The Stage Manager Simulator has a window frame that changes color as you perform well (or not well) at calling a show. We wanted to give immediate feedback without being too distracting. The booth window frame will start white and glow green if you are doing well, yellow if you are hit-and-miss, and red if you are doing poorly.
But sometimes a little hint of color isn't enough. So we built some audio error messages if you make mistakes on several cues in a row. We had a lot of fun coming up with potential feedback from disgruntled crew members and 'too helpful' ASMs. We even processed the error messages so there is that familiar headset tinny-ness and the smart remarks come through just the right ear (an informal survey of the office yielded that most of us place our headset over our right ear). Thanks go to Leigh'Ann Andrews for the audio work. Featured on the clip below is LeeAnn Yeckley (and, yes, we have a lot of stage managers named Leigh'Ann/LeeAnn at the University of Iowa).
But sometimes a little hint of color isn't enough. So we built some audio error messages if you make mistakes on several cues in a row. We had a lot of fun coming up with potential feedback from disgruntled crew members and 'too helpful' ASMs. We even processed the error messages so there is that familiar headset tinny-ness and the smart remarks come through just the right ear (an informal survey of the office yielded that most of us place our headset over our right ear). Thanks go to Leigh'Ann Andrews for the audio work. Featured on the clip below is LeeAnn Yeckley (and, yes, we have a lot of stage managers named Leigh'Ann/LeeAnn at the University of Iowa).