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- You need to figure out what the lights available to you are and what they do. Have someone explain the uses of Source fours, PARs, LEDs to you, as well as what gels are. There may be an Ensemble wiki page detailing different types of lights eventually.
- 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).
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- You, or the master electrician (talk to them to figure out where division of responsibility lies) will coordinate the hanging and cabling (where/how they get plugged in, this is sometimes not trivial) of lights onto the ceiling during or around put-in, and then you will focus the lights; i.e. point them in the right places. For specific hardware and cabling issues, see Master Electrician page (if you are also the first-time Master Electrician).
- During tech, you'll combine the things you thought about before (where people are onstage, what world they are in) into cues which are "snapshots" - saved 'looks' which the board remembers how bright each light is (and color, place, etc. if you're using intelligent fixtures). This can take a while.
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As of 2/27/18 the Shakespeare Ensemble owns and stores in its office:
- 8x PAR-size top hats
- 2x Source 4 ERS-size top hats
- 1x largely depleted black wrap roll - 24" wide
- 2x regular gobo frame
- 2x gel boxes - more details later
- bunch of edison cables to be counted later
- bunch of long safety cables because of RnJ - count later
- 1x toolbox, containing... more details later
- lots of tape, to be counted later
- some gobos somewhere, find later
- some power strips, count later
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- e33: a student run production company. You can rent instruments from them (like 19 degree Source 4 ellipsoidals or strobescolor-mixing LEDs, which do not exist in Sala inventory). Email e33@mit.edu.
- ALPS/4Wall Boston: A lighting company located in Randolph MA, about a 20-30 minute drive from campus if you leave at noon, a 1.5 hour drive if you leave at 4PM. Useful if you want to rent more exciting equipment: like a black-light, strobe, etc. Visit their website here.
- High Output: A lighting company with an office in Brighton MA, from whom you can buy gels and rent other stuff (like ALPS).
- Josh Higgason: a wonderfully nice
- Meredith Sibley, CAC Manager. She can help you with any logistical issues you run may run into. Email: mfsibley@mit.edu
- Mike Bromberg: Class of 1970, does lighting for G&S and MTG. Can be spotted in the wild by his tie-dye plumage. Extremely knowledgeable; also owns lots of equipment and will rent to student group for cheap. Here is his price list and inventory as of Spring 2012. As of 2018 we don't particularly like him anymore for personal reasons.
References and resources
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