The technical captions Music Analyses Hornline and Percussion, Display and Showmanship and Colour Guard do not have any relationship with General Effect.
It is quite possible that a corps scores high in the technical captions but low in General Effect because the technical captions do not relate to the performance as a whole.

General Effect is about the complete concept of the show, have everything related!
As an example: in Indonesia many corps have problems to do “transitions”. A transition is a moment between two songs, or a moment to chance equipment for the colour guard.
It is many times seen that a song stops with a climax, everything stops and everyone is asking themselves: “What happens?”

When you visit a good musical and there was a nice climax the show goes on with something that attracts the attention of the audience. In corps this can be done by a single colour guard dancing or a special intro from the pit or something else but DON’T STOP after a climax! You will loose the attention of the audience and judges and it will take quite some while to attract this attention again!

Same goes for equipment changes for the guard, many times this happens when the corps does not move, The guard is running to the side to pick up new equipment so everybody is looking to that running guard, does not make any sense because the guard is only running! You should have another focus point in the show so people don’t see that the guard is picking up new flags because they’re looking to something else! Imagine the surprise when the all of a sudden the guard has other equipment without anybody noticing!

What to think about all those drills where the corps moves all the time as three different units? In Indonesia the drumline is often not an integrated part of the display! They are hanging in the back or on the side, during a percussion feature in front but seldom they are an integrated part of the display!
For the integration of the guard things became better over the last years but many corps still have a problem with integrating the guard in the complete show design!

Some corps play sweet songs and their display consists of blocks or triangles, does not fit! Sweet songs come with arcs and smooth lines, blocks and triangles go together with aggressive music!
Flag colours and shapes are also part of GE, using triangle formed flags with hard colours does not fit sweet songs!

Please evaluate your shows and see if these comments fit your scores on GE, I will be back on more special issues about judging on www.trendmarching.or.id
These comments are meant to be neutral and of use for all instructors of corps and marching bands in Indonesia. It does not make sense to criticise judges or systems, it only makes sense to build a better show concept!

Wil Bijl
Certified judge for DCE (Drum Corps Europe)
Writer for Drum Corps World

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Komentar

training for GE? Ditulis oleh sebira pada 2010-01-12 11:04:13 Good illustration of GE, Mr. Bijl... and I suppose this is a good feedback for us, as we are mostly vague in understanding what GE is all about...   As we are about to 'start' our 'machine' again for this year competition, it would be a great opportunity to share with us how good GE is created. I'm a bit concern most of the units feel that the more numbers of props given in the field, the higher the GE would be. On a contrary, GE is about how you grasp all aspect of your units (without lots of props) into a great show.     Looking forward for your contribution in Indonesia, Bil...    Buat teman2 MB, mari kita banyak2 belajar tentang pengertian GE yah?

General Effect Ditulis oleh Bill pada 2010-01-12 21:38:51 Saya sedang menulis artikel baru tentang GE, akan pakai bahasa Indonesia.  Maksudnya beri keterangan tentang scoresheet juri GE.    Makasih,    Wil Bijl

Agree Ditulis oleh joeyzruby pada 2010-01-18 15:27:33 Setuju....    kebanyakan teman2 masih buta akan istilah General Effect...  Mereka masih berpikir GE itu adalah memakai property yang serba wah terutama di colourg guard...    padahal dilihat dari maknanya adalah klimaks konsep, efek keseluruhan ( General Effect ) sama yang diutarakan persis oleh Mr. Will Bijl....    Keserasian konsep musik, drill, dan showmanship.... dan yang paling penting transisi dari satu lagu ke lagu yg lain....    seperti disaat lagu opening udh wah... tiba tiba klimaksnya hilang karena diakhir lagu tersebut tidak ada satu transisi yang membuat lagu tersebut nyambung terus... Dalam istilah kata Still Running...    Intinya GE bukan karena Colour Guard yang memakai bendera super aneh dengan warna-warna mencolok...    Lihat DCI    Gak ada yg pakai bendera aneh2... bahkan Giant Flag sekalipun atau bendera double....  DCI hanya memakai bendera 1 jenis aja, paling banyak 2.    Thanks

GE Ditulis oleh nimon pada 2010-02-01 02:38:49 Nice illustration of GE Mr.Bijl. I Agree!    But ironically according from the GE judge tape looks like very different conception with this.    All the issues especially about transition and placement it didn't happen. All the top five GE winner especially at GPMB 2009 goin up side down with your illustration.    I agree all of us must have a GE training. But it will be better if the evaluator/judge should past the training first. Then the judge should explain and training to us. So both of us have the same perception about it.     On my professional opinion I'm not so sure GPMB GE evaluator already have the capabilities with yours according from the tape they evaluated about us. In the other side I'm not agree too about the instructors protest wreckedly after GPMB 2009, its really immature act. But we must considered what happen in the field are out of the track from your illustration, espescially the top 5th GE placement.    And amazingly the first and second place of GE very far away from your illustration, or may be more than that beyond my supervision, may be all the 10 finalist. Only heaven knows.    Thanks about all your critiszm about us. And I look forward to your help in resolve this problem as your capabilities.    Thank you.

Ditulis oleh georges pada 2010-02-01 14:28:40 Current GE judges will need to become skilled in additional aspects of our activity’s disciplines of music and visual. Judges should be assigned who understand the dynamics of programs designed to mesh music and  visual into seamless and complimentary presentations..

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