1. Lighting Design Process

2. Lighting Design Process
Read the script
Or listen to the music
Or watch the choreography
• Once for general impressions (emotional response)
▪ Research images
• Another time for analysis
▪ Historical research
• Another time for cuing (looking for landmarks)

3. Lighting Design Process

4. Lighting Design Process
After cuing, and many discussions with the director,
Draw plot from cue sheet
The cue sheet is a list of the lights you need to put in the air.

5. Lighting Design Process
After plot, comes paperwork:
Instrument schedule (each light listed by position)
Channel Hookup (each light listed by channel)
Shop Order (each thing you need to hang your plot)
Magic Sheet

6. Lighting Design Process
Fixtures
Dimmers
Cables
Color
Color frames
Gobos and frames
Fog machines
Control board Every fixture and Accessory you need for the show.

7. We will discuss magic sheets later.

8. Location Magic Sheet

9. Gen Set Magic Sheet

10. Lighting Design Process
After the paperwork comes
Hanging the show
Troubleshooting
Focus
Cue writing
Technical Rehearsal Process

11. Lighting Design Process Cue sheet
Page
Line/action
Description 1 13
Song #1 - 9, Aeneas enter, whole cast sing joyfully in palace
Golden look with royal reds and purples, btight happy mood 2 14
Act 2 Scene 1 Witches Cave, Song #7 - 8 large witches cast
Dark, empty feeling place with many shadows, dark un seen faces and features. 3
Act 2 Scene 2 The Grove Songs #9 - 12
Open field feel, ligther, lush green openes, with an air of happines from the hunt, but the looming of an aproacing storm. 4 16
Act 3 the interior of Dido's chamber abord ship Song #13 & 14 the influence of the witches
A Small chamber abord ship. Somewhat dark from the storm and the space. This can be played in front of the main act. 5 17
Act 3 the interior of the place as she turns away Aeneas Song #15.
Golden look with royal reds and purples, but a much more dampened mood, as the distain Dido has is unfurled. 6 18
Act 3 the interior of Dido's Grave chamber as she chooses to die.
A blank grey cold look as the choice of death is made over love. A feeling of emptiness and unresolved loss.