The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit: Collaboration, Interrogation, and Innovation toward Engineering Brilliant Lighting Designs (The Focal Press Toolkit Series)

The Lighting Supervisor’s Toolkit guides readers through the Lighting Supervisor’s production process with an emphasis on the importance of the collaborative nature of the role. Lifting the veil on a process regularly learned on the job, this book offers a deeper understanding of the role of Lighting Supervisor and how to take lighting designs from dreams to reality. Readers will learn to communicate with designers, analyze drawings, plan installations, document decisions, supervise crews, and innovate out-of-the-box solutions. Providing guidance for technically focused individuals seeking deeper understanding of the profession, The Lighting Supervisor’s Toolkit is ideal for students and professional technicians looking to take on important leadership roles in theatrical and entertainment lighting. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowldgments Part One: Collaboration Chapter 1: Meet and Greet Who is the Lighting Supervisor? Working with Other Departments Connecting with the Lighting Designer The Lighting Team Chapter 2: The Architect and the Engineer Lighting Designer as Architect Lighting Supervisor as Engineer Peer to Peer Collaboration Chapter 3: The Lean, Mean, Lighting Team Leadership is Empowerment Defining a Role Three Hat Philosophy Independent Together Grounding Chapter 4: Always Learning; Always Teaching A Learning Expert Leaders are Teachers Learning Relationships Part Two: Interrogation Chapter 5: The Pre-Production Process Onboarding Design Meetings The Plot Submission Chapter 6: The Review and the Price Out Plot Review Plot Clean-Up Price Out Chapter 7: Electrical Planning Circuit and Dimming Infrastructure Dimmering the Plot Hot Power and Data Infrastructure Hot Power and Data Paperwork Chapter 8: Documentation and Shop Prep Load-In Documentation Color and Template Prep Rigging Planning and Paperwork Shop Prep Chapter 9: The Load-In Dancing Not Fighting Installation Best Practice Hang Circuiting Other Waves Troubleshooting Chapter 10: Focus Preparing for the Big Game Calling the Focus Technician Focus Standards Chapter 11: Tech, Performance, and Strike Take a Step Back Notes Calls Empowering the Crew Strike Part Three: Innovation Chapter 12: Boy, Wouldn’t It Be Cool if...? Pushing the Boundaries Understanding the Idea Planning and Budgeting the Solution Prototyping and Solution Approval That’s Not the Intended Purpose Chapter 13: Asset Management and Season Planning Loving Your Gear Asset Tracking Capital Expenses Season Budgeting Chapter 14: Your Turn Rules of Thumb Further Reading Appendix – Example Production Paperwork Index "The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit guides readers through the Lighting Supervisor's production process with an emphasis on the importance of the collaborative nature of the role. Lifting the veil on a process regularly learned on the job, this book offers a deeper understanding of the role of Lighting Supervisor and how to take lighting designs from dreams to reality. Readers will learn to communicate with designers, analyze drawings, plan installations, document decisions, supervise crews, and innovate outside-the-box solutions. Providing guidance for technically focused individuals seeking deeper understanding of the profession, The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit is ideal for students and professional technicians looking to take on important leadership roles in theatrical and entertainment lighting"-- Provided by publisher __The Lighting Supervisor’s Toolkit__ guides readers through the Lighting Supervisor’s production process with an emphasis on the importance of the collaborative nature of the role. Providing guidance for technically focused individuals seeking deeper understanding of the profession, __The Lighting Supervisor’s Toolkit__ is ideal for students and professional technicians looking to take on important leadership roles in theatrical and entertainment lighting.