I had no idea where to start this progress because I would never have even imagined having to design a lighting plot, Ms. Grant helped by giving a very useful booklet that had a lot of information about the different types of light, how to design a lighting plot and how to make a cue sheet. All of this was really useful in producing the final ideas for the lighting of the play. What I found very challenging was that I had absolutely no experience with lighting at all and therefore had to learn everything about it in a short period of time and to then also be responsible for making sure all the lighting was in its correct place and that the transitions ran smoothly.
Once I had designed the lighting plot and Ms Grant approved of it, I had to learn how to control the lighting board, which had a total of 48 switches, each responsible for different lighting. After understanding that I came to rehearsals to help both me and the actors getting used to working toghether, it helped me understand how the transitions would work and where I would have to for example aim the spotlight or the intensity of the light. Lighting and sound work tightly together and in the beginning Joyce and I had some trouble syncronizing our actions, but after a few practises that went perfectly.
I learnt a great amount about lighting while doing this because I would never have realized that there was so much work behind the lighting of a stage. I felt a lot of pressure because I realized that the actors have put so much time and effort into rehearsing this and I did not want to mess it up, but both night went really well!
