Any kind of human activity, where more people is involved, requires paperwork. Figuratively, letters are petrified sounds and so the information doesn’t have to rely on the memory. To preserve the image, conceived in the mind of a lighting designer, there have to be means available to support it and to communicate it over the time and space.  The sixth lesson of the European Lighting School Knowledge Center deals with the paperwork for lighting design. The goal is to learn how to think about reproduction of a performance in common conditions of theater operation – effective organization of the work and management of technical team, and how to keep understandable, clear documentation.

Topics:

Documentation of a lighting design – light plot, focus chart, cue sheet, technical rider. Touring.

Time requirement for a lesson:

4-6 hours

Author and tutor for the lesson:

The lesson was prepared by Jan Dörner and Wijnand van der Horst with cooperation of Šimon Kočí, Ondřej Růžička, Daniel Tesař, František Fabián and Jan Purkert.

Key terms – definitions are mainly retrieved from Wikipedia.

Photos courtesy of the Institute of Lighting Design. Other sources are quoted at individual pictures as convenient.