Final Reflection - Live Day

The roles I had were Set Designer and Lighting Director. However this was not the only role I had on the live day. I was also assistant Floor Manager as well as being put in control of Camera Two. 

For Lighting, I had to set up four lights, three of which had gel pads, and one which stayed plain. I had to place these in certain positions, where I could change the position of them and access them to change the gel pads, so they couldn't be to high or too low. 

For Set Design, I had to plan out where everything would go, where it would go and who would sit where. The set involved two directors chairs, one sofa w/ throw, two acoustic guitars, one electric guitar, an amp, a microphone, a piano and a Rate and Slate wall. 

I had some difficulties when putting the set together as it was hard to get all of the four people in Camera two, which was the main set camera which stayed static. 

I also had difficulties with the lights when trying to get the right mix of the gel pads together.

To solve the problem w/the Set Design I moved the camera i was in control of, Camera Two, backwards and zoomed out as much as I could, this worked in the end. 

I also resolved the issue w/the Lighting when I found dimmers to attach to the extension leads which made it easier when trying to get the perfect shades and ratio of each colour. 

I feel I have gained Lighting skills, especially when it came to dimming the lights at the end of the show as well as dimming and changing the lights in a short amount of time while the VTs were running. I had to change the gel pads twice, as well as turning one off and the other on at the same time, while the show was live.

I think I have also gained more camera skills than I had before as well as learning more about how close the set has to be to all fit in the camera.

I would advise someone who is going to be the Lighting Director to carefully plan out where they would have the lights, how many they are going to have and what colour gel pads, simply because I changed these last minutes by adding another light and adding two more colour gel pads and this was very difficult to set up in such a short space of time. I would also advise someone who is going to be a Set Designer, to plan out final changes in advance, making sure all props are accessible, because we had this problem last minute.