Talk:Electrician (theatre)

A few thoughts after creating this page: -- Morydd 21:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Section on Master Electrician is copied from Master Electrician
 * Some discussion of training may be appropriate
 * Some discussion of differences from non-theatrical electricians may be appropriate
 * Should there exist (here or elsewhere) some sort of glossary for things like "light plot" which may not warrant a full article, but would be useful to explain to non-theater people
 * My spelling and capitalization tends to be erratic, please feel free to clean as needed.

As a non-specialist who only skimmed the article, I'd say it looks pretty good! Do we have any references for the material, though? Melchoir 00:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * There are books you can buy that can teach you about how to do these things. But most of this is all on the job training and everyone teaches differently and so you pick up things from different people that you like.  I personally don't know of any references you can get for this type of article. --Lekogm 16:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Lighting Supervisor
It's been my experience that the master electrician functions as the head of the lighting department and not a specific lighting supervisor. Can you explain this a little more? --Lekogm 16:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've encountered the position of lighting supervisor in two different situations, one is in large theaters performing rep shows, and they are a layer of their own that fall between the design staff and the ME. Basically, they adapt designs from multiple designers to create a single, unified plot for the ME to work from. The other time I've seen the position is in theaters where the structure is more corporate and "Supervisor" has a specific designation in their hierarchy so it aligns the job title with other titles.

Morydd 17:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok that makes sense now. Maybe in a future revision that could be incorporated into the article. --Lekogm 17:22, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I am not sure if any one is still pursuing this but I was a Lighting supervisor for a touring company. While the company did contract lighting designers, they were only contracted to work for the premier of a piece, after which a design became part of the repertory. The Lighting Supervisor is for archiving the design, and reviving the design of any piece in the active repertory, and adjusting it to the various venue on a tour, which could vary widely. So while the the supervisor is not responsible for the creation of the design, he/she is responsible for protecting the artistic integrity of the design. This is pretty common in the realm of modern dance.-- Elgusto (talk) 21:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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