmerMurray Palmer has been self employed in Production Management and Technical Direction in theEntertainment, Corporate and Civic Event markets for the past 22 years. 10 years ago he started withCalgary Opera on contract basis as TD for the main stage productions which evolved into a full time staffposition 4 years ago. Murray first started with Cad drafting systems with a DOS based 2D program calledGeneric Cadd which later evolved into the W indows OS as Visual Cadd. As projects became morecomplex, some 3D capability was required and he migrated to Vector works 8. He really dove into 3Ddrafting when he was awarded the contract to build the sets for the 2004 Aboriginal Achievement Awards.The complex patterns of circles, spheres, ellipses, rings, and columns demanded the set be modeled in3D, so that intersections could be accurately calculated, discrepancies between the 2D paper drawingscorrected, and “flattened” to create construction drawings. Since then he has continued developing skillsin 3D drafting to create single drawings for projects that allow the sets to be viewed from any angle -assisting the directors, stage managers and performers to see how the set will work. Also allowing thetraditional plan and side views to be created, and finally to develop detailed construction drawings for thescenic construction teams.

! Stephen Ross - Lighting Designer

Steve Ross has designed lighting for over 40 Canadian Opera Co. productions including The Barber ofSeville, The Emperor of Atlantis, Luisa Miller, The Bartered Bride, La Bohème. His work has been seen onstages throughout North America, at the opera companies of Seattle, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Santa Fe,St. Louis, Palm Beach, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa,W innipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Orange County, California. Lighting designs for other productionsinclude Canadian Stage Company’s The Threepenny Opera, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Toad of Toad Hall,Hedda Gabler, and Harry Chapin, Lies and Legends. He created the lighting design for the Mirvishproduction of Damn Yankees at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and co-lit both productions of Needfire. Healso lit the production Shenandoah in Toronto and on Broadway. For Opera Pacific in California hedesigned the lighting for the W est Coast premiere of Blitzstein's Regina. Steve, having never plotted

before, taught himself Vectorworks in the summer of 2001 with VW 8, which had just included a lightingcomponent. Once Version 9 arrived with Spotlight he started doing all of his drawings, from preliminary tofinal plots, with the program. Currently using VW 2010 with third party add ons, light plotting andinstrument data management has become more efficient and accurate than ever before.

! Marisa Magus

Marisa Magus is an associate at Red Lightning Productions in Calgary, AB. W hile primarily a lighting andProduction Management based company, her events range from weddings, to concerts, to corporatefunctions, and even professional sporting events; with everything in between. W ith such a broad scope ofevent involvement and diversity, the clientele’s knowledge of the industry and it’s lingo varies significantly.Her use of Vectorworks in this regard, also changes. W hile always an invaluable tool in establishing anaccurate layout of the space to ensure the gear being used will actually fit into the venue it is going into, shealso uses 3D isometric wireframes, and full renderings of the space to help the client visualize how theevent will look before it even loads in. To a client who wouldn’t know the most basic difference between AType and B Type truss, a picture, even a rough render, is worth a thousand words- and worth a thousandmore to a designer who has the frame of mind to know that they are on the same page as their client days,even weeks in advance.