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Notes taken from J. Michael Gillette’s Designing With Light
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Responsibilities vary between professional and educational theatres On the Team Lighting Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Master Electrician Electricians Possible Scenographic Designer Scenographic designer: designer responsible for the entire artistic look (scenery, costumes, lighting, properties) of a production
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RResponsible for: DDesigns CCan draw or paint sketches that show results WWYSIWYG or other Previz IInstallation PProduces a light plot AAlso produces the lighting sectional CCompiles the instrument schedule or hookup sheet OOperation HHow the light board will be programmed and operated NNot the actual day to day operation of the light board
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Divided into several Subcategories Assistant to the Lighting Designer General Assistant Draw any or all of the associated paperwork Assistant Lighting Designer Similar to above but the Assistant Designer can actually make minor design decisions or substitute for the Lighting Designer in their absence Associate Lighting Designer Performs all duties of a lighting designer while under the artistic direction of a more senior designer
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Implements the lighting design: Acquisition Installation Maintenance of all equipment Supervision of crews who hang, focus, and run equipment during the show Hanging Circuiting Very Important position: Make sure design is implemented according to the vision of the lighting designer Maintaining that look
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Hanging On appropriate pipes, booms and other locations Focusing Running
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Producer Director Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer
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Instrument schedule or hookup sheet: form used to record all of the technical data about each instrument used in the production See Figure 2.3, page 17 Boom: A vertical pipe (usually movable) with a heavy base that holds lighting instruments or equipment
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