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- You should be familiar with the idea of a light plot and the information people expect on it - readability and actual content. See the attached example plot, and ask people for plots in the same space as you're working. Generally, you should try to at least be able to light people from the front and the back. Colors, side light and other things are even more exciting. Make sure you have light in all the places people walk (go to Designer Run to find out where that is).
- You should be familiar with all the play-world locations (ideally all the scenes [ideally, read the script]) in the play and think about what they look like.
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