livedesignonline.com: Check out lighting designer Al Gurdon's plots for the Madonna MDNA Tour, with lighting gear from PRG, Robe, Martin Professional, Clay Paky, Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Color Kinetics, Lycian, Strong, Novalight, Hungaroflash, and Lee Filters.
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I've always enjoyed being able to see other designers' light plot to get a sense of their style as an artist. The choice to use color seems to be incredibly popular in large venues where the labor putting up the fixtures might never have encountered them before, but can recognize them by this color-coding system. I imagine this gets more difficult with a wide range of instruments (which seems to be a little tricky in this case, actually).
Seeing other artists' draftings makes me think harder about how I convey ideas to a crew, and how to make my plots less cluttered and more straight to the point. Everything here is so clean and precise, there's no need for notes which often plague theatrical lighting draftings.
I love looking at professional light plots, especially for a show that is of that scale. I really want to get involved in concert lighting after I graduate so this is great to read! I also appreciate it when I can get insights into the thought processes of others because I am still early in forming my own. A lot of people (teachers) talk about how important it is to have a process for design and I am a strong believer that everyone's process is different because people's esthetics and work habits are different. Getting an insight into a well known artist is always inspiring and keeps me looking into the future!
Through my own personal experience, I have never been good at making light plots. However, when I look at this, all I can do is appreciate the extensiveness of this plot. The plot looks so professional and by the looks of it, it seems like the lights will fit Madonna's tour perfectly.
I love what Kael says about constantly looking at ways to communicate her idea to the crew clearly and effectively. On lighting work study, we see near 30 plots a year for all of the rigs we need to install - and i feel like a lot of the aspects we incorporate in our plots actually get in the way of communicating what needs to be done. I can never just look at the hang card to reference what I am working on, I have to regain orientation and check with the key on the plot, etc. etc... The use of color can easily helps the electrician find where he is on the plot and reference to what is around him.
Looking at professional light plots is always a fun thing for me, because ive never really understood how people actually design lights. Ive never learned but it looks really complicated and fun so its awesome to be able to see the professional plot especially for something like a music concert
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