Concept

A gaming experience.

Final Team Project Overview

Your timeline is April 1, 2022 Through June 15, 2022. Theoretical tour. Your team is responsible for one of two roles.

1 updating the game weekly during the displays tour.

2 Touring the display.

Your role begins with determining the needs of the game when it is on the road. Look at the list of existing materials owned by the company and decide of what you still need to take the display on the road. AV teams do you have all the gear you need to visit a variety of locations? Gaming team does the game company list have the gear needed to update the code and content on the touring machines on a weekly basis?

Emerging media teams spreadsheet

Entertainment teams spreadsheet

Deliverables

Part 1 Due week 1 of this project

• Update materials and labor estimate  using the new spreadsheet posted at the bottom of this page. One spreadsheet is for the touring AV team the other sheet is for the staying in the lab gaming team.
• Create a show rider for the tour. A show rider is a list of elements you want each location to provide to support your efforts. An example could be 40 amps of power, tables and chairs or wifi?

Part 2 Due week 2 of this project create a schedule

• Update the team spread sheet to include the weekly costs at each location
• Labor Estimate for touring team create a schedule for what a day of load in, run and load out
• Labor Estimate for lab team create a schedule for what a week of code updates, new graphics and game fixes.

Part 3 Due Week 3 of this project update schedule to include the union lab

• Lab gaming teams update the costs as needed due to the graphics company using union labor.
• Touring AV teams update costs for union labor locations

Part 4 due finals week

• Obstacle outcomes
• Update schedule for effected dates and times only
• Update estimate for any costs
• 300-word essay discussing employee issues (2 citations)

Videos

Part 1 Videos

Planning your project description Video

Event Rider Description Video

Part 2 videos

Labor Estimate; how to use the gant chart milestones to guide your labor estimate

Load in and load out for your touring locations

The video only demonstrated load-in be sure to add in the labor hours to run your event and strike it back into the truck on the last day at each location.

Part 4 Video

Part 2 details and description

Entertainment Teams

Load in and load out for your touring locations

1. Update your excel document for each stop. I suggest you focus on the non-union locations this week. We will learn about the union contract next week.

1. Nonunion locations: Voorhees, New Theatre lobby, St Johns Church
2. Union locations: Park Slope, HERE Arts Center and Signature Theatre.
3. Turn in the document on Blackboard in the assignments tab.

Crew	role	non-union pay	union Pay	daily pay
Pink card	expert: travels with display supervises local crews			$250.00 a day
Crew head	location crew head	20	45
Stagehand	reports to crew head works with pink cards as assigned	20	30
Teamster	loads and unloads trucks at union locations		25

Emerging Media Teams

1.  Your team will need to create plans for the game updates each week.
2. You team will include at least one pink card traveling with the display and your workers who are employed to update the game each week.

Crew	role	non-union pay	daily pay
Pink card	expert: travels with display supervises local crews		$250.00 a day
Project manager	Supervises game updates		$250.00 a day
Coder	Updates code as needed	$ 50 per hour
Network supervisor	develop and maintain gaming network	$ 50 per hour
Character design	develop and update characters	$ 50 per hour
Model designer	develop and update model	$ 50 per hour
Graphic artist	Design art as requested		300 a day

Part 3 Union contracts details

Touring teams please update your budget estimate to include the union labor locations. Your team will only be supervising the union stagehands which will take more time than working with the non-union stagehands at the first few locations. Labor costs should include pink cards teamsters and Union 101 crew at union contact locations. Labor should include pink cards teamsters and freelances at non-union contact locations.

Gaming teams should update their labor costs to include the graphic companies union rules for supervising their employees.

All staff AT YOUR DISPOSAL

Project Manager
Truck driver
Teamsters

IOTSE at each venue: Carpenters, Electricians, Sound crew, Wardrobe crew for the transition week to opening

Pink Card non-union manager who tours with the show and instructs the union personnel at each venue

Build and tech labor is all $20.00/hour non-union for the build and tech

Union Contract to be used for the touring labor estimate

1. All productions must have union crew to run the show. You are allowed up to 4 pink card employees of your choice to run the transitions at each venue. Schedule all workers according to the union contract regardless of card type.

1. Pay rates

IOTSE

Crew head                                        $45.00 an hour
Stagehand (run crew)                       $30.00 an hour
Teamster                                           $25.00 an hour

1. Minimum daily call shall be no less than four (4) consecutive hours.
2. No Rate shall exceed two (2) times the base rate.
3. Base rate = straight time.
4. The work week will consist of Monday through Saturday until 5pm. Any work performed after eight (8) hours in a day or forty (40) in straight time hours worked will be paid at the rate or one-half times the base rate.
5. Sunday Clause: Hourly work on Sunday shall be at time and a half or after eight (8) hours of time and a half shall be paid for at double time.
6. All work beginning or performed between the hours or Midnight to 8:00a.m. Will be pair at two (2) times the base rate.
7. Calls starting prior to 8:00a.m. = Double Base rate; Balance of 8 hours= base rate; thereafter at time ½ of base rate.
8. If workers are laid off and called back before a rest period or six (6) hours had elapsed, two (2) times the base rate will be paid until a rest period of six (6) hours is called.
9. Fractions of an hour: Fractions of an hour shall constitute one (1) hour; however, when working at the hourly rate, the call may begin on the half hour or the hour must end in the corresponding half hour or hour.
10. Rehearsals: are paid at the applicable hourly rate.
11. Meals
12. A) A one (1) hour meal period must be given no less than three (3) nor more than five (5) hours after the call begins, or after the last meal period.
13. B) If no meal period is granted, the workers shall be paid one hour at the base rate and one hour at the prevailing rate for each hour worked until the meal break is given or a meal is provided.
14. C) In lieu of a one (1) hour meal break, the employer may provide a meal in which case the workers suffer no loss or time on the payroll. These meals are 1/2 hour in length.

Workers under no contract or equity contract

Non-or another Union

Pink card managers                        $250.00 a day

Part 4

 Obstacle or the final step of your team project

Hello Project Managers

Your team projects are now posted on Blackboard, assignments, team project. Each team has a customized obstacle project.

Content to be turned in on   Blackboard, Groups, (Your team name), group assignments:

• Part 4 Essay
• Part 4 powerpoint
• Part 4 updated estimate

A sample list is below

1. Create a WBS presenting the teamwork to get the game reinstalled and working.
2. Create a pert chart presenting your teamwork during the crisis and discuss your critical path.
3. Make a presentation to describe your issues, decision-making process, updated schedule, and budget.
4. What is your strategic discussion with your TD going to include when you meet with him to improve communication and??
5. Update your budget as needed be prepared to compare your estimate to what you ended up estimating due to your obstacle.
6. Create a ppt with no more than 12 slides to present to the class.
7. Turn in a 300-word paper with 2 citations discussing your obstacle and outcomes.

 

I suggest you work as a team and delegate portions of the assignment.

1. Discuss with your team how you plan to solve your problems.
2. Make the WBS and PERT charts to collect data and put in your ppt.
3. Update your budget as needed.
4. Create your ppt
5. Write the essay.
6. Turn in the assignment before the final class meeting.