In the pre-production stage of the 10-minute plays for the SCAD School of Film & Acting, my co-lighting designers and I had a valuable learning experience with working with a repertory lighting plot.
A lighting plot, for those that don't know, is essentially a map of all of the lighting fixtures within a venue for a production. A repertory plot is a map of the lighting fixtures already placed in the venue as a 'default,' in a way. So, when we are getting ready to hang lights in a theater with a repertory plot, we must keep in mind what will have to be taken down, moved, and replaced. Otherwise, we'll make the job a lot harder for ourselves.
The Production Electrician, of course, is the person that will lead the movement to change the lighting grid over to the designer's production plot, but with both of my co-designers acting as electricians for the project simultaneously, it was more of a joint effort to conserve as we went.
That is why repertory plots, in my opinion, can be helpful: we had many fixtures in place already, while some needed moving but were already in the venue, and we found spots for our new additions. The headache comes from seeing a filled venue on the repertory plot before adding any lights ourselves. A blank sheet of paper is a lot less overwhelming.
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