Paperwork

Light plot is a document similar to an architectural blueprint to illustrate and communicate the lighting design to the director, other designers and finally the Master Electrician and electrics crew. A light plot contains information about several key settings and instructions for hanging and focusing of the sources of light.

Cue sheet is a form that indicates information about the cue including execution, timing, sequence, intensity (for lights), and volume (for sound).

Channel hookup is a printout of a lighting database that organizes all the lighting information for a stage show by the channel number associated with the lighting equipment and limits the information associated with a particular lighting instrument such that a designer or electrician can access needed information rapidly and efficiently.

Magic Sheet is a pictorial layout of how the lights relate to the stage, a quick reference to every channel and the group of lighting instruments it controls.

Instrument schedule is a listing of all the lighting instruments and information about them used in a show.

Cue is generally the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time or a recorded lighting state in a narrower sense.

Rider is a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance.

Patching is the physical (“hard patch”) or virtual (“soft patch”) assignment to a circuit or channel for the purpose of control.

Hard patch is assigned connections between the circuits and the dimmers.

Soft patch is a virtual (“soft patch”) assignment to a circuit or channel for the purpose of control.

Lightwright is a spreadsheet/database program created specifically for theatrical lighting applications.

Fade  is a gradual increase or decrease of the intensity of light projected onto the stage.

Fade In is the time between the start of a incoming transition and it’s completion.

DMX512 (Digital Multiplex) is a standard for digital communication networks that are commonly used to control stage lighting and effects.

MIDI Show Control is a significant Real Time System Exclusive extension of the international Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard.

HTP (Highest Takes Precedence)

LTP (Latest Takes Precedent)

Dimming curves  

Change is a change of one light atmosphere / CUE into another one

Light board operator  is the electrician who operates the light board.

Spotlight Operator  is a theatrical technician, defined as a lighting technician, who operates a specializedstage lighting instrument known as a followspot.