Commented 9 years ago2015-08-16 15:07:06 UTC
in journal: #8597Comment #51075
I'm literally just the lighting op for the show, so I'm programming the cues and on the day, going cue by cue as the show goes on. EUSOG, (Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, but they're now a semi-generic musical theatre society ) are putting on Little Shop of Horrors for the Edinburgh fringe for a fortnight, was at the dress run two days ago and It's looking and sounding absolutely amazing.
Most shows have one primary Lighting designer and potentially multiple ops, essentially the line of heirarchy is:
Director & LD meet, go through the script and discuss the lighting at various points in the script and when exactly said changes will happen. Depending on the venue, the LD will either be working with the venue's own lights or will deal with designing & placement of dry hired fixtures. Once that's all done, the LD & OP go through the script and try and get as much physically on the desk as possible before a tech run. The tech run is the bane of everyone's life, usually going through till about 3 / 4 AM. The show is performed cue by cue so the sound / lighting can perfect everything for the final shows.
Commented 9 years ago2015-08-16 12:54:19 UTC
in journal: #8597Comment #51078
I've always been curious about these types of jobs. What exactly do you do? When do you do it? How much control do you have? Etc. Etc. Details, please!
Commented 9 years ago2015-08-16 06:23:16 UTC
in journal: #8596Comment #52917
What if there was a spiritual successor to this which was in text+image form rather than video? I mean, I'd like to do something similar, but I lack experience in videographafizing.
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Most shows have one primary Lighting designer and potentially multiple ops, essentially the line of heirarchy is:
Director & LD meet, go through the script and discuss the lighting at various points in the script and when exactly said changes will happen. Depending on the venue, the LD will either be working with the venue's own lights or will deal with designing & placement of dry hired fixtures.
Once that's all done, the LD & OP go through the script and try and get as much physically on the desk as possible before a tech run.
The tech run is the bane of everyone's life, usually going through till about 3 / 4 AM. The show is performed cue by cue so the sound / lighting can perfect everything for the final shows.
Details, please!
/me falls over