Do you recall last December and January when I was complaining bitterly about a set of railings for a big show I was working on?... No?... Allow me to refresh your mind here... I'll wait...
Ok, well that particular show is back... Its in a different location this year, but the deck is identical to last years... One would say then that the railing would be the same, and had we actually built the railing last year, then you'd be right... However, last year, the client didn't want to spend the money on the railing, and so they ended up with rental railing that made their hugely expensive event look like it was hosted in a football stadium... Needless to say, they were unhappy with that aspect last year, and vowed to do it differently...
Enter the design for this year's event... Now I was hoping that I could simply pull out all my paperwork from last year, and update material pricing, and I'd be done... Sadly, that will not be the case... While the layout will be the same as last years proposal, the rail "look" is different, and the posts now have speakers and microphones built in to them...
Yea... They wouldn't spend the money for basically simple attractive railings last year, and this year, they want completely custom units with speakers and mics built in... Folks, I can't even begin to tell you the kind of money that will cost... Now, I have a couple sneaky ideas running around my head that might just let me pull this off easily, but I'm not going to get too excited yet...
I'm just sure you'll hear more about this one down the road...
Posted by Backstage at November 1, 2005 06:25 PM | TrackBack