Lighting Direction & Leadership

Somebody else's plot, a crew you did not hire, a venue that does not match

A lighting director is rarely the person who designed the show. You are given a plot somebody drew, a crew you did not hire, a venue that is not the one the plot was drawn for, and a schedule that was optimistic when it was written. Your job is to make that produce a show, tonight, with everybody still willing to work with you tomorrow.

Inside: What Lighting Direction Is - Reading Somebody Else's Design - The Design Package - Parameters Before Anything Is Drawn - Choosing a Fixture on Evidence - Planning the Day - Running a Focus Call - Tech, Cuts and Changes - The Words That Actually Work - The Director and the Other Departments - Leading a Crew You Did Not Hire - Hiring, and Who Gets the Call - Money - Safety Is a Duty You Hold - Saying No - Leading Under Pressure - What Changes by Genre - Handing Over, and Getting Better.