Wednesday 25-Apr-2012, 10:25 PM
Very well said guys
Ive only got a couple of little things to add..
- get a good idea of what a costume needs to look like.. take a few seconds every now and then to cast your eye over the troopers in your care. Their shin may have dropped to the inside of their boot rather than the outside (this is usually really uncomfortable for the trooper, but not something they'll neccessarily raise a help-flag for). Get an idea of how shoulders are supposed to look, one may be dropping lower than the other, or twisting the wrong way. A neck seal may have popped out from chest armor. Wranglers are there to help and protect the troopers- but also to help keep them comfortable and looking good whilst theyre working :D
Also, keep a glance on the croud.. one thing I was taught once was that you can generally tell when someone or a group are psyching themselves up to cause mischief.. a group of teenage boys/girls huddled and giggling for example, glancing at a trooper in your care. The behaviour of people will generally indicate if theyre up to no good. You dont need to say anything, just subtly shift yourself between them and the trooper, or just smile, or even warn another wrangler (maybe a more experienced one) to just keep an eye on them.
Oh yeah, one other little thing I was taught, if you need to fix something for a trooper, let them know youre there first. Make sure they can see you, or tap them on the shoulder and tell them what youre going to fix that way you dont get stepped on and they dont get freaked out by someone just randomly touching them *lol*
Ive only got a couple of little things to add..
- get a good idea of what a costume needs to look like.. take a few seconds every now and then to cast your eye over the troopers in your care. Their shin may have dropped to the inside of their boot rather than the outside (this is usually really uncomfortable for the trooper, but not something they'll neccessarily raise a help-flag for). Get an idea of how shoulders are supposed to look, one may be dropping lower than the other, or twisting the wrong way. A neck seal may have popped out from chest armor. Wranglers are there to help and protect the troopers- but also to help keep them comfortable and looking good whilst theyre working :D
Also, keep a glance on the croud.. one thing I was taught once was that you can generally tell when someone or a group are psyching themselves up to cause mischief.. a group of teenage boys/girls huddled and giggling for example, glancing at a trooper in your care. The behaviour of people will generally indicate if theyre up to no good. You dont need to say anything, just subtly shift yourself between them and the trooper, or just smile, or even warn another wrangler (maybe a more experienced one) to just keep an eye on them.
Oh yeah, one other little thing I was taught, if you need to fix something for a trooper, let them know youre there first. Make sure they can see you, or tap them on the shoulder and tell them what youre going to fix
that way you dont get stepped on and they dont get freaked out by someone just randomly touching them *lol*
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