Task 2: Lighting Design - Focus Notes

This is an example of focus notes for the woods set for the A2 drama exams. In the first column the small numbers uncircled are the numbers of the sockets that the lanterns should be plugged into. The circled numbers is the number of channel that the lantern will be assigned to. The next column is a description of the type of lantern to be used. The third column contains the number that corresponds to the particular colour of gel that will be inserted into the lantern. A gel is a coloured overlay that goes over the front of the lantern to alter the colour of the light that is emitted from the lantern. Sometimes you can mix two gels together to create a new colour or effect to the light. The fourth column is to tell the rigger that the lanterns are used for the different lighting states so we will group similar lanterns together. The final column is a brief description of where the lantern is to be positioned to create the desired effect.