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Author Topic: Uniforms Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-06-2007 10:05 PM                        quote: Frank Angel Our sound engineer out-and-out refuses to wear the shirts. When doing sound for any show I've never worn the standard black everything that you would expect (and demand) the stage crew to. I've don't think I've ever worked a show with a good head sound guy that did either. If the guy is really good and he shows up at least half sober then you're way ahead of the game.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-07-2007 03:26 PM                        He is very good, very sober and always on time, so no one says boo about it. I just like the idea of the staff all being recognizable. I personally feel there is something "right" about wearing something that makes me feel part of the crew and part of the organization which I am proud to work for. When I was the house sound guy here, the mixing position was up in a sound booth where you couldn't be seen or hear the house sound for that matter (talk about absurd), so you didn't have any need to be identifiable. But we did a few cabaret shows on the stage itself. They were very elegant affairs with tables in the center of our stage, a very top-draw catered dinner. The lighting and sound control consoles were on a raised control booth at one end of the "room" and the performance stage was built on the other side. For those events, we all wore tuxes -- lighting, sound, stage crew. It was very impressive. And here's the interesting thing -- I did notice that the crew acted very differently when they were dressed to the nines. Much more reserved; cuss words were down by maybe 50%. Not bad for the price of a tux rental.  |  IP: Logged Mike Sellars Film Handler Posts: 34 From: Robertsdale, AL., USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 10-08-2007 10:24 AM                     When I was a manager with AMC round '04 or so, they had gone from the white shirt-with-epaulets deal to a slacks and polo combo... except for one issue that always glared at me - the supervisors wore khaki slacks! If they did any serious work at all, their pants were filthy! Mike  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-08-2007 11:14 PM                     quote: When I was a manager with AMC round '04 or so, they had gone from the white shirt-with-epaulets deal to a slacks and polo combo... except for one issue that always glared at me - the supervisors wore khaki slacks! If they did any serious work at all, their pants were filthy! It's not that hard to deal with that; I have 2 pairs and the one that's dirty goes to my laundry basket. Granted my 2nd pair isn't the official pair; I just owned a pair from before I got promoted.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 10-17-2007 04:10 PM                     quote: When I was a manager with AMC round '04 or so, they had gone from the white shirt-with-epaulets deal to a slacks and polo combo... except for one issue that always glared at me - the supervisors wore khaki slacks! If they did any serious work at all, their pants were filthy! I worked for AMC in 2002 when they did the changeover from button-down shirt with epaulettes to the two-tone polos... While the polos were much more comfortable, I rather preferred the professional feel that the button-down shirts gave me. That and they went with the decor of the location... AMC's Quail Springs 24 in Oklahoma City has this almost spaceship theme inside the building, so I thought it fitting that the employees almost looked like pilots or stewards.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-21-2007 07:39 PM                        I've always been partial to Polo style shirts. They are easy to maintain, look good, are easily embroidered with your custom logo and can be purchased relatively inexpensively when bought in bulk quantities. For a number of years, the theatres I managed were at the beach in tourist towns. I always pushed to allow our staff to go to a Polo style shirt, to no avail. I also thought it appropriate to allow the staff to wear khaki, or black, shorts but I never could get the corporate level supers on board. Then again, with anything that made sense to improve moral, per cap or cut costs, I could never get them to understand the logic. That's just what happens when you are under corporate governance and 'across the board' decision making based on 'across the board' data. I'm glad to be gone.  |  IP: Logged

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