The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit from Focal Press 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.
The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit, the most trusted authority on assisting in the lighting world, equips budding assistant lighting designers and students studying lighting design with the insider knowledge they need to achieve the successful career that they have always wanted—whether choosing assisting as a career or as a stepping-stone toward design. Within these pages are the industry secrets rarely taught in school!
- 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 Independent Contractor