A Gothic Tale Lighting Plot.

In preparation for our show A Gothic Tale, a lighting plot has to drawn-up and sent to the technical staff of the Lincoln Performing Art Centre (LPAC) before the date of the performance. A lighting plot is scale drawing of the stage and the position of the lights needed for the show. The drawing communicates what lights are desired and where the lights should be placed in relation to the stage. Our lighting plot is as follows: A Gothic Tale Lighting Plot. To create this document we had to go through each scene and decide what how we wanted to light each specific section of the stage. We also used the LPAC’s lighting rig document (LX Bars & FOH Slingco Lighting Positions) to aid us in our own lighting plot to create a document that would be easy to follow for the technical staff.

On the day of the performance I helped rig and focus the lights while referring to the technical documents Kate and I produced. I have learnt from this that, even though our documents were accurate, more lights are needed to create some effects. For example on our lighting plot, light ten and eleven are used to create a wash over the bed. While trying to focus I quickly realised more lights were needed to create the effect that I intended. If I ever needed to draw-up another lighting plot I would take this into consideration.