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Now, multiply that frustration for each system of light that you use in your show.

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Special sale runs from Mar 2, 2021 09:00PM to Mar 31, 2021 11:59PM PST Lighting Design In Depth: Magic Sheets By Mike Wood on Aug 27, 2018 Posted in Tips Tricks This week, award-winning theatrical Lighting Designer Mike Wood returns to the Lighting Lounge to talk about the importance of Magic Sheets and how they can be extremely helpful on-site.

The article was originally posted on Mikes website here.) INTRODUCTION One of the most important pieces of paperwork in theatrical lighting is the magic sheet.

This article is about the paper versions of magic sheets - not the EOS versions.

There are many different ways to make a magic sheet and many different visual styles - the thing about magic sheets is that there really are no standard layouts or rules like there are with some other lighting documentation.

The magic sheet really just has to be useful to the designer.

Throughout this post, Ill be referring to my process and my way of doing things - remember that this is just my approach and that everyone you talk to will have a different method or opinion - and thats okay Take the things that work for you, and leave the things that dont.

WHAT IS A MAGIC SHEET Simply put, a magic sheet is a document containing a simplified visual representation of the lighting rig as a whole, typically divided by systems of light.

Left) The magic sheet for a production of Side Show at HWB School of the Arts in Tampa Florida, which my team and I lit in 2017.

Each little box is an individual lighting system with a top-down view of the stage.

The channel numbers are superimposed over the part of the stage that the beams will hit.

I also include a color bar with a rough approximation of the gel color, as well as direction arrows.

The direction arrows and the color bars help with finding systems of light quickly during tech.

I also arrange similar systems in the same row or column of the sheet.

For instance, in the Side Show example on the left, all of the top systems are across the very top of the page.

The front and high side systems below that, then box booms, then side lights.

Why not just use the light plot All of the lights are already on it, why create this extra document Well, a few reasons.

The smallest ones I typically print are still 24 x 36 - manipulating a page that large at the tech table would be distracting for everyone in the room - and Id spend more time fumbling with the paper just to find the channels I wanted.

Even with a digital light plot, Id be zooming all around and trying to find the information I need in between a whole bunch of information that I dont.

Lets use Side Show as an example again - pictured above is a couple of pages from the lighting plot.

The show was large enough that the data needed to be separated into multiple drawings; One for overhead, one for FOH, one for booms and deck instruments and another for all of the scenic practicals.

Imagine trying to quickly find something when hunting through all of those pages at once For instance - lets try to quickly find the top blue par fills in the overhead plot.

Theyre highlighted in the image right) Now that weve found them, find their channel numbers.

How long would that take Too long, when youre trying to write 500 cues.