4. Additional documentation

Groups, palletes

A list of groups, palettes and libraries, which are used during programming of modern lighting consoles, appears already at the magic sheet, respectively they are written down in the focus sheet, by the majority of lighting designers. But they can be an individual and very useful document. Notice them at the light plot for the Mamma Mia performance above.

List of used lighting instruments

A list of used lighting instruments serves for easier preparation of the performance and it’s indispensable especially when it is played at various locations with large time spans. The chief lighting technician, lighting designer and any technician so can get quickly to the information what is necessary for the performance, what has to be found, repaired, bought, ordered…

It should contain a list and number of each type of an instrument, their power input, their method of hanging, if something is necessary to it as barn doors, Gobo holder, Iris, scroller… Number of tripods, booms, hanging hooks, safeties, a list of used cables including the length and other things that are necessary for plugging in of the whole lighting park, last but not least the number and power output of dimmers.

The list usually has a form of a table where all is meticulously recorded and some sophisticated software programs for creation of light plots are able to compile such a list almost automatically.

List of used color filters

A list of used color filters complements the list of used instruments. There should be stated their number and each dimension, according to the type of used instruments. If color scrollers are used, a list of colors in each scroller should be recorded in the document as well.