Description
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking text returns in its second edition, unlocking the insider secrets and proven, time-tested methods to succeed as a professional assistant lighting designer.
This definitive guide outlines, step-by-step, the daily challenges that assistant lighting designers face during every phase of production, and the solutions for overcoming them. Furthermore, intermingled among the highly detailed paperwork techniques and essential procedures, top industry professionals reveal tips for success in this challenging career. This fully updated second edition features:
- All new advice, real-world stories, and current paperwork examples from over 120 working professionals.
- Updated industry practices with case studies from the professionals themselves, such as how to create a video network to record previews for the lighting department; how much printing is done in an increasingly paperless world; how to produce a set electrics package; an
Trade Review
"The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit is a book the lighting world needs and should be required reading for all new – and not so new – lighting designers."
Ken Billington, Tony Award-winning Broadway Lighting Designer
Table of Contents
Part I: The Profession 1. Understanding Assisting 2. The Tools Required 3. Production Personnel 4. Unions Part II: The Process 5. Design Prep 6. Load-in 7. Tech 8. Previews and Performances Part III: The Paperwork 9. Pre-production Paperwork 10. Tech Process Paperwork Part IV: The Industry 11. US-based Employment Opportunities 12. Working Internationally 13. Working in Related Industries Part V: The Life 14. Working as an Independent Contractor
