Talk:Lighting designer

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Needs history, for instance the fact that lighting design did not exist from ancient Greece until more modern illumination techniques were invented.

This page seems to be an mix of British and American lighting design terminology and methodology. There's a note on the bottom of the page. This isn't a problem - they are different. Prehaps we could have a section about the differences in different cultures. I'm looking into what I should do in this sort of situation. Cmouse 22:21, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] plan/plot

I'd like to start a discussion on the plan/plot information, as that isn't really standard terminology in the US. What do people think?Ellieilluminate 19:40, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

I just re-wrote the entire section on pre-production, using the term light plot to refer to the scale floor plan and the terms cue sheet or storyboard to refer to what had been previously called a light plot. I can speak from firsthand experience that this is the terminology prevalant in the US, and every book on lighting design I've ever seen, both British and American, uses the same terms. Squigish 01:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)